This track focuses on the development and implementation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) measuring and evaluating various aspects of this evolving urban-digital landscape, to provide insights into the commercial viability on of different immersive technologies in cities and to measure progress, impact, and sustainability in alignment with the New Urban Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Meet the Leader of the Evaluation and Assessment Track
Christina Yan Zhang
CEO, The Metaverse Institute
Meet the Experts:
- Karl-Filip Coenegrachts, Chair of Open & Agile Smart Cities
- Ernesto Faubel, Chair of the European Digital Infrastructure Consortium on Local Digital Twins on CitiVerse, Head of Smart City Office & Data Management, Valencia city council
- Jordi Vaquer, Secretary General, Metropolis
- Rafael Escalona Reynoso, CEO, Portulans Institute
- Bruno Lanvin, President, Smart City Observatory
- Madan Oberoi
- Hema Sridhar, Strategic Advisor, Technological Futures, Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures
- Nicholas You, Executive Director, Guangzhou Institute for Urban Innovation
- Phil Allsopp, Co-Chair to Expert Advisory Group on AI, Generative Design and Data, Royal Institute of British Architects
- Andras Szorenyi, Senior Policy Advisor, Global Cities Hub
- Wookyung Jung, Strategy and Policy Advisor, Executive Directorate of Technology and Innovation, International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
- Khorshed Alam, Senior Data Strategy, AI & Research Specialist, Innovation, Education, and Investments Department, UN Tourism
- Erol Özgüner, CIO, Group Head of Technology, Istanbul Municipality
- Takehiko Nagumo, Representative Director, Smart City Institute Japan, Professor Keio University and Kyoto University
- Jean-Claude Worms, Executive Director, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
- John Wood, Chairman, Project Advisory Committee of ATTRACT project, based at The European Organization for Nuclear Research(CERN), former Secretary General of The Association of Commonwealth Universities
- John OMO, Secretary General, the African Telecommunications Union
- Corey Gray, President, Smart Cities Council
- Ziad-Alexandre Hayek, President, World Association of PPP Units & Professionals (WAPPP)
- Richard Giulianotti, UNESCO Chair in Sport, Physical Activity and Education for Development & Professor, Loughborough University
- Usha Hayes, Chief of Social Policy at UNICEF China
- David Castle, former VP Research at University of Victoria
- Martin Visbeck, CEO of OceanQuest
- Cristina Garrido, CEO, Anteverti
- Patrik Schumacher, principal, Zaha Hadid Architects
- Laurence Moroney, Director of AI, Arm
- Laban Coblentz, Head of Communication at ITER Organization
- Alvin Wang Graylin, Chairman, Virtual World Society
To join the group or access the SharePoint Site, please contact us at virtualworlds@itu.int