Prof. Dr. Carlos Leite (Mackenzie / Insper) – Sustainable, Inclusive and Healthy Cities. Urbanist,

PhD, he is a professor at the Graduate Program in Architecture and Urbanism at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie and Coordinator of the Center for Social Urbanism at InsperCidades.

Prof. Dr. Edward Glaeser (Harvard University)

He is the Fred and Eleanor Glimp Professor of Economics and the Chairman of the Department of Economics at Harvard University, where he has taught microeconomic theory, and occasionally urban and public economics, since 1992. He regularly teaches microeconomic theory, occasionally urban and public economics and has served as Director of the Taubman Center for State and Local Government and Director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston for a decade. He has published dozens of papers on cities, economic growth, and law and economics. In particular, his work has focused on the determinants of city growth and the role of cities as centers of idea transmission. He received his PhD from the University of Chicago in 1992.

Prof. Dr. Baojie He (Chongqing University) – Smart Decision Support Tool for Urban Heat Mitigation and Adaptation.

Baojie is a Professor of Urban Climate and Sustainable Built Environment at School of Architecture and Urban Planning, the Chair of the Centre for Climate-Resilient and Low-Carbon Cities, Chongqing University, China. Baojie is also the Honorary Research Fellow at Network for Education and Research on Peace and Sustainability (NERPS), Hiroshima University, Japan