What Comes After the Smart City?
What Comes After the Smart City? AI, Digital Twins and the Future of Digital Governance in the Cityverse
The Smart City promised better services through data and technology. The next question is harder: can cities govern AI-enabled urban systems before those systems start governing the city?
Artificial intelligence, digital twins, immersive environments and virtual worlds are moving urban digitalisation beyond dashboards and sensors, opening new possibilities for planning, public services and citizen engagement, while raising urgent questions around trust, data rights, inclusion, interoperability and democratic accountability.
This webinar introduces Preparing Your City for the Citiverse, a practical guide developed as part of the Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds and AI, and presents Metro Futures as a complementary tool to connect digital transformation with broader metropolitan governance priorities.
What you will take away:
A clear understanding of what the Citiverse means for cities and urban digital governance
A framework for assessing your city's readiness before implementing advanced digital technologies
Practical insights across strategy, governance, infrastructure, data, security, inclusion and finance
An interactive self-assessment to identify your city's starting point and priority areas
Speakers
Dr. Christina Yang Zang, CEO, The Metaverse Institute
Dino Cataldo Dell'Accio, Deputy Chief Executive, UN Joint Staff Pension Fund
Maria Cristina Bueti, Counsellor on Smart Sustainable Cities, AI-enabled Citiverse & Virtual Worlds, ITU
Usha Mishra, Chief of Social Policy, UNICEF China
Who should attend
City representatives and practitioners working on digital transformation, innovation, smart city strategies, data governance, urban planning, metropolitan governance and public sector modernisation.
No prior preparation required.
A Metropolis + The Metaverse Institute Webinar
Contact:
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