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10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Diego Fernández

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Secretary of Innovation & Digital Transformation of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires' Secretary of Innovation & Digital Transformation Diego Fernández answers to our 10-item questionnaire.

10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Vicente Guallart

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Founder of the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia & Director of Valldaura Labs

Vicente Guallart, the founder of the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, answers to our 10-item questionnaire about cities.

10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Anna Gener

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CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona

Anna Gener, CEO of Savills Aguirre Newman Barcelona, answers to our 10-item questionnaire about urban innovation.

10 Years, 10 Urban Ideas: Sameh Wahba

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Global Director of Resilience at the World Bank

World Bank's Sameh Wahba answers to our 10-item questionnaire about urban innovation.

Lacina Koné: "The Covid-19 pandemic provided African cities with an opportunity to shift the mindset"

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Director General of Smart Africa

We talk with Lacina Koné, CEO of Smart Africa, about how technology is helping African cities cope with their demographic boom while facing Covid-19.

Emilia Sáiz: "During the pandemic, local governments have engaged not just in collaboration, but in collective learning"

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Secretary General of United Cities and Local Governments (UCLG)

To UCLG's Secretary General Emilia Sáiz, "During the pandemic, local governments have engaged not just in collaboration, but in collective learning".

A year of hyper-accelerated digital transformation: what our cities and societies have learned

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CEO of anteverti & Curator of the Smart City Expo World Congress

What have we learned from the intersection between this pandemic year, life in cities and digital transformation? Our team has identified four areas and trends where the way forward is clearer today than it was a year ago.

Turning a year of pandemic into inclusive growth: 4 keys for cities

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Consultant at Anteverti & Expert in Local and Regional Economic Development

The pandemic has been a system-wide shock - but also an opportunity to definitely update our cities’ economic model to the digital age and to the ecological transition while putting people at the core.

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.

Cities and internationalization: 4 trends that are shaping a new scenario of opportunities

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Research Fellow at CIDOB

Cities and peri-urban territories must see today’s situation – and recent digital hyper-acceleration– as an opportunity to reposition themselves on the global map.