Christopher Grant KirwanChristopher Grant Kirwan is a multidisciplinary professional and educator with more than 30 years' experience spanning the fields of urban planning, architecture, new media, and branding. Living and working in international hubs of innovation--Milan,New York, Dubai, Beijing, Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, and London--he has been involved in all phases of project implementation including the research, planning, design, and business of technology integration, urban development, and smart cities. In addition to his role as co-director of the Smart Cities Convergence program launching in spring 2023, he is currently a Visiting Professor at both Henley Business School Informatics Research Centre, University of Reading, and Parsons School of Design in New York and has previously taught at Harvard Graduate School of Design and Tsinghua University where he co-founded the Design Beijing Lab with Dr. Zhiyong Fu. Read More Read Less