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Apr 13, 2021, 11:34:02 PM4/13/21
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Smart Cities and New Green Solutions

Hosted by Embassy of Italy to the United States
28 April, 9:00-10:15 PDT: Registration coming soon

Inspired by the motto of the G20 Italian Presidency in 2021, ‘People, Planet, Prosperity’, and on the triple special occasion of the 160th anniversary of Italy-U.S. diplomatic relations, the Italian co-presidency of COP26, and the Italian Research Day in the World, the Embassy of Italy to the U.S. organizes, in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences, a high visibility event on April 28. The theme will be Urban Sustainability, with a panel of top-notch experts from both sides of the Atlantic, to discuss the global challenge of developing smart, people-oriented and resilient cities that could improve the long-term health of the planet’s human and ecological systems.

Speakers:

  • Marcia McNutt, President, National Academy of Science, USA
  • Armando Varricchio, Ambassador of Italy to the United States
  • Maria Cristina Messa, Minister of Universities and Research, Italy
  • Stanley Whittingham (NAE), Director, NorthEast Center for Chemical Energy Storage and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry, Binghamton University (State University of New York) (Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 2019)
  • Chris Greer, Senior Executive for Cyber-Physical Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Department of Commerce
  • Debra Lam, Managing Director for Smart Cities and Inclusive Innovation, Institute for People and Technology, Georgia Tech’s Institute
  • Carlo Ratti, Director of Senseable City Lab, MIT
  • Paola Malanotte-Rizzoli, Professor of Physical Oceanography, MIT


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