184I_Alby Bocanegra, the Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc.

"24-hour city embracing density and buzzing always" Are you interested in the 24-hour city? What do you think about technology helping us being creative? How can we learn better from history? Interview with Alby Bocanegra, the Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, collaboration, AI and smartness, human connections, and many more. Alby Bocanegra currently serves as Chief Future Officer and Founder at The Urban Futurist Inc, a consultancy and advisory organization that is shaping the cities of the future. Prior to his role at Mastercard, Alby served the people of New York as Interim Chief Technology Officer in the Mayor’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO). He has dedicated his career to building expertise in talent architecture, business strategy, and performance management with a passion for civic tech. Alby spends his time studying future technologies and makes predictions of the impact and implications they’ll have on cities, the people that live in them and the ecosystems that will need to be developed to ensure that all can benefit. As an advisor and consultant, he shapes strategies, governance models and facilitates engagements focused on delivering a better tomorrow for people. Alby also lends his expertise as an Advisory Board Member on Digital Twins to the World Economic Forum. Find out more about Alby through these links: Alby Bocanegra on LinkedIn; @albybocanegra as Alby Bocanegra on X; The Urban Futurist Inc. on LinkedIn; Alby Bocanegra at the Charter Cities Institute; Alby Bocanegra at the Word Urban Forum; Alby Bocanegra at the Smart Cities Coucil; Urban Futurism for Smarter Cities podcast with Alby Bocanegra; Connecting episodes you might be interested in: No.015 - Interview with Luke Housego about data and knowledge; No.126 - Interview with Corey Gray about beauty as a feature for sustainability; No.183R - 24-hour cities network; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on Twitter ⁠@WTF4Cities⁠ or on the ⁠wtf4cities.com⁠ website where the ⁠shownotes⁠ are also available. I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by ⁠Lesfm ⁠from ⁠Pixabay