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Rashid Seedat

Executive Director | Gauteng City-Region Observatory Johannesburg, South Africa

Biography

Rashid Seedat is the Executive Director of the Gauteng City-Region Observatory, an urban research partnership focused on the Gauteng province in South Africa. He was formerly head of strategy for the City of Johannesburg and subsequently the head of the Gauteng Province Planning Division.

Sessions

10:15h

Thematic Roundtable | SMART CITY EXPO

The Global Challenge of Metropolitan Governance

Rashid Seedat Gauteng City-Region Observatory Executive Director Speaker

Oriol Estela Barnet Pla Estratègic Metropolità de Barcelona (PEMB) General Coordinator Chair

Edgar Pou Chaparro Instituto Municipal de Planeación (IMPLAN) Project Manager Speaker

#Agile Governance, #City-to-City Cooperation, #Democracy

2025-11-04 10:15 2025-11-04 10:55 Europe/Madrid The Global Challenge of Metropolitan Governance

In an increasingly urbanized world, metropolitan areas concentrate the major challenges—and opportunities—of our time. From climate resilience to mobility, housing, and inequality, these challenges rarely respect administrative boundaries. Yet, around the globe, cities of all sizes and levels of development are collaborating and experimenting with new models of metropolitan governance.

Stage: People - First

Tue 4 10:15h - 10:55h Stage: People - First All Passes