What is The Future for Cities?

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By: Fanni Melles

WTF for Cities? is a platform to introduce and connect people who are actively and consciously working on the future of cities and to introduce research about the future of cities.

320I_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
#320
Last Wednesday at 11:00 PM

"We live in an age where the expansion of possibility is actually greater than the latency of restrain."

Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better futures? What do you think about light cities? How can we create conscious urban evolution?

Interview with Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, intelligent evolution, light cities, AI, retrofitting, and many more.

Glenn Drew is the CEO of SQUIZZ.com, TOTECS, and Connected Built. A visionary leader, he fosters innovation and empowers...


319R_Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in shaping tomorrow’s smart cities: current developments, trends, and future directions (research summary)
#319
Last Monday at 11:00 PM

Are you interested in artificial intelligence advancing cities?

Summary of the article titled Intelligent urbanism with artificial intelligence in shaping tomorrow’s smart cities: current developments,, trends, and future directions from 2023, by Zhenjun Yan, Ling Jiang, Xiaoli Huang, Lifang Zhang, and Xinxin Zhou, published in the Journal of Cloud Computing.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Glenn Drew in episode 320 talking about artificial intelligence as a tool.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how to integrate AI into the ur...


320I_Trailer_Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built
Last Saturday at 11:00 PM

Are you interested in reinventing ourselves for better futures? What do you think about light cities? How can we create conscious urban evolution? Trailer for episode 320 - interview with Glenn Drew, CEO of SQUIZZ.COM, TOTECS and Connected Built. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, intelligent evolution, light cities, AI, retrofitting, and many more.

Find out more in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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318I_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
#318
04/23/2025

"One of the biggest strengths is the past of cities."

Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about superstar cities and their agglomeration? How can we utilise cities’ pasts as their strengths?

Interview with Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, agglomeration in superstar cities, innovation and technology, the urban history, and many more.

Mark Lutter is the Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute, a non-profit focused on bu...


317R_Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban development (research summary)
#317
04/21/2025

Are you interested charter cities?

Summary of the article titled Building resilient cities: The role of charter cities in promoting resilient urban development from 2024, by Eva Klaus and the Charter Cities Institute, published on the Charter Cities Institute website.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Mark Lutter, the founder and executive director of Charter Cities Institute in episode 318 talking about charter cities and their role in urban futures.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see how the charter cities concept...


318I_Trailer_Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute
04/19/2025

Are you interested in the connection of economics and cities? What do you think about superstar cities and their agglomeration? How can we utilise cities’ pasts as their strengths? Trailer for episode 318 - interview with Mark Lutter, Founder and Executive Director of the Charter Cities Institute. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, agglomeration in superstar cities, innovation and technology, the urban history, and many more.

Find out more in the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠episode⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

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316I_Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech
#316
04/16/2025

"Urban mining is a necessity for future cities!"

Are you interested in urban mining? What do you think about differentiating reuse, recycling and regeneration? How can we make our material use more efficient?

Interview with Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban mining, the city as the best and worst of us, regeneration, and many more.

Don Weatherbee, CEO of Regenx Tech, is a visionary in the clean tech sector, driving innovation in sustainable precious metal recovery. Under his leadership, RegenX Tech...


315R_Potential and relevance of urban mining in the context of sustainable cities (research summary)
#315
04/14/2025

Are you interested urban mining?

Summary of the article titled Potential and relevance of urban mining in the context of sustainable cities from 2017, by Rachna Arora, Katharina Paterok, Abhijit Banerjee, and Manjeet Singh Saluja, published in the IIMB Management Review journal.

This is a great preparation to our next interview with Don Weatherbee in episode 316 talking about urban mining and the differences between recycling, reuse and regeneration.

Since we are investigating the future of cities, I thought it would be interesting to see the urban mining concept for better urban futures. This article...


316I_Trailer_Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech
04/12/2025

Are you interested in urban mining? What do you think about differentiating reuse, recycling and regeneration? How can we make our material use more efficient? Trailer for episode 316 - interview with Don Weatherbee, CEO of RegenX Tech. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, urban mining, the city as the best and worst of us, regeneration, and many more.

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314I_Andrew Vass, financial market expert
#314
04/09/2025

"I think people underestimate human ingenuity."

Are you interested in nuclear energy? What do you think about Australia’s leading research agency’s investigation on nuclear energy? How can we restructure our understanding on financing nuclear energy?

Interview with Andrew Vass, a financial market expert. We will talk about his vision for the future of cities, nuclear energy, 2nd and 3rd rate consequences, financial decisions for clean energy, and many more.

Andrew Vass is a financial markets expert with experience across equities, cross-asset derivatives, and private capital markets. Andrew is passionate about technology and...