Shaping Davos: Cities as Hubs of Innovation

January 18, 2017 17:00

The sheer density and diversity of cities fosters collaborative creativity that has produced some of humanity’s best ideas throughout history. How can we further enable cities as platforms for innovation?

Connecting live to the following cities:
- Belfast on boosting the knowledge economy
- Seattle on building an inclusive innovation ecosystem
- Quito on learning and productive cities
- Vancouver on making urban sustainability profitable

This session was developed with the Global Shapers Community, focusing on global issues and local solutions. It is part of a series of live events connecting to 16 cities worldwide.

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website.

Speakers:

Fahd Al-Rasheed

Advisor, Council of Ministers of Saudi Arabia

Jamil Edmond Anderlini

Editor-in-Chief, Europe, Politico

Christian Ulbrich

Global Chief Executive Officer; President, JLL