As per a United Nations report, 55% of the world’s population now lives in urban areas, a proportion that is expected to increase to 68% by 2050. Projections show that urbanization, the gradual shift in residence of the human population from rural to urban areas, combined with the overall growth of the world’s population could add another 2.5 billion people to urban areas by 2050, with close to 90% of this increase taking place in Asia and Africa.
The Future ICT Forum aims to bring together key stakeholders that can drive the sustainability agenda for cities. The annual Forum is anchored in the silicon valley of India – Bengaluru, Karnataka. As a tech hub for most of the leading global corporates in the ICT sector, Bengaluru is a key city that continues to innovate and shape sustainability solutions from an ICT perspective.
Ref:World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision,
https://population.un.org/
EDG -Palo Alto Silicon Valley US
Chief Executive Officer
[Tata Realty and Infrastructure Limited] INFOPARK Limited-Ramanujan IT City
AI & Cloud Marketing Leader –Asia Pacific,IBM
General Manager -Water Services South India,
SUEZ Environment
Sales Head -APAC and ME, BOSCH
Vice President -New Technology R&D,
Reliance Jio Infocomm
Founder & CEO, Quickride
Director & Country Head–Automotive Sales,INFINEON Technologies
Director & CEO, FaceTagr
Head, Research and Technology Center
India, BOSCH
Innovation Centre of Denmark
Bicycle MayorBengaluruand Director, URBANMORPH
Strategic Business Advisor
Chairman Indo American Chamber of Commerce [IACC] Karnataka
Founder & CEO, FluxGen
Co-founder, OCEOWater
Chief Operating Office, PORTEA Medical
Founder & CEO, MinionLabs
Co-Founder, ECOSTP
Co-founder and CEO,CLAIRCO
CEO, Amegumi Inc.[JAPAN]
Executive Director Don bosco young at risk Forum-South Asia
Integrated TransportSustainable Cities Program,
WRI India
Smart City & Government officials
ENVISIONING
SUSTAINABLE CITIES
Corporate representatives
DEPLOYING TURNKEY
SOLUTIONS &
RAPID SCALING
NGO and Academic representatives
BRIDGING
THE URBAN
KNOWLEDGE GAP
Startups and Accelerators
BRINGING INNOVATIVE
AND COST EFFECTIVE RETROFIT
SOLUTIONS TO THE CITIES
Investors and VC Community
DEMANDING
PEOPLE CENTRIC SOLUTIONS
FuturICT 2.0 is an international European project and its goal is to find ways to understand and manage complex, global, socially interactive systems.
A demographically diverse city, Bengaluru has developed into one of India's major economic hubs and is the fastest growing Metropolis in India. Bangalore is known as the Silicon Valley of India because of its pre-eminent position as the nation's leading IT employer and exporter. The city is home to numerous public sector heavy Industries, ICT giants, start-ups, and aerospace organizations. Blessed with a lovely temperate climate, this South Indian city has carefully preserved its heritage and green spaces. A gentle yet modern city, Bangalore is quite easy to fall in love with.
