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Moderated by Tom Cochran, Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the United States Conference of Mayors, the session Cities And Security: Resilience And Risk In A Borderless World addressed the key issues surrounding urban management in todays urbanized world.
Additional panelists included Gavin Newsom, Lieutenant Governor of California and former Mayor of San Francisco, and Ajay Prasad, former Secretary of the Ministries of Defense and Civil Aviation, Government of India. one that is embedded with new vulnerabilities, challenges, and threats.
By 2050, the United Nations predicts that 7 of every 10 people will live in massive urban centers that will be presented with complicated issues. Well-run cities will be the safest places on earth, but will also need to manage the evolving needs of their cities and populations. to ensure well-being and security for their citizens.
City managers need to embrace a holistic, integrated urban management approach to make sure that they can predict, prevent, prepare, and manage any challenge.
AGT Internationals Urban Management solution provides a central platform for all stakeholders to plan for and manage the multi-dimensional opportunities and risks that arise in the urban environment by streamlining the management of basic urban services, and providing integration between city agencies such as energy, water, sanitation, mass transit and traffic control. Whether it be a natural or man-made disaster, terrorist threat, or an unexpected technological disruption, AGTs Urban Management solution analyzes data and information, and transforms it into intelligence that enables public officials, first-responders and government agencies to make quick and coordinated decisions for an effective response. The Economist Ideas Economy: Information forum, titled Making Sense of the Deluge, took place in Santa Clara, California this week and was attended by innovative policy makers, business leaders, and theorists.
Through interactive panel discussions and special sessions, the forum examined the data revolution from a range of perspectives. Led by a unique vision, AGT International combines the brain trust of its brightest minds globally with ahead-of-the-curve technology to unlock the worlds potential. AGT International partners with governments and corporations to help them predict, prepare for, prevent, and manage challenges and threats that arise in complex environments with services that include urban management, health emergency management, cyber and food security.
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From: (Mati Kochavi ATG) http://www.flippingpad.com/profiles/9842-pau3bjbrwo/blogs/13843-mati-kochavi-founder-and-ceo-of-agt-international-and-chairman-of-3i-mind-leads-panel-on-urban-management-at-economist-ideas-forum