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Cédric Tumelaire, First Elderman at City of Waterloo: Cities are still built like it's the 1970s. Linear, static, one function per…
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Cédric Tumelaire, First Elderman at City of Waterloo: Cities are still built like it's the 1970s. Linear, static, one function per building.
Meanwhile everything around them moves fast. Energy production shifted from centralized to everywhere. Technology changes faster than a permit can be issued. People's needs change over a lifetime, but buildings don't.
Cédric Tumelaire has been Alderman at the City of Waterloo for over 20 years. Energy, new technologies, sustainable development, commercial dynamics, all under his watch.
At The 87 Day he's giving a keynote on what actually running a city teaches you about #innovation. Rebuilding a grid nobody designed for two-way power flows. Using AI without losing control of your data. Getting developers to design buildings that can evolve with the people living in them instead of locking them into one use forever.
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📅 16 September 2026
📍 Proximus Netcenter, Brussels
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