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Sustainable Urban Development Forum
Saturday, January 18, 8:30am – 8:00pm 

Stanford University
Mackenzie Room, The Jen-Hsun Huang Engineering Center
475 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA
This event is Free. Registration is required.
https://csdgcitfforum.stanford.edu/

Stanford Center for Sustainable Development & Global Competitiveness, in collaboration with International Towns Federation, cordially invite you to join the Sustainable Urban Development Forum at Stanford University on Jan 18, 2020.



Featured Keynote Speakers and Panelists Include:

  • Kevin Rudd - the 26th Australian Prime Minister, Honorary Chair of International Towns Federation
  • George Papandreou  - the 182nd Prime Minister of Greek
  • Thomas Ridge – First U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, 43rd Governor of Pennsylvania
  • Xinli Zheng – Vice Chairman, China Center for International Economic Exchanges
  • Steven Chu  – Professor of Physics, Stanford University, Co-recipient of the 1997 Nobel Prize for Physics
  • James O. Leckie  –Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • Marcus Feldman – Professor in the School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
  • Yi Cui – Professor of Material Science and Engineering, Stanford University
  • Arun Majumdar –Professor at School of Engineering, Stanford University
  • Bruce Cain – Professor at School of Humanities and Sciences, Stanford University
  • Michael Lepech – Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University
  • Sameer Sharma  –Global General Manager (Cities & Transportation) for IOT Solutions, Intel
  • Allen Shi – Director of Corporate Partnerships, Mobility, IoT, Smart Cities, Plug and Play
  • Stephen Zoepf  – Chief of Policy Development, Ellis & Associates
  • Jie Wang – Executive Director, Center for Sustainable Development and Global Competitiveness, Stanford University
  • Cody Simms  – Partner, Techstars
  • Todd McKean  – Director of Supplier Sustainability - Asia, Apple

Moderated Panels

Panel I: Sustainable Energy Provision and Natural Environment will focus on topics ranging from energy resource and generation technologies, to the impacts of electrification of the economy, to urban-focused opportunities for addressing climate change.


Panel II: Sustainable and Smart Technologies at City Scales will focus on topics ranging from the value proposition of smart city and smart town technologies, to the optimal set and scale of smart city technologies, to preventing the creation of a greater digital divide globally.


Panel III: Our Changing Towns: Innovation and Globalization will focus on topics ranging from the need to balance globalization opportunities with cultural preservation, to preventing “brain drain” from smaller urban centers, to best practices for improving the lives of citizens by leveraging innovation and globalization.


For free registration and detailed schedule, please visit:
https://csdgcitfforum.stanford.edu/