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Miguel Sangalang

Executive Director and General Manager | City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting Los Angeles, United States of America

Biography

Miguel Sangalang is the Director of the Bureau of Street Lighting, City of Los Angeles. His role is shaped by two major responsibilities: the upkeep and improvement of the city’s 220,000 street lighting infrastructure assets; and, the adoption of new tools and new practices to ensure the city meets the needs of its residents well into the future.

Sessions

10:30h

Thematic keynote | SMART CITY EXPO

The Reassuring Right of Way: how tech and design can improve how people feel about smart safety

Siphelele Ngobese South African Cities Network Senior Researcher Chair

Miguel Sangalang City of Los Angeles Bureau of Street Lighting Executive Director and General Manager Speaker

#Data Security and Safety, #Implementation Challenges, #Right to the City, #Smart Environments

08-11-2023 10:30 08-11-2023 10:45 Europe/Madrid The Reassuring Right of Way: how tech and design can improve how people feel about smart safety

More than 100 years ago electricity and the lightbulb were cutting edge innovations that transformed the right-of-way and fundamentally changed how people felt in public spaces at night. Today we have many different technologies that are helping to make our cities safer, but do they make people feel safer? How we can move from just “smart” to “thoughtful” in our approach to technology and create public spaces that are again reassuring.

Hall 1 | Congress Room: Red

Wed 8 10:30h - 10:45h Hall 1 | Congress Room: Red Full Congress Pass