
Citizen participation in the cities of the future
Citizens’ decisions will be key to the successful development of the cities of the future.
Chairman of The New Cities Foundation
John Rossant is the Founder and Director of The New Cities Foundation, as well as LA CoMotion, an initiative that brings together mobility experts.
John Rossant is also An Executive Partner at Rossant & Partners LLC., the global advisory firm based in New York and Paris. Previously, John was responsible for the production of some of the world’s most prestigious events, notably the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos and other WEF events around the world. In 2010, the President of France asked him to organize the e-G8 Forum on the Future of the Internet. As a journalist, John held several senior editorial positions at Business Week, including European correspondents, as well as correspondents from Paris, Rome and the Middle East.
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Citizens’ decisions will be key to the successful development of the cities of the future.
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