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Forecaster and Urban Planner

Dr. Anthony Townsend is an internationally renowned urban planner and expert on smart cities. He is Senior Research Scientist at New York University’s Rudin Center for Transportation Policy and Management where he investigates the impacts of mobile information services and communications on travel behavior and long-term shifts in mobility demands in megacities and the impacts of both trends on transportation planning and policy analysis. He is also a Fellow at the Data & Society Research Institute, a New York City-based think/do tank focused on social, cultural and ethical issues arising from data-centric technological development. In 2013 he founded the urban design and planning consultancy Bits and Atoms LLC of which he is the President.

“Leading expert on the implications of new technology for cities”

[expand title=”In detail”] Anthony holds a Ph.D. in urban and regional planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a master’s in urban planning from New York University and a B.A. in urban studies from Rutgers University. From 2005 to 2014 he was a research director at the Institute for the Future, an independent research organization based in California’s Silicon Valley, where his work focused on cities, innovation and technology-led economic development. Prior to this he was Research Assistant Professor at New York University and Director of NYCwireless. [/expand]

[expand title=”What he offers you”]Anthony analyses the impact of new technology on cities and public institutions and the role of technology in economic development. He speaks frequently around the world on the smart city industry, government service innovation and technology innovation systems and is active in international future research networks.[/expand]

[expand title=”How he presents”]Highly inspiring and thought provoking, Anthony’s remarks are of great interest for decision makers from all over the world. [/expand]

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Topics

Smart Cities

Urban and Regional Planning

Social, Cultural and Ethical Issues Arising From Data-Centric Technological Development

The Role of Technology in Economic Development

Global Urbanization and the Spread of Ubiquitous Computing

Publications

2013
Smart Cities: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for a New Utop

His writings have appeared in Scientific American and CQ Researcher

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