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CONTRIBUTORS

Boyd Cohen

Professor of Entrepreneurship

Raquel Rolnik

Prof. at the School of Architecture and Urbanism at University of São Paulo

Ricard Garriga

Co-founder Menorca Millenials

Mons Badia

anteverti Consultant

Darko Radovic

Professor of Architecture and Urban Design at Keio University

Dan Lewis

President, Westcoast International. Forrmer Chief Urban Risk Reduction, UN Habitat

Rashiq Fataar

Urbanist and Director of Our Future Cities

Mikael Colville-Andersen

CEO of Copenhagenize Design Company

Pankaj Ghemawat

Global Professor of Management and Strategy, IESE

Jesús Villasante

Head Net Innovation Unit of the European Comission

Cecile Faraud

London in Action Initiative Manager at CDP

Parvati Nair

Director of the United Nations University Institute on Globalization, Culture and Mobility

Robert Muggah

Co-founder of Igarapé Institute

Edward Glaeser

Professor of Economics at Harvard University

Joan Clos

Former Executive Director of UN-Habitat

Goldsmith Stephen

Director of the Innovations Program at Harvard Kennedy School

Gaetan Siew

CEO Global Creative Leadership Initiative

Francis Pisani

Author and consultant

Chaturvedi Bharati

Founder and Director. Chintan Environmental Research and Action Group

Cristina Garrido

Director of Innovation and Strategic Development in anteverti

Emilia Saiz

Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

Esteve Almirall

Assoc. Professor. ESADE Business Law School

Beth Simone Noveck

Founder and Director. Governance Lab

Sladjana Mijatovic

Program Manager Circular Economy & Innovation at City of Amsterdam

Inazio Martínez de Arano

Head of Office in European Forest Institute Mediterranean Regional Office

Ellis J. Juan

Emerging and Sustainable Cities Initiative General Coordinator at Inter-American Development Bank

Bahaaeddin Alhaddad

Space Business Development and Urban Remote Sensing at Starlab Ltd

Jason Roberts

Founder of the Better Block

Carlos Vayas

Business Manager Big Data Telefónica Ecuador

Juliana Rotich

Co-founder of Ushahidi

Aníbal Gaviria

Alcalde de la ciudad de Medellín (2012-15)

Tamara Drove Aldana

APEC Advisor on Women and Inclusive Growth

Hila Oren

Director General of the Tel Aviv Foundation

Manu Fernandez

Founder of Human Scale City & Senior Consultant in anteverti

Kumaresh Chandra Mishra

Former Deputy Secretary General Habitat III Conference. United Nations

Juliet Schor

Professor of Sociology at Boston College

Jeff Merritt

Director of Innovation, new head of IoT at WEF4IR

Gabriela Gomez-Mont

Chief Creativity Officer at Laboratorio para la Ciudad. México City

Amador Ferrer

Architect and Professor at Universitat Ramón Llull

Alice Charles

Cities and Urban Development Lead at the World Economic Forum

Geoff Mulgan

Chief Executive of Nesta UK

Markku Markkula

First Vice-President EU Committee of the Regions

Shannon Lawrence

Director Global Initiatives. C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group

Kilian Kleinschmidt

Entrepreneur and advisor. Former UNHCR official.

Maya Wiley

Civil rights activist and board chair of the NYC Civilian Complaint Review Board

Suzanne Spooner

Consultant and Urban Expert

Rebecca Smith

Head of Knowledge & Policy, Climate Infrastructure Partnership

Linda Weiss

Professor of political science at the University of Sydney