An architect and engineer by training, Professor Carlo Ratti teaches at MIT, where he directs the Senseable City Laboratory, and is a founding partner of the international design and innovation office CRA-Carlo Ratti Associati based in Turin and New York. A leading voice in the debate on new technologies’ impact on urban life, he has been included in Wired Magazine’s ‘Smart List: 50 People Who Will Change the World’. He is currently serving as co-chair of the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Cities and Urbanization.