Cristina Garrido

Cristina Garrido is the CEO of Anteverti, director of CitiesToBe – Anteverti's knowledge platform, and curator of the international spin-offs of the Smart City Expo World Congress, with more than 18 years of global experience advising cities, companies, and other institutions in creating their strategic vision and developing it through innovation, creativity, management, and communication. Cristina is a regular speaker and keynote at international conferences organized by the UN, OECD, European Commission, Urban Land Institute, and the Seoul Leaders Forum. She writes for numerous publications and has been an associate professor at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. She holds a Master's in Urban Sociology from Goldsmiths, University of London, completed the Ignite program in Business Innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a BA in Visual Arts. With a background in arts and urban studies, Cristina's expertise focuses on how innovation can be a tool for improvement, sustainability and strategic development of cities. She has written for several publications and, up until 2017, was an Associate Lecturer at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).

What is Smart City branding? 4 successful examples

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

Amid fierce global competition for opportunities, investment, and talent, Smart City Branding can be the key for cities to stand out. Discover 4 top-performing global cities embracing this trend with our experts.

Gender Balance in Conferences: Challenging? Yes, but doable too

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

Why are women still underrepresented at most major world conferences? Anteverti experts explain how it is possible not only to reverse this situation, but also to create a much enriching global conversation on our cities' future.

Cities moving into the Metaverse: an augmented, but better reality?

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

Can the Metaverse be useful to improve people's lives? As its boom raises questions, our experts explore how cities are already tapping into its potential today.

The indispensability of urban innovation: 5 examples on how it has proven crucial for cities to face the Covid-19 crisis

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

From more human-centered urban spaces to new housing concepts, let's hope the disruptive period unleashed by the pandemic to be an igniter to start making things better in our cities.

Covid-19 and the future of cities:  How are public space and social life going to change?

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

Our expert analysis | The pandemic has made visible a series of pre-existing socio-economic issues of contemporary cities.

Urban innovation matters: 10 articles and resources to highlight why

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

The importance of data, research and experiment; thinking outside of the box; a human-centered digitalization approach; putting people at the core: these are some of the keys to foster smarter cities, according to our team's expertise.

Jane Jacobs, Eyes on the street

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CEO of Anteverti & Director of CitiesToBe

On the 100th anniversary of Jane Jacobs, her new perspective to urbanism is remembered.