Prof. h.c. Dr. Chirine Etezadzadeh
Prof. h.c. Dr. Chirine Etezadzadeh, economist, is the president of the SmartCity.institute, founder of SmartCityNews.global – the global smart city knowledge base –, and CEO of the German Federal Smart City Association (BVSC e.V.). Prior to focusing on smart city research, she worked for global leaders in the automotive industry and as a business consultant in the energy sector. Since the summer semester of 2014, Prof. Etezadzadeh has been holding university lectures on product development for smart cities at the Technische Hochschule Köln. In 2017 she was appointed an honorary professor at the Beijing Information Science & Technology University (BISTU). Her book “Smart City – Future City?” was published in October 2015 by the Springer Publishing House. In November 2017 Prof. Etezadzadeh organized in cooperation with Messe Frankfurt Exhibitions, “Blisscity” – the first Smart City Convention, which is the place to be for the German, Austrian and Swiss smart city community.
