CITY at LUMS hosted an enlightening session on tackling the big Questions in Climate Change featuring diverse speakers offering unique perspectives to the table, fostering a richer understanding and collective action.

Alongwith other speakers from Sustainable Energy & Economic Development (SEED) Programme sharing their work done in KP, Momin Uppal & Syed Hasan shedding light on the pivotal role of remote sensing technology and policy discourses in shaping effective strategies for sustainable and resilient infrastructure development.

We're excited to ignite a conversation about how data serves as a catalyst for urban resilience, paving the way for a sustainable urban future, here are the esteemed panelists for our World Cities Day event discussing 'Data-driven Urban Resilience: Cities as Drivers of Growth:

Team Urban Tech Pakistan and Team atomcamp held a meeting on 8th November, 2022 at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. The research team at Urban Tech Pakistan briefed Atomcamp about their research threads and recent developments. Team Urban Tech has about 20 ongoing research threads. Both teams explored possibilities for collaboration in various research areas such as tree count baseline and target potential and green space benchmarks in different cities of Pakistan.

We are (GCF) and Open Data Pakistan hosted a 2-day hackathon on 23-24 September under the initiative of Urraan – Women in Urban Mobility. The hackathon was aimed at students from different universities across Pakistan who came together to propose creative technological solutions for issues of women’s mobility in Pakistan. The female mobility-centric topics the hackathon attempted to tackle were: Safety & Harassment, Walkability, Design and Infrastructure, Access to Information, Commuting to Jobs, and Job Finding. There was a brilliant team of mentors with very strong urban planning, transportation, and technology backgrounds. A team of judges determined the winners based on the ingenuity and scalability of the ideas presented. The hackathon also included a series of talks by academics, government officials, and industry experts. We are (GCF) and Open Data Pakistan will continue to host such hackathons in the future; we believe that by engaging the brilliant students of our nation with regard to urban planning and development, we can play our part in developing future leaders who will spearhead new and innovative urban planning strategies.

We are pleased to announce a 2 day conference Saving Our Cities Chapter 2: Looming Challenges and Data-Driven Policy Making to be organized on 17-18 June 2022. The participation in this 2-day event is by invitation ONLY. If you are interested in attending, please send an email to sdsa@lums.edu.pk

We are pleased to announce the first “Saving our cities: Hackathon”. It will be a parallel event with the second chapter of our flagship “Saving our cities: Looming challenges and data-driven policy making” event. It is also an attempt to bring the students onboard in tackling the urban challenges. There will be a generous cash prize for the winning team. Please do register for the event using the following registration link: https://lnkd.in/ePahuhc5

Team Urban Tech Pakistan and Team atomcamp held a meeting on 8th November, 2022 at the Lahore University of Management Sciences. The research team at Urban Tech Pakistan briefed Atomcamp about their research threads and recent developments. Team Urban Tech has about 20 ongoing research threads. Both teams explored possibilities for collaboration in various research areas such as tree count baseline and target potential and green space benchmarks in different cities of Pakistan.

The first in a series of “Saving our Cities” event was organized by Team UrbanTech on March 31, 2022 at LUMS. The event not only aimed at bringing together public, private, and academic stakeholders for discussion and dialogue but also to disseminate Team UrbanTech’s recent work. We are grateful to Dr. Rizwan Naseer (DG Punjab Emergency Service Rescue-1122, Pakistan), Dr. Umar Masood (CEO The Urban Unit), Mr. Atik Ali (CEO M&P Logistics), Mr. Tariq Malik (CTO Punjab Safe Cities Authority), Mr. Waqar Aslam (Director TEPA), Dr. Naveed Iftikhar, and other distinguished dignitaries from NTRC, RUDA, Careem, UET, and ITU for making the event a success.