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Urban Tech Summit
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| With Jiahao Chen (Dir. AI & ML, NYC Office of Tech & Innovation), Zach Iscol (NYC Commissioner of Emergency Mgmt), Dana Chermesh-Reshef (Founder, InCitu), Frederic Charlier (CEO, ClearRoad), Sam Schwartz (Transportation Research, Hunter College), Andrew Blum (Author, Electric Earth), Alex Bell (CIV:LAB). |
| Cornell Tech, 34 N Loop Rd, Roosevelt Island |
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Nov 11 (Tue) , 2025 @ 09:00 AM
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$499 |
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The 2025 Urban Tech Summit is set against a backdrop of growing global uncertainty-from governance & markets to climate risks, migration, & rapid technological change. These disruptions are reshaping the landscape for innovation in urban tech. The Summit will offer practical insights & examples of how researchers, companies, governments, & communities can continue to drive innovation amid these headwinds-and how urban tech can help cities do more with less as they prepare for the future.
PROGRAM
SNAPSHOT
FOUR GRAND CHALLENGES
This year's Summit will focus on four grand challenges that cities must act on to prepare for the hazards ahead.
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BUILD
AI-Accelerated Construction: Building Climate-Ready Cities
Cities face an urgent timeline to build & retrofit infrastructure for climate resilience. As construction costs rise & project timelines lengthen, the window for adapting our cities is closing. This Grand Challenge explores how AI can dramatically accelerate planning, design, permitting, & construction processes to prepare cities to adapt to a changing climate.
POWER
AI + Grid Resilience: Powering Climate-Ready Cities
Grid decentralization is good for decarbonization-making it easier to integrate renewable, distributed energy resources. But, it's even more effective in boosting resilience, allowing microgrids to operate independently when regional systems fail. This Grand Challenge asks how the AI boom's growing demand for electricity could undermine current energy resilience plans, & how we might harness AI itself to shock them back to life.
MOVE
AI-Powered Infrastructure: Transforming Urban Mobility Networks
Climate change is disrupting how cities move-weakening the systems that connect people, goods, & information. As traditional infrastructure faces growing stress, AI presents powerful tools to redesign & fortify urban mobility networks for long-term sustainability. This Grand Challenge investigates AI applications that orchestrate & optimize more distributed, dynamic, & responsive networks & services.
BOOST
AI for Community Mobilization: Advancing Inclusive Adaptation
Urban climate adaptation is everyone's work-government & industry can't do it alone. This Grand Challenge takes a deep dive into harnessing AI for engagement. How do we deepen the adaptive capacity of communities by connecting them to the right knowledge, networks, & tools? We'll explore how AI can be used to reach the most vulnerable & isolated, demonstrate the benefits of adaptation projects in impacted communities, & map out the tools & platforms that could power future resilience hubs.
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