Christine Auclair - Urban Planner, Ph.D. in Urban Studies and Planning (Institut Français d’Urbanisme, University of Paris VIII).
Joined UN-Habitat in 1994, working in the area of urban policy analysis. Urban indicators and monitoring specialist in the Urban Indicators Programme (1994-1997) and at the Global Urban Observatory (1998-2005).
Chief of the Private Sector Unit since 2007, Christine has initiated the Habitat Business Forum and the Business Award to help recognizing the private sector’s contribution to sustainable cities.
Also UN-Habitat Focal Point for human settlements professionals, she is presently engaged in the World Urban Campaign to increase professionals and private sector’s commitment to sustainable urbanization.
Author of a book on the housing sector in India and several articles in international journals and collective contributions.
Wei leping - Academician, CAE
Wei leping joined the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999, and graduated from the Radio Department, Tsinghua University in 1970. He won master degree in 1981 from Electrical science institute communication and electronic systems.
1984 -1986 Visiting Scholar in Canadian; 1994 -1995, the Israeli national senior visiting scholars.
His research covers optical fiber communications, SDH, broadband network, access network and network development strategy.
Leadership for 10 years in the work of 863 scientific and technological communications, and directly led the national demonstration network of high-speed information project.
Wang Dongmei- Head of China Redesign at The Climate Group
She is leading the development and implementation of China Redesign and SMART2020 initiatives. China Redesign aims at supporting Chinese cities in execution of low carbon development plans starting with five cities in three years covering seven sectors including Urban Planning, Building, Transportation, Renewable Energy, Energy Management, Finance, and Green Industries through Capacity Building, Pilot Projects, Policy Recommendation and Finance, and Communication. SMART2020 programme will support market transformation to achieve 15% savings opportunity through the application of information and communication technologies.
Before joining The Climate Group, she had over 10 years working experience both in state-owned and multinational company. She worked for IBM's Research Lab in China where her focus included developing business models by ICT solutions. Prior to IBM, she worked with Civil Aviation of China, where she oversaw the development and implementation of communications projects.
She holds a MBA from Peking University and Bachelor degree in Computer & Information Management.
Dan Guttman - Senior Fellow, Johns Hopkins University and Visiting professor, Peking University and Tsinghua University
Dan Guttman is a teacher and lawyer. He is visiting Professor at the Peking University School of Law public interest law program, visiting Senior Fellow at the Tsinghua University US/China Center, Fellow at the Johns Hopkins University Center for Advanced Government Studies, and Fellow at the University of California Santa Barbara Bren School Center for Sustainability and Governance. He works with the Nanjing University School of Environment on cooperative research and teaching projects. As a Fulbright scholar in China he taught at Tsinghua, Peking, Fudan, Nanjing, and Shanghai Jiao Tong Universities.
Dan Guttman served in the Administration of President Clinton as Executive Director of a Presidential Advisory Commission, and was appointed by President Clinton to serve as a Commissioner of the Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission. He served as special counsel to United States Senator David Pryor in Senate investigations of U.S. government energy and environmental management.
As a private lawyer, his energy/environment work has included representation of nuclear weapons workers in law suits on the environmental cleanup of the US nuclear weapons complex and the enactment by Congress of a law to compensate workers, school workers in litigation that led to Congress’ enactment of a law to protect against asbestos hazard in schools, and whistleblowers and litigation that led to hundreds of millions of dollars of recovery by the US government from oil companies. He was a partner in a law firm that counseled public agencies in energy matters, and which pioneered in the application of principles of competition to the electric industry. He has been counsel to NGOs engaged in international development.
He co-authored The Shadow Government, a seminal study of the contracting out of the U.S. government and testified on many occasions before the U.S. Congress and other public bodies on energy/environment and public management. He has shared in journalism awards, including a 2004 award for investigation of $900 billion in Pentagon contracting.
He is a Fellow of the US National Academy of Public Administration, and a member of the Board of Directors of Shanghai Roots and Shoots, a China government registered nonprofit that works with 200 Shanghai area schools in projects including tree planting in inner mongolia, eco-office audits, health and environmental education. He was graduated from Yale Law School and with highest honors from the University of Rochester.
Hardik Bhatt - Director, Business development and strategy of Cisco Smart Connected City, Cisco Systems
Hardik is working for Cisco’s Global Smart + Connected Communities group as Director of Business Development and strategy. Hardik joined Cisco after being the Chief Information Officer of the City of Chicago and Commissioner for Chicago Department of Innovation and Technology for close to 5 years.
As the CIO, Hardik had been leading a team of 250+ employees and consultants with an annual budget of over $150 Million. Hardik also lead Mayor Daley’s charge for universal and affordable broadband for all Chicagoans through various initiatives, including the Smart Communities program. In last 3 years, Hardik brought over $25 Million from Federal, State, Foundation and Private sector sources for Chicago’s Smart Communities program. On the way, he was instrumental in establishing partnerships with Chicagoland Healthcare providers, Utility and energy sector leaders as well as public safety, transportation and non-profit leaders.
Hardik worked closely with leading CIO's and Technology leaders of the region to accomplish various technology talent related initiatives, including opening a new Technology Career high school. Hardik was also very closely connected with other City CIO’s as well as the Federal CIO and CTO.
Prior to joining the public sector, Hardik worked as a consultant with Oracle corporation in the US and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) in India.
Hardik has an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from M. S. University, Baroda, India.
Frans-Anton Vermast - Smart City Strategy consultant, Amsterdam
As a European public and advisor on government affairs (including regulatory issues) Frans-Anton Vermast has been involved from the outset in the Amsterdam Fibre from the Home initiative (www.citynet.nl), the open access communication infrastructure in the City of Den Haag (The Hague) and the Province of Limburg. Since 2004 he has built up considerable business and regulatory knowledge on open communication infrastructures based on glass fibre techniques in the Netherlands and Europe.
As Strategy Advisor for Amsterdam Smart City he presently also focuses on appliances and services that are available with an open access symmetrical communication infrastructure to provide social and economic benefits as well as more sustainable solutions for a better environment.
He has a great deal of Dutch, European and worldwide experience with local government and municipality participation in these initiatives.
Tang jiqiang - Young economists and The Secretary of Chengdu Hi-tech Zone Development
Young economists. Doctor of Economics and the Fellow of Finance Research Center in Southwest University; MBA of University of California.
He is currently the Director, Chengdu Hi-tech District Bureau of Development and Planning. He worked in the central organs, the CPC Chengdu municipal government office and the Chengdu Municipal Communist Youth League. And in 2000 he went to study in the United States.
Jeffrey Jia，Halma Water Management Great China Manager
Represents and manages 3 UK IOT high-Tech company，1 France IOT High-Tech company， 1 USA high-Tech company business in great China. China IOT association municipal director. Intelligent city municipal field specialist. having provide consultant and solution for different domestic smart city project.Southern Columbia University MBA.
Huawei Kong (Director, ICT Shanghai Branch, CAS)
Have many years of experience in the field of marketing, management and operation. Especially experienced in the marketing plan, channel development and sales management of high-tech products. Has considerable experience in the industrialization of scientific and technological achievements in information technology and electronic technology. The sponsor and organizer in AVS Industry Alliance, promote the industrialization of AVS to make a significant contribution. Main Achievements:
1. Initiated and organized research alliances formed by the ZTE, Huawei and other mainstream mobile communications & multimedia chip manufacturers (Shanghai AVS Mobile Audio and Video Industry Association), to undertake and complete the "Research on mobile audio and video key technologies “and other R & D projects. So that Shanghai Pudong become one of industry center of the AVS.
2. Technology Transfer: by the years of vast experience, Mr. Kong put forward a Master Plan which is a pre-incubator program to build up a "base of entrepreneurial Graduate Internship", approved by Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong. The experience was adopted and implemented by the Chinese Academy of Sciences Chinese Academy of Sciences Shanghai Branch. At the same time Mr. Kong was awarded Entrepreneurial Mentor to the College students at the Shanghai. 【master plan: is a Entrepreneurial program for post graduate students, which invested a total of 6 projects. "subversive"anti-compiler, sold to the Guangdong company, and now are establishing a company which already financed 10 million; sliding input method, became “hot spot" around the 2011 New Year; "Hydra" web games, is under cooperative negotiation. 】
3. Committed to "New Economy Study": Lead and completed the "innovative high-tech industrial park construction mode " supported by the Pudong New Area Science and Technology Commission; and "Post Graduate Academy Master plan entrepreneurial incubator business model" supported by the Science Association. Lead and completed the "Pudong New Area ICT industry plan"; proposed FLAG action plan, which main content is being implemented, is expected to enhance the status Pudong / Zhangjiang area in the ICT industries in the country and even the Asia Pacific region. 【the ICT industry plan which finished at the end of 2009, first proposed the "cloud services "and "smart city " as highlight in the industry. Also the smart city was write into the 12th 5-Year Plan of Shanghai. 】
4. Created new economic Sharon italk, held at the Zhangjiang Burson hotel, twice a month, every other Wednesday night. Has been held 79 time now, is the most influential new Yangtze River Delta Economic Forum, has been awarded the Pudong New District Outstanding activities. 【Sharon italk was launched at 2008, attracted more than 3,700 entrepreneurs as members in the Yangtze River Delta area. Has. www.italksalon.com】
Ma Chengbin
Chengbin Ma is an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering with the University of Michigan-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute, joint faculty appointment in Institute of Automotive Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China. Between 2006 and 2008, he held a post-doctoral position with the Department of Mechanical and Aeronautical Engineering, University of California Davis, California, USA. From 2004 to 2006, he was a R&D researcher with Servo Laboratory, Fanuc Limited, Yamanashi, Japan. His research interests include motion control, electric drives, control and optimization of renewable and alternative energy systems and wireless power transfer, etc.
He received the B.S.E.E. degree from East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China, in 1997, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees both in the electrical engineering from University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, in 2001 and 2004, respectively.
Dr. Ma is a member of IEEE and ASME.
Ron Partridge, GVP – Client Solutions Group
Ron is the Group Vice President of the Client Solutions Group of Panduit, a global leader in network and electrical infrastructure solutions, based in Tinley Park, Illinois.
In this position, Ron is responsible for Global Sales & Marketing, Solutions Development (for DataCenters, Industrial Automation, Alternative Energy, and Connected Buildings), Global Business Office, Strategic Markets, and Strategic Alliances. In addition, Ron is responsible for Panduit’s Smart Connected Community Solution and is a member of Panduit’s Strategy Council and Corporate Leadership Team. Ron has held his current position since 2003. During this time Panduit has grown from under $400 million to just under $1 billion in 2010.
Ron has been with Panduit for 20 years and was an original member of the Network Systems Division. Ron was a Registered Communications Design Professional for 12 years and has held the positions of International Market Development Manager, VP International, and VP Global Business Development. Ron has been instrumental in driving Panduit’s global business initiatives, resulting in the expansion of the business to new geographies and emerging markets.
Ron is currently based both in Shanghai, China and Tinley Park, IL, USA.
Yang Guoguang
Yang Guoguang, is master degree and senior economist. He graduated from the Sichuan Institute of Business Administration.
He is currently general manager of Sichuan Telecom. Communication services, corporate finance and management are his good professional specialized.
