Michele Acuto

Director - Connected Cities Lab

Biography

Michele Acuto is director of the Connected Cities Lab at the University of Melbourne, where he is Professor in Urban Politics and Associate Dean (Research) in the Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning. He is an expert in international urban development, urban data and the governance of cities, with a focus on sustainability and global health. He is also a Senior Fellow of the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and member of Fondation Botnar’s expert commission. He has previously led research on the future of cities at University College London and the University of Oxford, and outside academia with Arup, World Health Organization, World Bank Group, and the European Commission.

Session details

Thursday 1 October

10:00 am

Responding panel to Keynote

SDGs and Cities - Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

Moderator:

Michele Acuto, Director - Connected Cities Lab

Panellists:

Director General Chingyu Yao, City of New Taipei

Tony Pipa, Senior Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Brookings

Penny Abeywardena, Commissioner - NYC Mayor’s Office for International Affairs

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