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Cities WITH(in)

virtual City Science Summit 2021

October 4 - 8, 2021

hyper-LOCAL solutions to GLOBAL problems

Our Main Stage includes updates from our network directors: Kent Larson of MIT City Science, Mayra Gamboa of the University of Guadalajara, Yongqi Lou of Tongji University, Marc Pons of Andorra Research + Innovation, Gesa Ziemer of HafenCity University, C Kien Vu of the Architecture Research Center, Hossein Rahnama of Ryerson University and Leehter Yao of Taipei Tech.

The program concludes with a conversation with Dava Newman, Director of the MIT Media Lab.

The summit design was directed by Gabriela Bila with editing and motion by Ribs + Seixas, watercolors by Lin Fanwei and sound by Holger Prang.

Open Content

  • Main Stage Premiere

    Watch presentations from the eight Network Lab Directors. How does each lab research and apply hyper-LOCAL solutions to GLOBAL problems?

    Featuring: Kent Larson of MIT City Science
    Mayra Gamboa of the University of Guadalajara
    Yongqi Lou of Tongji University
    Marc Pons of Andorra Research + Innovation
    Gesa Ziemer of HafenCity University
    C Kien Vu of the Architecture Research Center
    Hossein Rahnama of Ryerson University
    and Leehter Yao of Taipei Tech

  • Directors and Team

    Meet the City Science Network Directors and learn more about the teams that helped make this event possible.

  • Workshops

    Workshops presented include:
    CityScienceLab@Hamburg - From Participation to Co-Creation. Multi-stakeholder collaboration as a research area.

    CityScienceLab@Shanghai - Sustainable Cities WITH Decentralization

    MIT City Science - Hyper-LOCAL solutions to GLOBAL problems

    CityScienceLab@Vietnam - Transformation within Cities

    CityScienceLab@Toronto - Designing privacy preserved data hubs to empower collaborative communities

    CityScienceLab@Andorra -Biosphere and Living Lab frameworks to develop more resilient communities

    CityScienceLab@Guadalajara - Innovation within Informality

    CityScienceLab@Taipei - System WITH(in) Systems - Information Fusion for Future Cities

  • Closing Ceremony

    October 8 from 8:30 to 10am ET

    This clip features highlights of the Taipei Tech workshop, a book announcement from Gesa Ziemer, a long form interview with Kent Larson and Dava Newman, and research highlights from our eight City Science Network Labs

  • Lab Videos

    Don’t forget to check out our lab and demo videos. Videos from the eight network labs include research updates, lab visits and events from throughout the City Science network. Learn what each lab is up to and what it is like to be a student and collaborator in each location.

co-hosted virtually by Taipei Tech and MIT City Science