Making Your Government Open Means Being Ready for Disruptive Technology

The World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization is driven by the philosophy of moving from traditional to intelligent governance in cities and recognizes the role of data and technology in this process. The end view is to see cities characterized by a high-level of community and citizen engagement that can attract the necessary investments and improve the living conditions of people.

Iven Mareels

Since Oct 2022, Iven Mareels has been the Executive Dean, Institute of Innovation, Science and Sustainability at Federation University Australia, responsible for the disciplines of Business, Engineering, IT and Science. He is also a Director and Vice-President of the Australian Academy of Technology and Engineering, and a non-executive Director of Rubicon Water.

Previously, he was with IBM, as Director of IBM Research in Australia (Feb 2018- Mar 2021); and Dean of Engineering at the University of Melbourne (2007-2018).