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SIGGRAPH 2024: Leading Sustainable Urban Futures (Session)

Join us at SIGGRAPH 2024 for a session with presentations and a panel discussion on innovative approaches for sustainable urban environments.

SIGGRAPH 2024

Leading Sustainable Futures: Innovative Approaches for Urban Environments

Swissnex in San Francisco is hosting a session with Swiss, US, and Canadian experts at SIGGRAPH 2024 to explore how new technologies such as digital twins, GIS tools, and AI are revolutionizing urban planning, creating smarter, more resilient, and sustainable cities.

Building on our Metropolis initiative focused on the future of cities, this session will explore the transformative potential of technologies such as digital twins, GIS/mapping tools, AI, and open-source platforms in urban planning.

The discussion will uncover how these technologies can lead to smarter, more resilient, and ultimately more sustainable urban environments.

Through the presentations of case studies and research projects from Switzerland, the US, and Canada, this session will provide concrete examples of practices and the utilization of advanced technologies to reshape our cities for more sustainable urban futures. Join us to gain insights and to get inspired by the latest practices in creating sustainable urban futures.

Speakers

Program

  • 3:45pm – Opening words by Munkhtsetseg Nandigjav, SIGGRAPH Lead Chair
  • 3:50pm – Introduction by Emilia Pasquier, CEO of Swissnex in San Francisco
  • 3:55pm – Talks
  • 4:35pm – Moderated panel discussion
  • 5:05pm – Q&A

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