Visionary innovation catalyst & top 100 designer. Award-winning author, WEF/G7 leader, Singularity University faculty. Expert in digital transformation, sustainability & circular economy. MIT advisor driving global change.
Corey Glickman is a visionary change and innovation catalyst and globally recognized thought leader in digital transformation, sustainability, and applied systems design engineering. Named among the top 100 influential designers of the decade, he is the award-winning author of Practical Sustainability: Circular Economy, Smarter Spaces, and Happier Humans, a landmark work at the intersection of ESG strategy, smart design, and circular economy principles. Corey has served as a Taskforce Leader and Design Workshop Moderator for the World Economic Forum (WEF), G7, IMF, and IGF, and as an Advisor for the US Department of Energy's Cradle to Commerce program. He is a Member of the EU Earthshot Team, Co-Chair for Climate Technologies T20, and an Expert Faculty Member at Singularity University. A trusted advisor to government, public and private sector, and academic institutions worldwide, Corey also serves on MIT's Global Technology Advisory Board and the UTD Sustainability Board, bringing decades of expertise in strategic design consulting, smart space technologies, and sustainable innovation to drive transformative advancements across business and technology.
Sessions
Accelerating Green Industrial Cities
Moonshots, Disruption , Corporate Innovation, Future of Business
In this 45 min session, participants will work on mastering a new operating system to fully align cities to the Sustainable Development Goals and leverage their potential for sustainable value creation. Faced with unprecedented opportunities and challenges, mankind must build a learning society, underpinned by a shared operating system, to sustain hope and direct the full force of cities and local communities in the service of global goals. Participants will gain access to the global network that responds to the needs and opportunities to develop modern green industrial cities and deliver future prosperity for all. Demonstrations and group participation exercises with work on access to data on performance and potential, tools and capacity to manage investments, and networks and forums for knowledge sharing. Ideal for professionals in the public and private sectors working at the local, national and global levels looking to align local action to global goals and investments.