Smart City and Innovation

Smart City and Innovation

World renowned expert on smart cities, Professor Lanvin will introduce the idea how new technologies can shape our cities to be smart. In particular he focuses on the city infrastructure and the quality of life. He will discuss in detail the role of the stakeholders in smart cities: citizens, corporations and the government.

Dr. Bruno Lanvin is the President of the IMDs Smart City Observatory and Executive Director for the Global Indices at INSEAD. His research focuses on various indexes, such as the Network Readiness Index, the Global Innovation Index, the Global Talent Competitiveness Index and the Smart City Index. In addition to his thirty years of international experience as an economist in the United Nations and at the World Bank, Dr Bruno Lanvin has been teaching and leading research projects in various universities in the US and Europe (Michigan State University, INSEAD, IMD). Since 2001, Dr Lanvin has co-authored the award-winning book ‘Sixteen Shades of Smart’ and the recently published ‘The Future is Young’.

16.30 – 17.15: Schumpeter Debates on Innovation Economics, Mathias Corvinus Collegium, Scruton

16:30 – 16:35: Introduction of Prof. Bruno Lanvin by Zoltán Cséfalvay

16.35 – 16:55: Keynote of Prof. Bruno Lanvin: Smart City and Innovation

16:55 – 17:15: Panel discussion: Bruno Lanvin and Zoltán Cséfalvay, moderators: Barbara Darcsi and Csaba Johanyák


Az intelligens városok világhírű szakértője, Lanvin professzor bemutatja azt az ötletet, hogy az új technológiák hogyan alakíthatják városainkat okossá. Különös figyelmet fordít a város infrastruktúrájára és az életminőségre. Részletesen megvitatja az intelligens városokban érdekelt felek szerepét: a polgárokat, a vállalatokat és a kormányt.

We welcome all those interested! / Minden érdeklődőt szerettel várunk!

Date: September 19 (Monday), 2022 4:30 pm
Helyszín: Scruton MCC - 3-7 Tas vezér utca, Budapest 1113