CONGRESS LINEUP
2025 SPEAKERS
Fresh industry insights, bold ideas, and actionable inspiration from global experts. They will speak at SCEWC25.
Disruptive ideas from leading voices
A few of the urban leaders and world-renowned experts taking the stage at SCEWC25.
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Nikki Greenberg
Nikki Greenberg
CEO Real Estate of the Future.
Nikki Greenberg is a globally recognized futurist and strategic advisor with over two decades of experience in real estate development, urban innovation and technology-driven transformation. She has held senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies and shaped transformative projects across Australia, New York and China. She is also Founder and Global Ambassador of Women in PropTech and served three terms as Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology & Innovation Council in New York City.
Nikki Greenberg is a globally recognized futurist and strategic advisor with over two decades of experience in real estate development, urban innovation and technology-driven transformation. She has held senior leadership roles at Fortune 500 companies and shaped transformative projects across Australia, New York and China. She is also Founder and Global Ambassador of Women in PropTech and served three terms as Co-Chair of the Urban Land Institute’s Technology & Innovation Council in New York City.
Kate O’Neill
Kate O’Neill
Tech Humanist. Founder and CEO of KO Insights, and Author.
Kate O’Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, and business writer. She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions. Kate has worked with prestigious clients like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and the United Nations. Her groundbreaking insights have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and WIRED. She has also been honored with numerous awards, including “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year”.
Kate O’Neill is a digital innovator, chief executive, and business writer. She is the founder and CEO of KO Insights, a strategic advisory firm that enhances human experiences at scale through data-driven and AI-led interactions. Kate has worked with prestigious clients like Google, IBM, Microsoft, and the United Nations. Her groundbreaking insights have been featured in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and WIRED. She has also been honored with numerous awards, including “Technology Entrepreneur of the Year”.
WHO ELSE IS IN?
Here’s a sneak peak of who you’ll find at the Congress. More speakers to be announced soon!
Monica Lucarelli
Deputy Mayor, City of Rome, Italy
Ulpiano Suarez
Mayor, City of Mendoza, Argentina
Pier Roberto Remitti
Co-Director, Global Covenant of Mayors
Rumaitha Al Busaidi
Vice President, Environment Society of Oman
Jordi Vaquer
Secretary General, Metropolis
Linda Gustafsson
Gender Equality Officer, City of Umeå, Sweden
Renate Mitterhuber
Head of Smart Cities and Regions Division, Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building of Germany
Bárbara Pons
Secretary General, CIDEU
DON'T JUST TAKE OUR WORD FOR IT!
WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT
OUR CONGRESS
"I’ve been coming for this event for ten years now. And there’s no other place in the world like it. I think it’s an essential place for cities, for anybody who care about the future of our cities. If you’re not here, how are you going to actually connect together?"
Jeff MerrittHead of Urban Transformation | World Economic Forum 
"It’s my first time here but I know it’s been running for many years and it’s an amazing event. I think so many of the solutions we need are in these halls… So, not only does it give us the sense of the solutions, I think it can give us a sense of hope and a sense of courage as well."
Claire O’NeillFormer UK Climate and Energy Minister | Global Decarbonization Advisor 
"I think an event like this is something that can really help foster the dialogue and the potential collaboration between countries, actors, private and public organizations in terms of finding solutions that are better equipped for the future."
Tamira SnellFuturist and Senior Advisor | Copenhagen Institute for Future Studies 
"This event is a super exciting space. Everyone seems really happy and full of life and things to do. It’s such a creative space with so many ideas rolling around… It’s just been an impactful experience to understand all of the ways things can move forward."
Margaret MitchellResearcher and Chief Ethics Scientist | Hugging Face 
"I strongly believe that this event is like the world stage for the edge innovation in the context of smart cities. It enables us to take advantage of this unique opportunity to go further in the digital transformation to be able to provide quality of life for people in the cities."
Miguel de Castro NetoDean / Urban Analytics Lab Coordinator | NOVA IMS / NOVA Cidade 
