3rd International Smart & Healthy Cities Symposium
3rd International Smart & Healthy Cities Symposium
The Institute of Smart and Healthy Cities at Thomas Jefferson University, the Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and AARP PA present the 3rd International Smart and Healthy Cities Symposium Smart and Healthy Cities 2021.This discussion forum will focus on the interrelationship of design, urbanization, technological innovation, demographic trends, and population health to develop smarter and healthier cities and discuss how cities can be better prepared for global crises. All our welcome to attend the symposium — academics, scientists, entrepreneurs and leaders in architecture, engineering, population health and city government.
Panel Discussion Dates & Time
Panel I: Thursday October 14, 2021, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Understanding the Impact of Smart Cities: Policies, Design, Economics, Big Data, Environment and Population Health
Opening remarks:
- Barbara Klinkhammer, RA (DEU), Dipl-Ing
Dean, College of Architecture and the Built Environment
Speakers:
- Silvia Barbero, PhD. Politecnico di Torino, Italy
- Emily Yates, Smart City Director, City of Philadelphia (TBD)
- Mariela Alfonzo, PhD. Founder, State of Place
- Mike Watson, AARP Director, Livable Communities
Moderator:
- Russell McIntire, PhD, MPH
Associate Director, Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities
Assistant Professor, Public Health
College of Population Health, Thomas Jefferson University
Panel II: Friday October 15, 2021, 12 p.m. - 2 p.m.
Drivers for Change: Population Health, Technological Innovation, Built Environment, Entrepreneurship
Opening remarks:
- Ignazio R. Marino, MD
Professor of Surgery, Sidney Kimmel Medical College, TJU
Executive Vice President for International Innovative Strategic Ventures, Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health
Executive Director, Jefferson Italy Center
Former mayor of Rome
Speakers:
- Federica Larcher, Dept. Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences, University of Turin, Urban Greening for Better Living: Experiences from Italy
- Andriele Madison, Green Space Communities Lead, Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
- Adam Dakin, Managing Director, Dreamit Ventures
- Jason Duckworth, President, Arcadia Land Company and former Delaware Valley Smart Growth Alliance Director
- Cybelle Jones, CEO, Society for Experiential Graphic Design
Moderators:
- Silvia Barbero, PhD
Associate Professor in Design, Politecnico di Torino.
Chair of the Systemic Design Association and member of the Scientific Committee for the Relating Systems Thinking and Design symposium - Edgar Stach, PhD
Director, Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities
Professor of Architecture
College of Architecture and the Built Environment, Thomas Jefferson University
Sponsor / Co-host:
- Yocasta Lora (She/Her/Ella), AARP Pennsylvania
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