Building Future Cities
13 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 3 years ago -Building Future Cities interviews creative leaders and entrepreneurs changing our cities for the better. Whether building brands, launching marketing campaigns or establishing strategic alliances; we investigate how the marketing industry can enrich the future of cities conversation.
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Episode 12: Jon Kastelan on How Machine Learning Is Building More Sustainable Cities
November 11, 2020 15:00 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBJon Kastelan is a Machine Learning Specialist, advising governments and city agencies on analytics and machine learning across North America and Asia Pacific. Previously, Jon has worked with PwC's Analytics and Urbanisation practice to support the development of the Smart City blueprint for Hong Kong. He has also taught data science and analytics at New York University and worked with urban-focused startups. City governments are increasingly using Machine Learning (ML) methods to help se...
Episode 11: Cristian Santibanez Lead Marketing Operations & Urban Mobility at HyperloopTT on Sustainable Transportation and Future Cities
November 01, 2020 21:00 - 26 minutes - 18.2 MBCristian Santibanez is an urban innovation & mobility expert currently the Marketing Operations and Urban Mobility Lead at HyperloopTT - an innovative transportation and technology company focused on realizing the Hyperloop, a system that moves people and goods at unprecedented speeds safely, efficiently, and sustainably. Son of a pianist and a political activist, Cristian was born in Prague, spent his childhood in Santiago de Chile, and grew up in Paris as an Italian national. Cristian i...
Episode 10: Veronika Bylicki Executive Director & Co-Founder City Hive On A Youth Engaged City
October 25, 2020 17:00 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBVeronika Bylicki is an engagement innovator, community builder and sustainability strategist. A lifelong Vancouverite, Veronika is passionate about creating more sustainable, liveable cities and amplifying the meaningful engagement of citizens, particularly youth, in addressing urban challenges. As Executive Director and Co-Founder at CityHive, Veronika leads a social enterprise on a mission to transform the way young people shape their cities and the civic processes that engage them. Ver...
Episode 09: Bruno Zamborlin PhD CEO & Chief Scientist of Hypersurfaces on The Role of Art and Technology within Cities
October 17, 2020 12:22 - 26 minutes - 18.4 MBDr. Bruno Zamborlin is a pioneer in the field of AI for Human-Technology interaction. As the CEO and Chief Scientist of the a London-based technology company Hypersurface– Bruno’s team are using vibration sensors and edge-AI to convert any object of any material and shape into an intelligent Hypersurface, seamlessly merging the physical and data worlds without the need for keyboards, buttons or touch screens. Bruno Zamborlin, gained his PhD in Arts and Computer Science at Goldsmiths Univer...
Episode 08: The Tyre Collective on Making Cities Healthier Through World Class Product Design and Innovation Partnerships
October 06, 2020 06:06 - 23 minutes - 16.5 MBThe Tyre Collective is a startup on a mission to mitgate tyre wear emissions in our environment. Tyre wear is the stealthiest and second-largest source of micro-plastics pollution in our air and water. Co-founders, Hanson Cheng, Siobhan Anderson, Hugo Richardson and Deepak Mallya began the project as part of their MA/MSc in Innovation Design Engineering at Imperial College London and the Royal College of Art. They are a multicultural team of engineers and designers with a wide range of p...
Episode 07: Corina Kwami on Engineering, Improvisation and Cultivating Experiences to Change Cities
September 24, 2020 09:05 - 48 minutes - 33.2 MBCorina Kwami is a Renaissance woman whose mission is to bring together the arts and sciences and celebrate innovations on and off stage. On stage as a public speaker, singer or tap dancer, she has performed in countries across the Americas, Europe, Africa and Asia with her own band and as a guest, as a TEDx speaker and in the innovation lab space. Offstage, she holds a doctorate in engineering and is a speaker, strategist and policy advisor on future cities, infrastructure and sustainability...
Episode 06: Charlotte Slingsby Founder Moya Power and Co-Founder Nettoken on Energy and Cybersecurity for Intelligent Cities
August 31, 2020 19:45 - 33 minutes - 23.1 MBCharlotte Slingsby is a South African entrepreneur recognised by Forbes 30 under 30 as one of the brightest young entrepreneurs, simultaneously running two high impact startups. Charlotte’s first venture is Moya Power - a lightweight, flexible sheeting material that can independently harvest low-grade wind energy in a variety of locations. Charlotte is also Co-Founder and CTO of Nettoken, a London based startup developing a digital platform for everyday internet users to be in control and b...
Episode 05: Pei Chin Tay of the Mayor of London's Digital Talent Programme on Future City Employability and Skills
August 17, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 18.8 MBPei Chin Tay is a Senior Programme Manager currently leading the Mayor's Digital Talent Programme - a £7m investment in London’s tech talent pipeline – created to up skill young Londoner’s and bridge employer’s demand for digital talent. Previously, Pei Chin led ‘Design for Europe’ - a flagship £3.2m European design innovation programme, credited with utilising design as a tool to drive innovation and growth across the EU.Pei Chin has managed high profile portfolio of enterprise and employabi...
Episode 04: Rishi Chowdhury Co-Founder of Incube on Smart Spaces
August 04, 2020 09:12 - 33 minutes - 23.2 MBRishi Chowdhury co-founded IncuBus Ventures with his business partner George Johnston. After working at Huddle, they both decided to buy a London double-decker bus and create the first startup incubator on a bus. The bus became a startup community space for meet-ups , pop-up shops and Code Clubs. Parking a bus in London is expensive and Rishi soon made friends with commercial real estate developers who had large swathes of land waiting for planning permissions for several years - creating the...
Episode 03: Raj Pannu Creative Leader and Co-Founder of Smart Cities NYC
July 21, 2020 11:47 - 45 minutes - 31.3 MBRaj Pannu PhD is the Co-Founder and CEO of Emergence, a global creative agency dedicated to social impact. In addition, Raj is the Co-Founder of Smart Cities New York - North America's leading global conference for innovators and decision-makers who are improving life in the cities of tomorrow. An expert at adapting private sector approaches to behaviour change for application in the public sphere, Raj has introduced large-scale communication strategies for Coca-Cola Company, Sesame Worksho...
Episode 02: Ade Thomas Chief Sustainability Officer of Green.TV on Sustainable Cities and E-Mobility
July 08, 2020 09:12 - 21 minutes - 14.7 MBAde Thomas is probably the most connected individual within the European Electric Vehicle movement. Previously a Producer and Director of Current Affairs and Documentary Features for the BBC. Ade was behind the environment and rural affairs series, 'Countryfile' and BBC Radio 4's environment series, 'Costing the Earth'. Today, Ade is the Chief Sustainability Officer at Green.TV, a multi-channel publishing network for sustainability content. Deploying creative content strategies to connect p...
Episode 01 : Victoria Lee on Sustainable, Smart and Inclusive Cities
June 19, 2020 20:52 - 42 minutes - 29.4 MBVictoria Lee is an Urban Development Strategist with over 12 years of experience on nationally and internationally significant projects, from airport and rail infrastructure, innovation districts, estate regeneration and mixed-use masterplans. Victoria shares her views on what makes a smart city, the opportunities for cities after the pandemic, and the need for greater diversity in all its forms within the built environment industry.
Welcome to Building Future Cities
June 17, 2020 19:48 - 1 minute - 983 KBBuilding Future Cities brings you interviews with creative leaders changing our cities for the better. Whether building brands, launching bold marketing campaigns or establishing strategic partnerships; we investigate how creative leaders are enriching the future cities conversation.