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Asad Sultan is a twenty-five year veteran of the investment banking industry, including fifteen years in Asia. Until 2008 he was the Managing Director and Country Head in India for US investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald. Asad started his career in 1990 with Citibank in New York, then Tokyo and London. In Hong Kong, he worked for Japan’s Daiwa Bank, and served as Division Director and Head of Asian E...

Daniel Sloan is a recognized leader in the blockchain/cryptocurrency space. As the new guest in this interview conducted by Dinis Guarda, Daniel Sloan talks about the company he is a co-founder of, Future Tech and his latest project "RebuildTheChain", a pandemic management system launched by Accubits Technologies to help people and their governments curb the coronavirus pandemic and revi...

Joey Lin spent his student years in Singapore, from where he moved to the UK to study Mechanical Engineering at Newcastle University. After that he was awarded a scholarship in Nuclear Physics at Cambridge University. He soon realized what he really wanted to do: helping other students with their doubts about studying abroad. His project, Illume Research, is precisely about that, a technologically...

Jarrett Preston is the CEO/Founder of Idoneus and leads the development of the company’s short and long-term strategy and works closely with the Board and other members of the Executive Team to execute the company’s corporate strategy across all divisions. He is responsible for the implementation of the company vision and mission and communicates on behalf of the company. Jarrett is an expert in f...

Shannon Sagawe is a veteran private banker with a passion for innovation and innovators across all sectors. She made it her mission to help clients achieve their true goals, including those that are non-financially related. Shannon Sagawe married her deep knowledge of private banking with a passion for working with successful entrepreneurs; helping them manage, grow and preserve the wealth they ha...

Dr William Wu, founder of One4City and Innovation Insight Lead at Cisco Innovation EMEAR, is the new guest in this interview series hosted by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda. Both experts talk in-depth about trending topics in the eco city and smart city space, including new emerging technologies, the need for a holistic and international approach and collaboration between all players involved. Lik...

Matthieu Merchadou Melki is the founder of Smart Florida. Matthieu is creating the Miami Beta City project through his Smart City Lab NOOS Labs. He is recognised as an impact Entrepreneur, Blockchain Evangelist and expert in the areas of Digital transformation, Logistics, Real Estate and Smart Cities.     Interview focus:   1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education...  2. Caree...

Anish Mohammed is a technologist with a multidisciplinary background who is passionate about technology. Over the years have been involved in architecting/building micropayments, reinsurance hubs, big data platforms for banking among other things. Have worked as researcher in security/cryptography both in industry and academia, with deep expertise in Blockchain and Cryptography. Currently focusing...

Henri Arslanian is a world leader in Crypto, Blockchain and best selling author. In this new series interview conducted by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda, both experts talk about the current challenges and opportunities in finance, including disruptors like blockchain and crypto.     Interview focus: 1. An introduction from you - background, overview, education... 2. Career highlights 3. Your comp...

Miguel Amaral is a tenured Assistant Professor at the Instituto Superior Técnico – Universidade de Lisboa at the Engineering and Management Department and as a Research Associate at the Center for Innovation, Technology and Policy Research, IN+/IST. An expert in the areas of Technological Change, Entrepreneurial Dynamics and Social Innovation, Miguel Amaral and citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda talk...

citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda interviews Country Managing Director of Germany at NTT Ltd., Kai Grunwitz on the opportunities and challenges of the society 5.0 and the digital transformation that is making it possible as well as the special focus on the cybersecurity aspect of it. Kai Grunwitz Interview focus 1. Introduction - background, overview, education... 2. Career 3. NTT company and focus 4...

“There has been a trend of rising attention for the sustainable industry; the future of smart cities is looking brighter every day and the feasibility of implementing a smart city is becoming widely increasing. With our affiliations, we are successfully creating an inclusive, tech-oriented system through the Smart City Master Planning and TechSandbox.” Jaewon Peter Chun, President of World Smart C...

TNC IT Group has the vision to "unite the cryptocurrency world," and as founder Jason H. Jang tells us in this interview, they are doing everything they can to achieve it. Asked by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda about the company's ambitious plans, Jason H. Jang goes through every project, including the recently launched tokenncoin, their massive blockchain M&A program and the b...

Prof. Michael Sung is a technology venture builder and investor, having founded various companies in diverse high-tech industries ranging from AI, blockchain, semiconductor, and new materials industries. In this new interview series, host Dinis Guarda and Michael Sung go through worldwide challenges and opportunities in the Fintech space and how new 4IR technologies like blockchain and AI can be s...

Dinis Guarda, author and founder of citiesabc.com, interviews Xiaochen Zhang, a leading global thought leader in the areas of fintech, sustainability, blockchain and economic digital transformation and founder of Fintech4Good. Xiaochen Zhang is an active policy maker and technologist leading initiatives and organisations such as the major organisation FinTech4Good, as President, and co-Chair of Wo...

Christine Liu, Global Thought Leader, CEO/Founder of sHero consultancy and Champion Women Leadership is the starring guest in this new video interview. Hosted by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda, both experts talk about the importance of building bridges between China and the rest of the world and the need to change the narrative, especially in times like this. Furthermore, as a women activist, Chri...

Prof Michael Rovatsos is Professor of Artificial Intelligence at the University of Edinburgh, and Director of the Bayes Centre, the University’s innovation hub for Data Science and AI. He also represents the University at the Alan Turing Institute, the UK’s national institute for Data Science and AI. In his research he develops AI algorithms and architectures to support collaboration between human...

Michael Terpin, blockchain investor and founder and CEO of Transform Group and BitAngels among others, joins Dinis Guarda in this new interview for citiesabc. A true legend in the blockchain and crypto space, Michael Terpin shares his expertise on the current state of blockchain and digital assets and how the COVID-19 crisis is impacting the industry. In this interview, Michael Terpin  looks at hi...

Monty Munford, tech journalist, blockchain expert and Co-Founder at BlockSpeak podcast series, is the new guest in this interview series for citiesabc. As it is usual in the series, host Dinis Guarda and Monty Munford discuss major challenges nations, cities and people are facing today. Covid-19 and its impact on the economy and the crypto space and how it is a wake-up call for all of us to do it...

Dr. Jamal Ouenniche, Professor & Chair in Business Analytics, University of Edinburgh Business School is the guest speaker in this new interview series for citiesabc. Asked by citiesabc founder Dinis Guarda, Dr. Jamal Ouenniche discuss from an academic point of view the role of academia and education in today’s business analytics, data and AI machine learning models and how important it is to...

Emmanuel Daniel, serial entrepreneur, financial expert and founder of The Asian Banker joins Dinis Guarda in this new series interview for citiesabc. As the COVID-19 crisis deepens in the West, both experts discuss potential economic consequences for nations, cities and companies, the impact on the financial industry and how the economic prominence can shift from West to East once the dust settles...

From his role as Director of Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) at University of East London, Professor Darryl Newport is an experienced academic whose main areas of focus are sustainable materials, circular economy, green economy and everything in between. In this new series interview for citiesabc, host Dinis Guarda and Prof. Darryl Newport go through major economic challenges, including th...

Mamadou Toure was born and raised in Cameroon in a not wealthy family. His school had over 100 students per class. From that humble background he became one of the world leaders changing Africa and pushing a genuine focus on the very African concept of Ubuntu “I am because we are.” An idea that can be seen in all his projects of social, economic and financial empowerment and impact. He understood...

Ben Goertzel is a leading world recognised artificial intelligence researcher, thinker, software engineer and serial entrepreneur. Ben is the founder and CEO of SingularityNET, the Chairman of OpenCog Foundation, the Chairman of Artificial General Intelligence Society, the Chief Scientist of Mozi Health and Vice Chairman Humanity+ and his work, writing and ideas are influencing the way we perceive...

Jorge Sebastiao is a technology thought leader, influencer and ICT expert in the area of cybersecurity with more than 35 years of experience in technology systems. In this new interview for citiesabc, carried out by Dinis Guarda, cybersecurity is a central theme as every digital system exposes new - and unexpected, risks. That is especially worrisome in Smart Cities projects, as Jorge Sebastiao po...