Speakers

Enrique Acevedo

Anchor and Managing Editor at Televisa-Univision Miami, Florida, U.S.A

Aziza Akhmouch

Head of the Cities, Urban Policies and Sustainable Development Division at OECD Paris, France

Unis Ali

Peer Researcher in partnership with Greater London Authority; Youth Engagement Leader London, U.K.

Tracy Alloway

Host of Bloomberg’s “Odd Lots” podcast New York, New York, U.S.A.

Kali-Ahset Amen

Director of Civic Engagement Practice at the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

James Anderson

Government Innovation Lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, New York, U.S.A.

Pep Avilés

Associate Director of Herzog & de Meuron Barcelona; Associate Professor at The Pennsylvania State University Barcelona, Spain

Regina Bakitte Musoke

Mayor of Nansana, Uganda

Brian Bannon

Chief Librarian and Merryl and James Tisch Director at the New York Public Library New York, New York, U.S.A

Anna Bedmar

Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Habitacion.com Barcelona, Spain

Michael R. Bloomberg

Founder of Bloomberg L.P. and Bloomberg Philanthropies; Three-term Mayor of New York City New York, U.S.A. (2002-2013)

Adrian Brown

Chief Executive of the Windfall Trust Kalmar, Sweden

Amanda Burden

Principal at Bloomberg Associates New York, New York, U.S.A.

Ricky Burdett

Director of LSE Cities and Professor of Urban Studies at London School of Economics London, U.K.

Andy Burnham

Mayor of Greater Manchester, U.K.

Nadia Calviño

President of the European Investment Bank Group Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

Angelo Carino

Head of Product for Jigsaw at Google New York, New York, U.S.A.

Claudio Castro

Mayor of Renca, Chile

Ashwini Chhabra

Director of the Urban Innovation Fellows Initiative at the Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech New York, New York, U.S.A.

Avantika Chilkoti

Global Business Correspondent at The Economist London, U.K.

Jaume Collboni

Mayor of Barcelona, Spain

Tom Copley

Deputy Mayor for Housing and Residential Development London, U.K.

Catrina Cuadra

Urban Innovation Fellow at Cornell Tech New York, New York, U.S.A.

Carlos Cuerpo Caballero

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Trade and Business, Government of Spain

Manuel de Araújo

Mayor of Quelimane City, Mozambique

Francisco de la Torre Prados

Mayor of Málaga, Spain

Es Devlin

Artist London, U.K.

Sarah Douglas

Founder of Night Club London, U.K.

Okela Douglas-Norgrove

Founder and CEO of Sister System London, U.K.

Youseline Dufrene

Journalist for the Journal of Young Investigators London, U.K.

Skye Duncan

Executive Director of the Global Designing Cities Initiative Dunedin, New Zealand

Ricardo Espinoza

Head of Vocational Education and Training at OECD Centre for Skills Paris, France

María Fernández Rey

Journalist for Telemadrid Madrid, Spain

María José Ferrari

Professor and Chair of Hispanic Cultures at IE University Madrid, Spain

Mike Firestone

Corporation Counsel for the City of Boston Law Department Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Nicole Flatow

Managing Editor of Bloomberg CityLab Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Norman Foster

Founder and Executive Chairman of Foster + Partners; President of the Norman Foster Foundation Madrid, Spain

Pilar Frank O'Leary

Executive Director of Aspen Conexión at the Aspen Institute Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Margaret Frisbie

Executive Director of Friends of the Chicago River Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

Francisco Fullana

Violinist Mallorca, Spain

Carlos Fernando Galán

Mayor of Bogotá, Colombia

Adriana García Jordán

Parliamentary Journalist and Cultural Specialist Madrid, Spain

Greg Gershuny

Executive Director of the Energy and Environment Program at the Aspen Institute Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Yasmin Green

CEO of Jigsaw at Google New York, New York, U.S.A.

Kahlil Greene

Digital Educator Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Jennifer Hahn

Design and Environment Editor at Dezeen London, U.K.

Hahrie Han

Director of the SNF Agora Institute; Stavros Niarchos Foundation Professor of Political Science; Faculty Director of the P3 Research Lab at Johns Hopkins University Timonium, Maryland, U.S.A.

Patti Harris

CEO of Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, New York, U.S.A.

Aitor Hernández-Morales

Senior Reporter and News Editor for POLITICO Brussels, Belgium

Joshi Herrmann

Founder of Mill Media Manchester, London, U.K.

Anne Hidalgo

Two-term Mayor of Paris, France

David Holt

Mayor of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, U.S.A.

Tatsuo Igarashi

Mayor of Tsukuba City, Japan

Cristina Iglesias

Artist Madrid, Spain

José Luis Infanzón

Director General of Public Space, Works and Infrastructure for Madrid City Council Spain

Bjarke Ingels

Founder of Bjarke Ingels Group New York, New York, U.S.A.

Francesca Ioffreda

Chief Innovation Officer for the State of Maryland Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Indy Johar

Executive Director of Dark Matter Labs London, U.K.

Sakaja Arthur Johnson

Governor of Nairobi City County, Kenya

Jenny Kane

Career and Technical Education Lead at Bloomberg Philanthropies New York, New York, U.S.A.

Rogé Karma

Staff Writer at The Atlantic Washington, D.C.

Rainer Kattel

Deputy Director of the Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose and Professor at University College London London, U.K.

Tim Kelly

Mayor of Chattanooga, Tennessee, U.S.A.

Sadiq Khan

Mayor of London, U.K.

Vitali Klitschko

Mayor of Kyiv, Ukraine

Ray Koçi

Advisor to the Mayor of the City of Tirana, Albania

Francine Lacqua

Anchor for Bloomberg News London, U.K.

Tommi Laitio

Principal at Studio Laitio Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

Alexandra Lange

Design Critic New York, New York, U.S.A.

José Luis Martínez-Almeida Navasqüés

Mayor of Madrid, Spain

Mariana Mazzucato

Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London London, U.K.

Stephanie Mehta

CEO and Chief Content Officer of Mansueto Ventures New York, New York, U.S.A.

Adam Met

Founder and Executive Director of Planet Reimagined New York, New York, U.S.A.

Carlos Moedas

Mayor of Lisbon, Portugal

Montserrat Montagut

Head of the Foreign and Heritage Languages Service at the Department of Education and Professional Training at the Government of Catalonia Barcelona, Spain

Kate Mulligan

Founding Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing; Co-Chair of the International Social Prescribing Collaborative Toronto, Canada

Florence Namayanja

Mayor of Masaka City, Uganda

Anh Nguyen

Urban Innovation Fellow at Cornell Tech New York, New York, U.S.A.

Dasha Niarchos

Founder and CEO of Ray New York, New York, U.S.A.

Feargus O'Sullivan

Writer and Editor at Bloomberg CityLab London, U.K.

Marie Øestergaard

Library Director of Aarhus Public Libraries Maarslet, Denmark

Rodrigo Orihuela

Spain Bureau Chief of Bloomberg LP Madrid, Spain

Gina Ortiz Jones

Mayor of San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A.

Alice Park

Senior Health Correspondent for TIME New York, New York, U.S.A.

Elena Parras Durán

Founder and CEO of Movimento 55+ Associação Lisbon, Portugal

Leah Pattem

Journalist and Founder of Madrid No Frills Madrid, Spain

Lib Peck

Director of the Mayor of London's Violence Reduction Unit London, U.K.

Linda Poon

Writer for Bloomberg CityLab Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Daniel R. Porterfield

President and CEO of the Aspen Institute Washington, D.C., U.S.A.

Daniel Ramot

Co-Founder and CEO of Via Transportation New York, New York, U.S.A.

Carlo Ratti

Director of the MIT Senseable City Lab and Founding Partner of Carlo Ratti Associati Turin, Italy

Jean Rhodes

Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology at the University of Massachusetts Boston Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.

Garrett Richardson

Manager at Bloomberg Associates New York, New York, U.S.A.

Michael Rodrigues

24-Hour Economy Commissioner for New South Wales State Government Sydney, Australia

Francisca Rojas

Executive Director of the Bloomberg Center for Public Innovation at Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Andrea Römmele

Dean of Executive Education and Professor of Communication in Politics and Civil Society at the Hertie School Berlin, Germany

Anthony Roth Contanzo

General Director and President of Opera Philadelphia; Artistic Director of SongStudio at Carnegie Hall New York, New York, U.S.A.

Steve Rotheram

Mayor of the Liverpool City Region, U.K.

Eric S. Lee

Founder of Skylight New York, New York, U.S.A.

Janette Sadik-Khan

Principal at Bloomberg Associates New York, New York, U.S.A.

José Fernández Sánchez

Delegate for the Area of Social Policies, Family and Equality of the Madrid City Council Madrid, Spain

Pedro Sánchez

President of the Government of Spain Madrid, Spain

Fátima Sánchez Santiago

Executive Director of Centro Botín Santander, Spain

Vivian Schiller

Vice President of the Aspen Institute; Executive Director of Aspen Digital Rochester Hills, Michigan, U.S.

Brandon Scott

Mayor of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.

Andreina Seijas

Founder and Principal at Night Tank Barcelona, Spain

Richard Shakespeare

Chief Executive of Dublin City Council, Dublin, Ireland

Jill Sonke

US Cultural Policy Fellow and Co-Director of EpiArts Lab at University of Florida New York, New York, U.S.A.

Vico Sotto

Mayor of Pasig, Philippines

Mati Staniszewski

Co-Founder of ElevenLabs London, U.K.

Sōichirō Takashima

Mayor of Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan

Gene Tan

Chief Librarian and Deputy Chief Executive of the National Library and Archives Board of Singapore

Flavio Tejada Gorraiz

Director of Master in Real Estate Development at IE University; Director at Arup Madrid, Spain

Heidi Tejera

Latin America Coach for Bloomberg Philanthropies' Youth Climate Action Fund Santiago, Chile

Rafał Trzaskowski

Mayor of Warsaw, Poland

Cecilia Vaca Jones

Executive Director for Breathe Cities London, U.K.

Joe Weisenthal