COVID-19 has already significantly altered urban life, both physically and socially. From temporarily widened sidewalks, replacing car parking spaces and roadway with cycleways, to allowing restaurants to expand into the street to enable social distancing, these changes are transforming the urban streetscape.
In parallel, citizens are demanding that cities are built back better to become liveable, sustainable and affordable, which requires action on climate and resilience, the provision of vital social infrastructure (health and housing) and the enabling digital infrastructure required for our new normal.
This is set against record budget shortfalls, dwindling tax revenues and record unemployment, while health, sanitation and housing costs have accelerated, putting city budgets into deficit.
The Global Future Council on Cities of Tomorrow will seek to identify how cities can be re-designed to build back better and provide the climate and resilience, social and digital infrastructure to do so, as well as rethinking traditional revenues and financing mechanisms to deliver liveable, sustainable and affordable cities.
COUNCIL OUTPUTS
CARLO RATTI
CO-CHAIRS:
Director, SENSEable City Laboratory, MIT – Department of Urban Studies and Planning
USA
PENNY ABEYWARDENA
CO-CHAIRS:
Commissioner for International Affairs, Mayor’s Office, City of New York
USA
COUNCIL MANAGER:
COUNCIL MANAGER:
ALICE CHARLES
COUNCIL MANAGER:
Project Lead, Cities, Infrastructure and Urban Services Platform,
WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM
COUNTRY
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FELLOW:
FELLOW:
N/A
N/A
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
AMIT MIDHA
President, Asia-Pacific and Japan,
DELL TECHNOLOGIES
COUNTRY
ANNICK VILLENEUVE
Director, Smart Real Estate Solutions and Services,
SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
AZIZA AKHMOUCH
Head of Division Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities,
OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
COUNTRY
CARLO RATTI
Director,
MIT – Department of Urban Studies and Planning
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
CHAN HENG CHEE
Chairman, Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities,
SINGAPORE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND DESIGN
SINGAPORE
CHANDAN DEUSKAR
Post-Doctoral Fellow,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
USA
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
CHERYL BENINI
Head, Strategy, Siemens Smart Infrastructure, Siemens
COUNTRY
CHRIS MARLIN
President, International,
LENNAR
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
DAGMAR VOGEL
Head, Infrastructure Financing Division,
SECO (State Secretariat for Economic Affairs)
COUNTRY
DAVID MILLER
Director International Diplomacy, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
DYAN CURRIE AM
COUNTRY
EMILIA SAIZ
Secretary General,
UCLG
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
EUGENIE LADNER BIRCH
Nussdorf Professor and Co-Director, Penn Institute for Urban Research,
UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
USA
FAHD AL-RASHEED
President, Royal Commission for Riyadh City
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
FERNANDO STRAFACE
Secretary-General,
CITY OF BUENOS AIRES
ARGINTINA
GER BARON
Chief Technology Officer,
CITY OF AMSTERDAM
AMSTERDAM
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
GREG CLARK
Global Head, Future Cities and New Industries,
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
COUNTRY
GUY DIEDRICH
Global Innovation Officer,
CISCO
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
HAWAZEN ESBER
Chief Executive Officer, Communities, Majid Al Futtaim
COUNTRY
HAZEM GALAL
Global Leader, Cities and Local Government,
PwC
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
JAMES ANDERSON
Head of Government Innovation,
BLOOMBERG PHILANTHROPIES
COUNTRY
JAN BIESER
Postdoctoral researcher in digitalization and sustainable development
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
JAN VAPAAVUORI
Mayor of Helsinki,
CITY OF HELSINKI
FINLAND
JENNIFER SEMAKULA MUSISI
City Leader in Residence, Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative,
HARVARD UNIVERSITY
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
JEREMY KELLY
Director, Global Research,
JLL
COUNTRY
JOSE SIRI
Senior Lead, Science, Cities, Urbanization, and Health, Our Planet, Our Health (OPOH), Wellcome Trust
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
KANGKANG TONG
Postdoctoral Research Associate,
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY
USA
KUNAL KUMAR
Mission Director, Smart Cities Mission,
MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS OF INDIA
INDIA
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
LIU YUE
Director, International Cooperation Division,
China Center for Urban Development
CHINA
MAIMUNAH MOHD SHARIF
Undersecretary‐General of the United Nations; Executive Director,
UN-HABITAT (United Nations Human Settlements Programme )
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
MARIE LAM-FRENDO
Chief Executive Officer, Global Infrastructure Hub
COUNTRY
MARIJA ZIMA
Head, Smart Cities and Solutions,
ABB
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
MARVIN REES
Mayor of Bristol,
BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL
UNITED KINGDOM
MIGUEL GAMIÑO
Executive Vice-President, Global Cities,
MASTERCARD
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
NAHEED NENSHI
Mayor of Calgary,
City of Calgary
CANADA
NIELS LUND
Vice-President, Health Advocacy,
NOVO NORDISK
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
ROBERT ADAMS
General Manager, City Design,
CITY OF MELBOURNE
AUSTRALIA
ROBERT MUGGAH
Director,
IGARAPÉ INSTITUTE
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
SIMON HUFFETEAU
Vice-President, Construction, Cities and Territories,
DASSAULT SYSTÈMES
COUNTRY
SINÉAD BURKE
Founder, Sinéad Burke
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
SUSAN GOERANSSON
Director, Infrastructure Europe, Sustainable Infrastructure Group,
EBRD (European Bank for Reconstruction and Development)
COUNTRY
TATIANA GALLEGO-LIZON
Division Chief, Housing and Urban Development,
INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK
COUNTRY
MEMBERS:
MEMBERS:
VICTOR PINEDA
President, World Enabled
COUNTRY
YVONNE AKI-SAWYERR
Mayor
FREETOWN CITY COUNCIL
COUNTRY
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: Author: WEF | Article Title: gfc-on-cities-of-tomorrow | Article Link: weforum.org