CASA Seminar: Cities as Units of Change (Francesco Papa)
Francesco will briefly introduce what led him into the business of cities, and some background on UrbanDNA. He will also talk about Transformation Agenda to highlight the importance of cities to achieve impact. Then he will present several relevant student projects.
Francesco Papa
Urban Consultant
UrbanDNA
Francesco is committed to advance cities and joined UrbanDNA as an Urban Consultant to support this journey. His main focus is on ‘packaging’ smart and sustainable city solutions to support scale market adoption having been involved in several EU funded projects within the EU Horizon 2020 agenda and supported activities within the 100 Smart Cities India programme. He holds two Master’s degrees - from Imperial College London and the University of Exeter. His main focuses are Urban Innovation; SDGs; Circular Economy; City Resilience; Societal Engagement; Economic Development; Climate Change and Smart Cities.