SINGAPORE, April 14, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Cityzenith
CEO Mr. Michael Jansen has been
selected to be honored as a World Cities Summit Young Leader on
May 31st, 2014, at the
World Cities Summit in Singapore,
in recognition of his contribution to the field of urban livability
and sustainability.
The World Cities Summit Young Leaders, a new initiative by
the World Cities Summit (WCS) program secretariat, is a networking
platform for young urban leaders to spearhead change. As a
newly-nominated WCS Young Leader, Mr. Jansen will be attending the
inaugural WCS Young Leaders Symposium on May
31st, 2014, in Singapore. A preamble to the World Cities
Summit, this inaugural Symposium will focus on how to initiate
sustainable projects to improve cities. The World Cities Summit
2014 is expected to attract 1,400 delegates worldwide including
Mayors, Ministers, and leaders from business and international
organization communities.
A champion for the use of open standards in cities,
earlier this month on April
1st, Mr. Jansen welcomed the world's Smart City
innovation leaders to an unprecedented gathering hosted by
Cityzenith to discuss the development of common, standards-based
platforms for cities (click here to view the 7-minute audio-video
recording featuring highlights). 33 participants joined from 18
cities in 11 countries, including Canada, the
Netherlands, Spain,
Denmark, the UAE, India, and Singapore. The attendees consisted of major
city CIO's, city officials, and leaders from several of the largest
city networks and municipal standards institutions in the world.
Cityzenith's worldwide city collaboration platform initiative, the
Global Partner City Program™, was nominated as a finalist in the
"Innovative Initiative" category at the World Smart Cities Awards
in Barcelona last
November.
In March, Mr. Jansen was also appointed to the JTC 1 ISO
Advisory Group on Smart Cities recently established by INCITS, and
will serve on a task force with smart city industry experts to
"identify the aspects of the smart city concept that are most
relevant to ISO."
Over the next two months, Mr. Jansen will be speaking at
the GCIF Global Cities Summit from May
15-16 in Toronto, and at
the upcoming Agrion event in San
Francisco on April
24th entitled "Why Holistic Data Analytics is
Vital for Evolving Smart Cities."
About Michael
Jansen
An impassioned architect,
urbanist, and entrepreneur, Michael is a sought-after smart city
industry innovator with numerous awards and accolades to his
credit, and has been featured on CNN, CNBC, and myriads of
business, technology, and government innovation publications
worldwide, including Forbes, Smart Cities, Cities Today, Government
Technology, FutureGov Asia, Architectural Record, ENR, Business
Week, and Domus.
About Cityzenith
Cityzenith, a
software company based in Silicon Valley and Chicago, makes complex city data simple,
intuitive, and straightforward, while connecting citizens to the
world of city data around them. Serving the needs of city
governments, corporate partners and citizens worldwide, the company
is dedicated to enabling cities and their citizens to develop new,
innovative ways of visualizing, analyzing, and applying data to
address urban challenges and improve the quality of life in cities.
www.cityzenith.com
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