Speakers at SCNY Urban Tech Summit 2021
Speakers
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Aaron Maniam
Deputy Secretary (Industry and Information), Ministry of Communications and Information (Singapore)
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: Singapore
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Albert Cahn
Executive Director, S.T.O.P. - Surveillance Technology Oversight Project
PANEL: Regulating Privacy in the Public Realm
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Alexander Kobald
Associate Director of Design Across Scales Lab - Cornell University School of Art, Architecture, and Planning
PANEL: Wild + Well
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Andrew Rasiej
President, Civic Hall
PANEL: Procurement and Talent in the Digital Age
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Anthony Townsend
Urbanist In Residence, Cornell Tech
NOV 8 PANELS
The Future of Urban Tech: A Ten-Year Forecast
Supercharged Infrastructure
Wild + Well
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Ariel Kennan
Senior Fellow, Beeck Center for Social Impact + Innovation at Georgetown University
PANEL: Procurement and Talent in the Digital Age
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Briana Garcia
IoT Product Outreach & Project Manager, Temboo
PANEL: Wild + Well
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Bryan Boyer
Director, Urban Technology, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
PANEL: Dark Plans
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Chelsea Mauldin
Executive Director, Public Policy Lab
PANEL: New Screen Deal
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Clayton Banks
CEO, Silicon Harlem
PANEL: Redefining and Closing the Digital Divide
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Daan van der Zwaag
Dual MS Student Urban Tech, Cornell Tech
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Dana Chermesh-Reshef
Founder & CEO, inCitu
Panel: Supercharged Infrastructure
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David Gilford
Director of Policy and Strategic Partnerships Sidewalk Infrastructure Partners
PANEL: Urban Innovation Industrializes
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Derrick Lewis
Co-Founder and Chair, The Bronx Community Foundation
PANEL: Resilient Corridors
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Dominique Keefe
Investment Associate, Generate Capital
PANEL: Urban Innovation Industrializes
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Emily Dabish
Detroit Director, CIV:LAB
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: Detroit
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Gale Brewer
Manhattan Borough President
PANEL: Regulating Privacy in the Public Realm
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Greg Morrisett
Dean And Vice Provost, Cornell Tech
PANEL: Urban Tech in New York City: The Cornell Tech Commitment
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Helena Monteiro
London Lead, CIV:LAB London
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: London
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Jeff Prosserman
Founder, CEO at Voltpost
PANEL: Supercharged Infrastructure
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Jenny Liu
Masters Student, Cornell Tech
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Jigar Shah
Director, Loan Programs Office at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
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John Paul Farmer
Chief Technology Officer, New York City
PANEL: Positioning NYC to Anticipate and Shape Urban Tech
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Jonas Schorr
Partner, Urban Impact
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: Berlin
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Juan-Pablo Velez
Co-founder Friends of Columbia Solar
PANEL
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Julie Samuels
Executive Director, Tech:NYC
PANEL: Positioning NYC to Anticipate and Shape Urban Tech
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Kate Wittels
Partner, HR&A Advisors
PANEL
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Kwasi Mitchell
Chief Purpose Officer, Deloitte
PANEL: Revealing Injustice
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Laura Fox
General Manager, Citi Bike, Lyft
PANEL: Tech for Safe, Shared Streets
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Liz Sisson
Technology and Public Purpose (TAPP) Fellow at Harvard’s Belfer Center
PANEL: Urban Innovation Industrializes
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Matthew Klein
Executive Director, NYC Mayor's Office for Economic Opportunity
PANEL: What Would It Take to Build a Digital Locker for NYC Residents?
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Megan Marini
Principal, 3x3
PANEL: New Screen Deal
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Meli Harvey
Creator, sidewalkwidths.nyc
PANEL: Supercharged Infrastructure
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Michael E. Bloomberg
Director, Groundwork Data
PANEL: Procurement and Talent in the Digital Age
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Michael M. Samuelian
Founding Director: Urban Tech Hub, Cornell Tech
NOV 8TH PANEL: Resilient Corridors
NOV 9TH PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: Tel Aviv
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Michael Pastor
Director, Tricarico Institute for the Business of Law and In-House Counsel; Adjunct Professor of Law, New York Law School
PANEL: Procurement and Talent in the Digital Age
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Mirtha Santana
Chief Program Officer, RiseBoro Community Partnership
PANEL: What Would It Take to Build a Digital Locker for NYC Residents?
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Mitchell Joachim
CoFounder/ Professor, Terreform ONE/ NYU
PANEL: Wild + Well
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Natalia Quintero
Senior Vice President of Innovation, Partnership for New York City
PANEL: Resilient Corridors
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Nikhil Garg
Assistant Professor, Cornell Tech
PANEL: Revealing Injustice
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Nneka Sobers
Research & Program Manager: Urban Tech Hub, Cornell Tech
PANEL: Revealing Injustice
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Noel Hidalgo
Executive Director, BetaNYC
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Oscar Romero
Director of Inclusive Innovation & International Cooperation, NYC Mayor's Office of the CTO
PANEL: Rethinking Urban Living Labs
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Paul Riser
Director, Detroit Urban Solutions (a program of TechTown Detroit)
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: Detroit
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Rebecca Willams
Researcher, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School
PANEL: New Screen Deal
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Rohit Aggarwala
Senior Urban Tech Fellow, Cornell Tech
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Ron Brachman
Director: Jacobs Institute, Cornell Tech
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Sander Dolder
Senior Vice President, Smart & Sustainable Cities New York City Economic Development Corporation
PANEL Rethinking Urban Living Labs
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Sarah Goodyear
Writer and podcaster, Urban Tech Hub, The War on Cars
PANEL: Tech for Safe, Shared Streets
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Sarah Williams
Director Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism, MIT
PANEL: Dark Plans
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Shabazz Stuart
CEO, Oonee
PANEL: Tech for Safe, Shared Streets
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Shaina Horowitz
VP, Product & Programs Newlab
PANEL: Rethinking Urban Living Labs
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Simon Sylvester-Chaudhuri
Founder & Executive Director, CIV:LAB
PANEL: Urban Innovation Industrializes
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Stephen Larrick
Technology and Public Purpose Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School of Government | Belfer Center
PANEL: Dark Plans
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Tara Pham
CEO, Numina
PANEL: Regulating Privacy in the Public Realm
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Thanasi Dilos
Co-Founder, Civics Unplugged
PANEL Rethinking Urban Living Labs
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Trisala Chandaria
Co-Founder & CEO, Temboo
PANEL: Supercharged Infrastructure
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Victoria Lawson
Executive Director of Environment, Culture and Customer Services London Borough of Hounslow
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: London
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Wayne Stephenson
Director of Environment and Climate, London Borough of Hounslow
PANEL: Urban Tech Ecosystem: London
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William Floyd
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
PANEL: Resilient Corridors
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Ya-Ting Liu
Director of Government Affairs & Policy, Via Transportation
PANEL: New Screen Deal
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Yanina Kupava
Director of Operational Planning & Administration, Central Park Conservancy