Building Smart Tools for Sustainable Cities

During the past year, the UNITAC team developed BEAM, a tool that addresses some of the challenges that urban planners face in informal settlements in eThekwini, South Africa, as well as a model to predict risk scenarios using data from Jordan and Brazil. 

In this webinar we will present BEAM from UNITAC, as well as two other tools from the City Science Lab at the Hafen City University and TUDelft. 

We will share some of the successes and challenges in the process of developing digital tools to support cities in their digital transformation journeys, and provide an opportunity for conversation and knowledge exchange with the audience. 

• Date: 26th October 2022
• Time: 4:00 - 5:00 pm (CET)
• Event Link: https://bit.ly/3SbEztV

Speakers: 

• Lambert Hogenhout, Chief of Data, Analytics and Innovation, UN-OICT
• Dr. Sophie Naue, Urban Innovation Specialist, UNITAC Hamburg
• Wassim Brahim, Data Scientist, UNITAC Hamburg
• Alexandra Knapke , City Science Lab, HafenCity University
• Dr.ir. Trivik Verma, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Multi-Actor Systems, Delft University of Technology, Co-Director of the Centre for Urban Science & Policy.
• Leonardo Nicoletti, Data visualization reporter at Bloomberg News, Former Researcher at Delft University of Technology

Moderated by: Natalia Rodriguez, Comunications Expert, UNITAC/UN-Habitat