IMD-SUTD Smart City Index Virtual Roundtable

The Institute for Management Development (IMD) and the Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) jointly present the second edition of the Smart City Index with a virtual roundtable.

Do ‘smarter’ cities manage issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic better and deliver better outcomes? Are they better positioned to recover faster economically and socially?

Join our panellists as they discuss findings from this year’s Index and share their experiences about how Singapore managed issues brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guest Speakers

Dr Vivian Balakrishnan, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Singapore and Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation Initiative
Jan Pellervo Vapaavuori, Mayor of Helsinki since June 2017 and former Minister of Economic Affairs of Finland
Professor Arturo Bris, Director of the IMD World Competitiveness Center
Bruno Lanvin, President of the Smart City Observatory

Moderator

Ambassador Chan Heng Chee, Ambassador-at-Large with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Singapore, and chairperson of the Lee Kuan Yew Centre for Innovative Cities at SUTD