It was a massive honour and great pleasure to be invited to speak at the Urban Metaverse & Smart Cities event in Tenerife -
This was an exclusive gathering of handpicked experts from around the world,, each a leader in their field, collaborating to reshape the future of urban life.
With carefully curated talks and panel discussions on Digital Twins, AI, and the Metaverse, each of these visionaries explored how cities can become more sustainable, more responsive, and more citizen-focused through the application of these emerging technologies.
With the likes of NVIDIA, Esri and of course the visionary organisers BizzTech themselves present, this was a uniquely high powered event which resulted in some game changing strategies and collaborations being formed.
But perhaps even more important were the personal and professional relationships that were formed at this event - because the attendees were so carefully picked we each got a chance to really get to know each other over the course of the event (rather than the overwhelming numbers of many other conferences which can leave you with hundreds of business cards and no idea who or what any of them connect to!)
This event, by comparison, created a strong team of likeminded experts with a collective mission and the capaiblities and connections to achieve it.
It also created many strong and, I suspect, enduring friendships.
All in all, something I have rarely if ever expericenced in the countless conferences I have ever attended - so I want to extend my respect and gratitude to the BizzTech team who got this so right on their very first try:
Dirk Schmidt, Co-Founder & CEO
Rosi Vieira, Co-Founder & CMO
Jason Shuster, Co-Founder & COO
Joe Appleton, Smart Cities Director
Thomas Hampel, Director BDev DACH
Barry Gillespie, Global VP of Strategic Partnerships
Francisco Fuenzalida, BDev Latam & Spain
and our amazing Compére
Olga Dzieciatkowska, Innovation Manager at Huge Thing
I'd also like to thank the amazing co-delegates and speakers: Raffaele Gareri, Jose Antonio Ondiviela Ph.D., Taisha Fabricius, Abdelhameed Mohamed, Philip van Nedervelde Michal Lakomski
Vitor Pereira, Olaf-Gerd Gemein, Esteve Mede, Jorge Saraiva, Charbel, Nader Afzalan, Ph.D., Jennifer Loy, Louisa Barker, Vanessa Borkmann, Sandra Baer, Michael Lake, Zeina Nazer, Steffen Braun, Dr.-Ing., Omar Saúl Duarte Useche, Edwin Acosta Esteves, Henry Shterenberg, Francisco Fuenzalida, Carles Agustí i Hernandez, Gianfranco Todesco, Massimo Migliorini and Segun Williams
This event proved that when the best minds come together, they create something greater than the sum of their parts 😊
Here's to building a smarter, greener future for us all!
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