Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference, April 3+4

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Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference, April 3+4

Smart Cities MIAMI 2025 Conference, April 3+4

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The University of Miami School of Architecture and Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing present the 9th annual Smart Cities MIAMI Conference on Thursday and Friday, April 3+4. This year’s conference theme “Equitable Urban Futures” explores data and design innovations for shaping more equitable, human-centric, and agile smart cities.

Day One is being held at the University of Miami Coral Gables campus Lakeside Village Expo Center. A smaller, Day Two Workshop will gather a by-invitation group of external partners for a brainstorming session to create a disciplinary proposal with measurable outcomes.

CONFERENCE Day 1 April 3, 2025 Lakeside Village Expo Center, 1280 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146 | Exhibits are Day 1 ONLY

WORKSHOP Day 2 April 4, 2025 Newman Alumni Center Tower Room (4th Floor), 6200 San Amaro Drive, Coral Gables, FL 33146

Sponsorship Opportunities and limited free Exhibitor Spaces are available. For more information, please call 305/ 243.4962 or email idsc@miami.edu.

Register Now for Day 1 ($50 per person)

Attendance for University of Miami Faculty, Staff, and Students is complimentary. Please email idsc@miami.edu for the PROMO CODE.

Agenda:
[8:30 am-9:00 am] Registration
[9:00 am-9:10 am] Introduction and Welcome
Opening Remarks: Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury, PhD
Conference Chair Remarks: Sarbeswar Praharaj, PhD
Session 1: Keynote Presentation
[9:10 am-9:40 am] Keynote 1:
Jennifer Clark, PhD
Professor and Head, City and Regional Planning
The Ohio State University
[9:40 am-10:10 am] Keynote 2 :
Nathalie Crutzen, PhD
Founder/Director, HEC Smart City Institute
University of Liège, Belgium
[10:10 am-10:30 am] Break / Expo Hall
Session 2: Data & Urban Tech for Designing Equitable Smart Cities
[10:30 am-11:30 am] Session 2 Presentations: 

Speaker 1: Fábio Duarte, PhD
Associate Director of Research & Design, MIT Senseable City Lab
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Speaker 2: Anthony Townsend, PhD
Senior Research Associate at Jacbos Urban Tech Hub
Cornell Tech
[11:30 am-12:00 pm] Panel Discussion: 

  • Raimundo Rodulfo, Director/CIO of Innnovation & Technology, City of Coral Gables
  • Florence M. Chee, PhD, Associate Professor & Director, Center for Digital Ethics & Policy, School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
  • Fábio Duarte, PhD, Associate Director, MIT Senseable City Lab
  • Anthony Townsend, PhD, Senior Research Associate at Jacobs Urban Tech Hub, Cornell Tech

Moderator:  Dean Rodolphe el-Khoury, PhD, University of Miami School of Architecture
[12:00 pm-1:30 pm] Networking Lunch with Exhibits
Session 3: Innovating Agile and Humane Smart Cities
[1:30 pm-2:30 pm] Speaker 1: Yan Wang, PhD
Assistant Professor and Director of Urban Agility and Resilience Lab
College of Design, Construction and Planning, University of FloridaSpeaker 2: Eduardo Costa, PhD
Professor of Knowledge Management
Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
[2:30pm -3:00 pm] Panel Discussion: 

  • Christina Viala, Sustainability Coordinator, City of Pompano Beach
  • Masahiko Haraguchi, PhD, Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public Health
  • Yan Wang, PhD, Assistant Professor and Director of Urban Agility and Resilience Lab, University of Florida
  • Eduardo Costa, PhD, Professor of Knowledge Management, Federal University of Santa Catarina

Moderator:  Nicholas Tsinoremas, PhD, Director, University of Miami Frost Institute for Data Science and Computing
[3:00 pm-3:15 pm] Coffee and Networking at Exhibits
[3:15 pm-4:00 pm] Industry Panel 

  • Jayson Dunn, Sr. Business Manager – State and Local Government, NVIDIA
  • Fredrik Wannius, Co-Founder and Chief Executive, 1Print
  • Victor Dover, Founding Principal, Dover, Kohl & Partners Town Planning
  • Tony Garcia, Co-Founder and Principal, Street Plans
  • Matthieu Merchadou, Co-Founder & CEO, Magma

Moderator:  Anna Queiroz, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Miami School of Communication
[4:00 pm-5:00 pm] Closing Keynote 

Martin de Jong, PhD
Professor and Director of the Dynamics of Inclusive Prosperity Rotterdam School of Management. Erasmus University, Netherlands

Nora Noori, PhD
Digital Transformation Advisor
Erasmus University, Netherlands
[5:00 pm] Closing Remarks
Conference Chair, Sarbeswar Praharaj, PhD

To register for this event please visit the following URL: https://idsc.miami.edu/idsc-event/smart-cities-miami-2025/ →

 

Date And Time

03-04-25 @ 09:00 to
04-04-25 @ 16:30
 

Event Types

Conference
 

Event Category

Smart Cities and Communities

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