INTELLIGENCE

FOR CLIMATE

ADAPTATION

The 2024 Urban Tech Summit, organized by the Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Institute, explored how cutting-edge artificial intelligence (AI) technologies can help create more resilient urban environments. Over two days, academics, entrepreneurs, policymakers, and industry and public sector leaders gathered to discuss how AI and machine learning (ML) can address critical challenges related to extreme heat, flooding, renewable energy, building systems, and urban logistics.. 

The fourth annual Summit featured keynote speakers, panel discussions, start-up pitches, and interactive workshops that fostered innovation and collaboration among city officials, researchers, technologists, industry leaders, and community advocates working to build stronger, more adaptive cities.

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2024 URBAN TECH SUMMIT

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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

  • "Events like this highlight the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration in addressing challenges posed by climate change… Thank you to Cornell Tech and all the thought leaders who made this summit a success!"

    Carlene Nelson, Consultant

  • "Had a blast at the Cornell Tech Urban Tech Summit this week! Kudos to the teams at Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute and CIV:LAB for creating space for essential dialogue on the potential of AI to create more resilient urban environments."

    Jonathan Gilmour, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

  • "It was amazing to collaborate with such passionate individuals, and I want to extend my deepest thanks to all the attendees and my amazing collaborators... Together, we explored innovative ways to empower communities with AI for climate action and resilience."

    Jamil Ellis, Unified Ground 

  • "Love the cross-section of people along with the topics, and leave the event feeling very charged up. Also like you gave younger women leadership roles on stage at times. Great event!"

    Nick Nyhan, Upside Analytics

  • "Just a really great job at putting this together post election. I walked away feeling inspired and happy to be a New Yorker."

    Anonymous

ABOUT THE ORGANIZERS

The Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute, established jointly by Cornell University and the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, is based at Cornell Tech in New York City and embodies its mission by spearheading the inception, translation into practice, and incubation of new computational technologies that advance human and societal well-being, while empowering graduate students to be the next generation of tech leaders.

CIV:LAB aims to strengthen the civic and social infrastructure in and with our communities to tackle civilization’s greatest problems. Using collaboration as a vehicle for social change, CIV:LAB funds and enables programs, projects and products on the ground addressing problems in cities. CIV:LAB is a 501(c)(3) based in New York City at Civic Hall.

Emergence Creative is a global creative agency dedicated to social impact. Emergence employs the tools of advertising, marketing, and communications and integrates subject-matter expertise with strategy and design. The agency has worked with a variety of organizations, including public sector, NGOs, nonprofits, community-based organizations, and private companies, to articulate and amplify coherent brand stories.

THANK YOU TO OUR 2024 SPONSORS

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