An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs

the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and

innovation practice Carlo Ratti Associati. A leading voice in the debate on new

technologies’ impact on urban life, his work has been exhibited in several venues

worldwide, including the Venice Biennale, New York’s MoMA, London’s Science Museum,

and Barcelona’s Design Museum. Two of his projects – the Digital Water Pavilion and the

Copenhagen Wheel – were hailed by Time Magazine as ‘Best Inventions of the Year’. He

has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 people who will change the world’.

He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council

on Cities and Urbanization, and as special advisor on Urban Innovation to the European

Commission.