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🌟 Join Us at Harvard Urban AI's Inaugural Conference! 🌟 📅 Date: April 19, 2025 📍 Venue: Harvard Science Center, Hall C 🔖 Register now to secure your spot: https://lnkd.in/gb6r6jHM (Please open in a browser environment) We are thrilled to introduce the speakers for Panel I: Advanced Geospatial AI for Policy Advising Ramon Gras Alomà (Aretian Urban Analytics and Design) - Ramon Gras (Harvard’18, MIT’15, BarcelonaTech’10) is the CEO and Founder of Aretian Urban Analytics and Design, and Urban Design Researcher at Harvard University. Originally hailing from Barcelona, Ramon specializes in urban design, city science, architecture, civil engineering, and knowledge economy. Aretian develops Masterplan projects and software solutions to shape urban design and knowledge economy strategies around the world, from Boston and Lund, Sweden to São Paulo, Barcelona, and Cape Town. Fábio Duarte (MIT Senseable City Lab) - Fábio Duarte is the Associate Director and Principal Research Scientist at MIT Senseable City Lab. Duartehas published in Nature Cities, Nature Sustainability, and Science Robotics. His most recent book is Urban Play: Make-believe, technology and space, published by MIT Press. Gia Jung(Google Geo Sustainability) - Gia Jung is a Technical Lead at Google Earth AI, specializing in the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational design, and spatial technologies. With extensive experience across Fortune 500 companies and startups, she has pioneered AI-enabled software platforms that transform design processes. Valérie Lechêne (Urban Systems Lab) - Valérie is Assistant Director at the New School's Urban Systems Lab, advancing research in AI-driven climate risk modeling, urban nature-based solutions, and community co-production. At the Lab, she supports initiatives like ClimateIQ, which provides open-access hyperlocal climate risk data, and the NATURA Global Roadmap for Urban Nature-based Solutions. Benjamin Lewis (Harvard University Graduate School of Design University Center for Geographic Analysis) - Benjamin Lewis is the Geospatial Technology Manager at Harvard CGA. Ben designs and develops custom geospatial systems to support research. Before Harvard, Ben was a project manager with Advanced Technology Solutions of Pennsylvania, where he led the company in adopting platform independent approaches to GIS system development. This panel will be moderated by Han Na Kim (Harvard University Graduate School of Design) Harvard Urban AI Conference is sponsored by Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Bloomberg Center for Cities at Harvard University. Whether you're an urban planner, tech enthusiast, policy advisor, or designer—don’t miss this chance to explore the future of urban innovation! We hope to see you in April! #Harvard #UrbanAI #AI #Geospatial #Design #Planning #UrbanDevelopment #Innovation #Networking #Conference