在经济全球化的时代，城市作为人类社会经济、文化和政治体系中的节点和中枢，不仅要关注自身系统结构和功能的协调，还要关注其在可持续发展中的带动作用及其对整体系统的影响。常规统计和普查数据的空间完备性差、时间上不能实时、数据质量参差不齐，导致城市可持续性评价结果的时空分辨率相对较低，其可靠性和及时性也常受到质疑。大数据对于克服城市可持续发展评估中传统统计数据的不足具有重要意义，它能够凭借宏观、动态、多样的优势为城市可持续发展评估提供新的动力，在数据产品、技术方法、案例分析和决策支持方面为城市可持续性发展提供支撑。
联合主席：黄春林教授 Aromar Revi主任
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报告人姓名：Robert Ndugwa
报告人职务/单位：Chief, Data and Analytics Section at UN-Habitat, United Nations
报告人简介：Robert Ndugwa is the Chief of Data and Analytics Section at UN-Habitat where he oversees the urban statistical methodology development in areas such as housing, transport, public spaces, etc.
报告题目：Urban Monitoring and the Big Data Analytics Applications
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报告人姓名：Laurent Durieux
报告人职务/单位：Coordinator, Sustainable Development Goals Engagement at GEO Secretariat
报告人简介：Laurent Durieux coordinates the engagements of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) to support the sustainable development goals (SDG) at the GEO Secretariat.
报告题目：Big Earth Data for the Sustainable Development of Cities and Human Settlements: Bringing Data and Tools to Urban Analyst and Decision Makers
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报告人姓名：Zhang Xiaoling
报告人职务/单位：Professor, City University of Hong Kong, China
报告人简介：Zhang Xiaoling is a Professor and the Director of the Smart and Sustainable City at Department of Public Policy, City University of Hong Kong.
报告题目：Remaking Sustainability Science: an Inclusive and Dynamic Framework
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报告人姓名：Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro
报告人职务/单位：Professor, National Institute for Space Research, Brazil
报告人简介：Antonio Miguel Vieira Monteiro engages in geographic databases and computer systems engineering. He is Head of the image processing division at INPE (1999-2006).
报告题目：Big EO Data Analytics and Bioeconomy in the Brazilian Amazon: The Dynamics of the Agrarian Economy in the Context of an Urbanised Forest
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报告人姓名：Ivan Kuryachiy
报告人职务/单位：Professor, Higher School of Economics, Russia
报告人简介：Ivan Kuryachiy’s research interests include the development of adaptive technological tools for the interdisciplinary development of territories that combine functional and economic models, architectural and planning solutions, as well as socio-cultural characteristics, user scenarios and service models.
报告题目：Infrastructure Accessibility Tool – Transparent Data-Driven Urban Development
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报告人姓名：Aromar Revi
报告人职务/单位：Founding Director, Indian Institute for Human Settlements, India
报告人简介：Aromar Revi is the founding Director of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS).
报告题目：Big Data in Service of Climate Resilient Urban Development
