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Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

Panel Debate: Paving the way towards sustainability with proactive strategies & intelligent transport system

Panel Debate (OnDemand): Technologies and policies to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment

Panel Debate (OnDemand): Technologies and policies to accelerate the decarbonisation of the built environment

Special Reports

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment 

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment 

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile –Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sydney

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sydney

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 18 - Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, City of Bangkok - Holistic disaster resilience

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 18 - Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, City of Bangkok - Holistic disaster resilience

Opinions

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Jonathan Carr-West, Local Government Information Unit

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Mark-Emil Talivere, City of Tallinn

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the speaker: Mark-Emil Talivere, City of Tallinn

Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange: Cities on the Frontlines is the podcast series from SmartCitiesWorld and the Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities), delivering frank and open conversations between international city leaders and industry practitioners that share ideas to solve urban challenges.

With the world’s cities under pressure to deliver a sustainable future for more than half of the global population – a figure that is consistently trending upwards – the Urban Exchange provides a platform for the people driving urban innovation and change to share their ideas and insights with those that need them most.

As cities seek a future that is environmentally, economically, and socially resilient and sustainable, each episode of the podcast plays host to an in-depth conversation between a city leader and a smart city specialist to uncover the initiatives that cities are working on to deliver on these goals.

Co-hosted by R-Cities’ Executive Director, Lauren Sorkin, and SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board Chair, Paul Wilson, the Urban Exchange is a much-needed forum for city practitioners faced with urgent targets and objectives across a gamut of urban issues.

Take a look at the latest episode below and subscribe to the series to make sure you don’t miss an episode.

Latest Episode

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

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Meet your Urban Exchange Podcast Hosts

Paul WilsonPaul Wilson, Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld.
Paul is Chair of SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board. He has more than 20 years’ international experience in the B2B Technology Media Telecom sector, including being CMO of TM Forum and SunGard Financial Systems. Paul was a founder of the multi-award-winning Bristol Is Open smart city project in 2014 and created the widely endorsed City as a Platform Manifesto a couple of years later.
Paul WilsonPaul Wilson, Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld.
Paul is Chair of SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board. He has more than 20 years’ international experience in the B2B Technology Media Telecom sector, including being CMO of TM Forum and SunGard Financial Systems. Paul was a founder of the multi-award-winning Bristol Is Open smart city project in 2014 and created the widely endorsed City as a Platform Manifesto a couple of years later.
Lauren SorkinLauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network.
At R-Cities , Lauren works on urban resilience, sustainable finance, climate risk, stakeholder engagement, and urbanisation trends.

Before joining GRCN, Lauren led the Asian Development Bank’s first ever climate change investment plan before moving to the ADB’s Vietnam Office to mainstream climate risks and opportunities in the country’s US$7 billion portfolio.
Lauren SorkinLauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network.
At R-Cities , Lauren works on urban resilience, sustainable finance, climate risk, stakeholder engagement, and urbanisation trends.

Before joining GRCN, Lauren led the Asian Development Bank’s first ever climate change investment plan before moving to the ADB’s Vietnam Office to mainstream climate risks and opportunities in the country’s US$7 billion portfolio.

Speakers confirmed for the series

Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson,
Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld
Lauren Sorkin
Lauren Sorkin,
Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner,
Mayor of Houston
Jeff Risom
Jeff Risom, Partner & Chief Innovation Officer Gehl
Abdul Aboutaleb Mayor of Rotterdam
Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
Susan Aitken Council Leader Glasgow
Susan Aitken, Council Leader Glasgow

Latest Episode

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 19 - The intersection between risk, resilience and insurance

More Episodes

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 18 - Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, City of Bangkok - Holistic disaster resilience
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 18 - Dr. Tavida Kamolvej, City of Bangkok - Holistic disaster resilience

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 16 – Genesis Gavino, City of Dallas - digital inclusivity and resilience
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 16 – Genesis Gavino, City of Dallas - digital inclusivity and resilience

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 15 – Kathy Oldham, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Will Cavendish, Arup – Building digital resilience
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 15 – Kathy Oldham, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Will Cavendish, Arup – Building digital resilience

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 14 – Kate MacKenzie, New York City – Plant-powered city action
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 14 – Kate MacKenzie, New York City – Plant-powered city action

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 13 – Robert van Asten, The Hague – Creating a water vision
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 13 – Robert van Asten, The Hague – Creating a water vision

 

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