Lunch Panel: The future of cities

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Lunch Panel: The future of cities

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In the past decade, technology has evolved at such a tremendous speed and radically changed the way we live and interact with each other. Driverless transport systems, multi-use sensors that track everything from energy usage to human traffic, hyper-intelligent buildings, smart city apps and more will become permanent fixtures in urban centres of the future.

These smart urban solutions will enable cities to save resource consumption, slash carbon emissions, increase their safety and reduce the need for inefficient and unnecessary human labour. Emerging technologies such as in the fields of robotics, 3D printing and the Internet of Things will play a key role in the shaping sustainable cities of the future.

At the same time, conventional business and economic models are undergoing deep-seated transformation; companies globally are re-thinking the “take-make-dispose” industrial processes and embracing the concepts of the circular and sharing economy. These involve reorganising manufacturing and product design so that materials are returned to the value chains, prolonging product lifespans through repair and refurbishment, and viewing consumption through the lens of temporary services rather than permanent ownership.

With these forces shaping the future, what will our cities look like in the decades to come? Which new economic and social models will dominate our societies? What do companies and governments have to do to thrive in this new innovation economy? How should we invest now to ensure a sustainable, resilient future? This forward-looking panel will discuss the strategies that we need to adopt, and look at some possible scenarios of urban living in the cities of tomorrow.

Speakers :

Kunal Bahl

Founder and CEO

Snapdeal
Dr Chris Luebkeman

Arup Fellow, Director for Global Foresight + Research + Innovation

ARUP
Prof. Balaji Prabhakar

Co-Founder and Chief Scientist, Urban Engines; and Professor, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Stanford University
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Haslinda Amin

Anchor and Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia

Bloomberg