PARTNERS
STRATEGIC ORGANIZATIONS
COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS
City of Brussels
Belgium
City of Belo Horizonte
Brazil
City of Marseille
France
City of Munich
Germany
City of Jakarta
Jakarta
City of Kyiv
Ukraine
City of London
United Kingdom
City of Los Boston
United States of America
Sustainable and Inclusive Cities: Leveraging Satellite Imagery, AI, and Big Data
Join this panel, organized by the IDB's Cities Lab, where we will detail how cities can incorporate Big Data processing and the application of Artificial Intelligence to face complex urban planning challenges. We will present the highlights' of the Open Urban Planning Toolbox, a collection of open source applications to facilitate urban planning tasks such as automatically mapping informal settlements or simulating future urban growth.
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Innovative uses of data for better urban planning
This panel will discuss uses of data for planning in cities and informal settlements, in different contexts, with examples from the real operational experience of cities. Cities worldwide are striving to organize urban processes more efficiently and sustainably through the digital collection, processing, and analysis of data and urban governance has become increasingly dependent on flows of data, information, and the knowledge derived from them.
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Investing and Scaling up Cutting Edge Entrepreneurial Ventures
The problems cities and regions can be solved by cutting-edge technologies. PhDs, and people with scientific and engineering knowledge are more actively starting companies. There is a large need for long term investment from the public sector but more importantly the private sector. The panel will discuss what needs to happen to be able to grow the number of investments in the industries related to smart cities, regions and infrastructure.
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Global AI Regulation: What is at Stake for Cities?
While national and supranational governance structures wrestle with AI frameworks for development, cities and regions are legislating and planning for the ongoing and looming AI-enabled societal transformations. The session will discuss the interplay between global and local AI governance efforts, and present the first edition of the "Atlas of Urban AI" report, issued by the Global Observatory of Urban AI.
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