The Center Leo Apostel for transdisciplinary research (CLEA) at
the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB)
invites you to an online event launching Dr. Shima Beigi's new
book on "Mindful Smart Cities" which is published by VUB
PRESS.
Shima has a diverse background with expertise in resilience,
complex systems and smart cities.
She has been working as a PostDoc researcher in CLEA since 2015.
She is now leading our Resilience for the VUCA World initiative, while
starting up the Mindful Smart City Academy.
Please find the invitation on the following link, and
below.
What makes a city smart, is the degree and quality of human
connections and social cohesion that individuals feel.
The Artificial Intelligence fueled transition toward smart cities
and network societies has tremendous impact on the future of
humanity.
The current narrative of smart cities and data enabled urban
systems completely leaves out the components of human experience,
feelings, emotions and real human relationships.
However, cities are about people and networks. Smart cities
should also be about sustainability, resilience and
inclusivity.
This manifesto for the future design of smart
cities explores the existing ethos of practice of smart
cities around the world.
Combining Eastern philosophies of change and Western analytical
scientific lens and with the notion of the Internet of People and
the Internet of We, in parallel to the utilitarian
Internet of Things,
Dr. Shima Beigi calls for a paradigm shift in this rapidly
growing area of smart cities.
FREE DIGITAL BOOK LAUNCH
WHEN? Monday, 15 June 2020, 15:00-17:00
WHERE? Zoom link (password: 426612)
PLEASE REGISTER via [email protected] by 12 June 2020 17:00
PROGRAMME:
15:00-15:30
Introduction by Shima Beigi
15:30-15:45
Artistic performance by Stephen Spender,
singer-songwriter-actor
15:30-16:30
Experts Panel Discussion
1.Harry Halpin, CEO Nym Technologies
2.Victoria Lee, urban development strategist, fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts
3.Pieter Ballon, director SMIT-VUB, holder Chair on Smart Cities (VUB)
4.Dan Mapes, author of The Spatial Web, founder of Verses Labs
16:45-17:00
Q & A Session
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Dr. Shima Beigi is smart city consultant, yoga
teacher, and the founder of the Mindful Smart City Academy.
Originally a resilience scientist, Shima has an impressive
international academic track record (Islamic Azad University North
Tehran Branch,
University of Bristol, University of Oxford, Vrije Universiteit
Brussel).
In order to address the challenges of digitalization for urban
systems, she developed Mindfulness EngineeringĀ?,
which connects STEM science and smart cities to neuroscience,
Sufism and mindfulness.
--
Francis Heylighen
Evolution, Complexity and Cognition group
Center Leo Apostel
Free University of Brussels (VUB)
http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HEYL.html
