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Webinars

OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

OnDemand Panel Debate: Clearing the air: strategies for enhancing urban air quality

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Special Reports

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment 

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024: going green in the built environment 

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

Green, active and integrated: mobility in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

Podcasts

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 12 – Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa – Innovation in the urban mobility sector

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 12 – Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa – Innovation in the urban mobility sector

Podcast: in conversation with Marc Hannis, Principal, Innovation Fund, Ofwat

Podcast: in conversation with Marc Hannis, Principal, Innovation Fund, Ofwat

Opinions

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: AppyWay

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: AppyWay

No more pedalling the cycle lane myth: for a less congested London, we need fewer cars

No more pedalling the cycle lane myth: for a less congested London, we need fewer cars

Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange: Cities on the Frontlines is the podcast series from SmartCitiesWorld and the Resilient Cities Network (R-Cities), delivering frank and open conversations between international city leaders and industry practitioners that share ideas to solve urban challenges.

With the world’s cities under pressure to deliver a sustainable future for more than half of the global population – a figure that is consistently trending upwards – the Urban Exchange provides a platform for the people driving urban innovation and change to share their ideas and insights with those that need them most.

As cities seek a future that is environmentally, economically, and socially resilient and sustainable, each episode of the podcast plays host to an in-depth conversation between a city leader and a smart city specialist to uncover the initiatives that cities are working on to deliver on these goals.

Co-hosted by R-Cities’ Executive Director, Lauren Sorkin, and SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board Chair, Paul Wilson, the Urban Exchange is a much-needed forum for city practitioners faced with urgent targets and objectives across a gamut of urban issues.

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Latest Episode

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 23 - Identifying urban solutions at the intersection of climate, health, and equity

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Meet your Urban Exchange Podcast Hosts

Paul WilsonPaul Wilson, Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld.
Paul is Chair of SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board. He has more than 20 years’ international experience in the B2B Technology Media Telecom sector, including being CMO of TM Forum and SunGard Financial Systems. Paul was a founder of the multi-award-winning Bristol Is Open smart city project in 2014 and created the widely endorsed City as a Platform Manifesto a couple of years later.
Paul WilsonPaul Wilson, Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld.
Paul is Chair of SmartCitiesWorld’s Advisory Board. He has more than 20 years’ international experience in the B2B Technology Media Telecom sector, including being CMO of TM Forum and SunGard Financial Systems. Paul was a founder of the multi-award-winning Bristol Is Open smart city project in 2014 and created the widely endorsed City as a Platform Manifesto a couple of years later.
Lauren SorkinLauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network.
At R-Cities , Lauren works on urban resilience, sustainable finance, climate risk, stakeholder engagement, and urbanisation trends.

Before joining GRCN, Lauren led the Asian Development Bank’s first ever climate change investment plan before moving to the ADB’s Vietnam Office to mainstream climate risks and opportunities in the country’s US$7 billion portfolio.
Lauren SorkinLauren Sorkin, Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network.
At R-Cities , Lauren works on urban resilience, sustainable finance, climate risk, stakeholder engagement, and urbanisation trends.

Before joining GRCN, Lauren led the Asian Development Bank’s first ever climate change investment plan before moving to the ADB’s Vietnam Office to mainstream climate risks and opportunities in the country’s US$7 billion portfolio.

Speakers confirmed for the series

Paul Wilson
Paul Wilson,
Advisory Board Chair, SmartCitiesWorld
Lauren Sorkin
Lauren Sorkin,
Executive Director, Resilient Cities Network
Sylvester Turner
Sylvester Turner,
Mayor of Houston
Jeff Risom
Jeff Risom, Partner & Chief Innovation Officer Gehl
Abdul Aboutaleb Mayor of Rotterdam
Ahmed Aboutaleb, Mayor of Rotterdam
Susan Aitken Council Leader Glasgow
Susan Aitken, Council Leader Glasgow

Latest Episode

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 12 – Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa – Innovation in the urban mobility sector
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 12 – Metropolitan Area of Guadalajara and Visa – Innovation in the urban mobility sector

More Episodes

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 2: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 2: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 1: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 7 - Part 1: Monica Barone, CEO, City of Sydney

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 6: Daniel Quintero, Mayor of Medellin
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Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 6: Daniel Quintero, Mayor of Medellin

Urban Exchange Episode 5: Andy Foster, Mayor of Wellington
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Urban Exchange Episode 5: Andy Foster, Mayor of Wellington

Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami
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Urban Exchange Episode 4: Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

Urban Exchange Episode 3: Glasgow City Council Leader Susan Aitken
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Urban Exchange Episode 3: Glasgow City Council Leader Susan Aitken

 

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