Mayors from two different countries share same water woes: storms, shrinking shorelines and lead pollution
Walter Sendzik, Mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario, and Chair of The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, and Billy McKinney, Mayor of Zion, Illinois, and Chair of the Mayors Commission on Water Equity, got together to chat about their cities’ water infrastructure problems, at CityAge’s Future of Water Infrastructure digital event on September 9th. […]
Breakout City Mayors: The 4 steps to success
CityAge recently brought together the leaders of America’s Breakout Cities — the places that are making a mark as we emerge from the pandemic. Here are four things we learned from our first panel discussion with Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, Erie Downtown Development Corporation’s Corey Cook and Boise Mayor Lauren McLean. The panel was hosted […]
How to Build a Complete American Neighborhood
“The physical city has an enormous impact on education and people’s lives, and if you can’t talk about it and acknowledge it, then it’s hard to move forward,” Founder of Sixpitch, Ryan Gravel, told the virtual audience on Dec 8. Reimagine America Schools and CityAge, in association with the Siegel Family Endowment, brought both […]
10 Canadians Building our Digital Society
A digital wave is sweeping through our economy, education, social media and politics. Our economy – and our society – is experiencing rapid change as it adapts to the dramatic rise of new digital tools. The volumes of data in circulation are staggering – zettabytes upon exabytes – all being used by new tools that […]
Building On A Decade Of Success, CityAge Appoints Managing Director To Expand Its Platform Focused On the Future of Cities
With new leadership and growing capabilities, CityAge positions global platform for long-term growth Vancouver, BC, Feb. 16, 2022 – Ten years ago this month, CityAge, a platform that brings together community leaders who are building the future of our cities and planet, held its first-ever event in Vancouver, BC. Today, the company announced its Flagship Series for […]
The Little Country That’s Gone Digital by Miro Cernetig
Interesting things come in small packages — and small countries. In this case, it’s Estonia. Existing on the border of Russia, with all the uncertainties that comes with Vladimir Putin’s brutal expansionism and embrace of cyberwar, Estonia decided it needed to embrace the digital future. The New Yorker calls it the world’s “digital republic,” where 99 […]
Q&A With Alon Marcovici, Managing Director, CityAge
Q: What attracted you to the position of Managing Director with CityAge? A: I see tremendous opportunity for growth at CityAge. Having worked for three NHL teams, it might seem cheeky to make a hockey reference, but we’re looking at a hockey stick growth curve for CityAge. In speaking with many of our longstanding partners, event […]
Q&A with Khaled El Emam , SVP & General Manager at Replica Analytics
Khaled El Emam is the SVP & General Manager at Replica Analytics. He is also the Canada Research Chair in Medical AI, Director of the Electronic Health Information Laboratory at the CHEO Research Institute and a Professor at the University of Ottawa. CityAge sat down with Khaled after our conference in Ottawa on Dec.8, The […]
Q&A with Theresa Do
Theresa Do is a Senior Manager of Strategy on RBC’s Economics and Thought Leadership team. She is one of the authors of RBC’s report, The Next Green Revolution. We sat down with Theresa to talk about The Transformative Seven. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. CityAge: Why did RBC do this research? Do: A lot […]
How SNC Lavalin is Future Proofing Cities
Stuart McLaren, Global Director of Net Zero Infrastructure at SNC Lavalin began his April 26 presentation at CityAge Toronto by laying out the challenge: Canada needs to increase its power generation three fold while driving carbon emissions down to net zero by 2050, with the population expected to hit 45 to 50 million by the same year. Are […]