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Thematic Roundtable

People-Centred Smart Cities: Making AI Work for Cities and People

| Enabling Technologies | | Living & Inclusion |

Tuesday 03, 13:05h - 13:50h | Stage: Impact Tech All Passes

2026-11-03 13:05 2026-11-03 13:50 Europe/Madrid People-Centred Smart Cities: Making AI Work for Cities and People

Cities are moving from digital ambition to real-world impact. This session explores how AI and digital technologies can support inclusive, sustainable and resilient urban development through practical city experiences and implementation pathways. It will show how people-centred principles can become scalable strategies and solutions, while gathering insights for the U4SSC People-Centred Smart Cities Toolbox to help cities leave no one behind.

Stage: Impact Tech

Cities are moving from digital ambition to real-world impact. This session explores how AI and digital technologies can support inclusive, sustainable and resilient urban development through practical city experiences and implementation pathways. It will show how people-centred principles can become scalable strategies and solutions, while gathering insights for the U4SSC People-Centred Smart Cities Toolbox to help cities leave no one behind.

Speakers

Cristina Bueti — Speaker

Cristina Bueti

Counsellor on Internet of Things, digital twins and Smart Sustainable Cities (ITU-T Study Group 20) International Telecommunication Union (ITU)

Geneva, Switzerland

Edlam Abera Yemeru — Moderator

Edlam Abera Yemeru

Director – Knowledge and Innovation Branch UN-Habitat

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Washington Menezes Fajardo — Speaker

Washington Menezes Fajardo

Coordinator, Sector Senior Specialist IDB Lab

Arlington, United States of America

Okan Geray — Speaker

Okan Geray

Senior Digital City Strategy Advisor Digital Dubai Authority

United Arab Emirates

Daeho Choi — Speaker

Daeho Choi

Mayor City of Anyang

Anyang, South Korea

Fransina Ndateelela Kahungu — Speaker

Fransina Ndateelela Kahungu

Council Member City of Windhoek

Windhoek, Namibia

Organizers

Smart City Expo

Un-Habitat

ITU

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