Panel discussion: Using AI to create value in cities for communities and workforce

Miljana Frostad

Director of Innovation and Development, District Old Oslo

Miljana leads innovation and development in one of Oslo’s largest and most dynamic districts. Together with her team, she supports development of districts’ childcare, health and welfare services, making them more citizen-oriented and data-driven. With her change management and communications background, she has been helping people understand and unleash the power of technology in a way that creates value for both individuals and society. 

Greg Wilson
Worldwide Public Sector Chief Technology Officer for Government, Microsoft

Greg Wilson is Microsoft Worldwide Public Sector’s Chief Technology Officer for Government. His role is to help global Public Sector Government clients and partners to work with Microsoft technologies to achieve more by empowering growth, innovation, and digital transformation.

Ashley Goeken

Vice Chair, Innovation and Technology Commission, City of Aurora

Ashley Goeken is a third-generation entrepreneur and technologist, recognized by the Chicago Tribune as "a voice in the global Smart City revolution." Inspired by the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs), Ashley co-founded Opalus to create innovative solutions for building the sustainable cities of tomorrow, with the citizens at the heart of it all.

She serves on the advisory board for the Center for Applied Values and Ethics in Advancing Technologies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and mentors with Absolute Sum, a global initiative establishing university-based incubators. As an ambassador for the United Nations Association – Chicago Chapter, Ashley advocates for Global Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities.

A recent graduate of the prestigious Dubai Future Foundation’s Disruptive Futures Program, Ashley also serves as Vice Chair for the City of Aurora’s Innovation & Technology Commission, where she leverages emerging technologies to drive community-centered innovation.

Alex Foard

Executive Director, Research and Collaboration, New York City Office of Technology and Innovation

Alex Foard is the Executive Director of Research and Collaboration at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, where he focuses on emerging technologies, specialising in AI policy, smart cities/IoT, and project/program development. Alex’s City career began at the Office of Management and Budget working on Hurricane Sandy recovery. He then led the central analytics team at the Department of Correction, before joining the Mayor’s Office of Operations, overseeing data and technology projects. Alex has BAs in Political Science and Italian from the University of Rochester, and an MPA from Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Luke Antoniou
Senior Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

Luke has been reporting on the implementation of smart technologies that benefit citizens and the public sector since 2017.

He has a particularly keen interest in smart and sustainable mobility and its role in influencing the decisions of urban planners, citizens and governments alike.

As rapid urbanisation continues, he keeps his finger on the pulse of the myriad urban challenges facing local and central governments, making new connections in the public and private sectors and finding new angles from which to cover the latest smart city developments around the world.