Global DEI Agenda, supported by the Hon. Rechie Valdez, Canada

Minister of Women and Gender Equality | Secretary of State (Small Business and Tourism), Canada | MP for Mississauga—Streetsville

Format of participation (VIRTUAL)

Moderation (from people)

Hon. Val Wise, Canada. 

Top AI & TECH  Influencer

SDG/Agentic Marketing direction in Marketing. The Founder

Global Top Voice: AI & Smart Cities. Citiverse Leader. Recognized Canadian Marketer

UN Expert, U4SSC Working Group on Autonomous Cities (U4SSC-AI-CITIES)

UN Expert, Agentic AI for Cities

Expert, United Nations Working Group for the Digital Development Goals (DDGs) for Cities

Speaker, Stakeholder Consultation on the United Nations Global Dialogue on AI Governance, representing Canada

Status: Invited — awaiting confirmation

Status: Invitation confirmed. Format of participation: In-person

Hon. Dr. Okan Geray, United Arab Emirates

Senior Digital City Strategy Advisor, Digital Dubai; U4SSC Chair & Thematic Groups Leader; ITU SG20 WP 1 Vicechair & Q7 Rapport; Steering Committee Chair Global Initiative on Virtual Worlds & AI-Discovering the Citiverse

Format of participation (In person)

Hon. Ernesto Faubel-Cubells, Valencia, Spain

Head of Smart City & Data Management Department. Municipality of Valencia. Chair of LDT CitiVERSE EDIC

Invited — awaiting confirmation. 

Format of participation: In-person

Hon. Dr. Maher Shirah. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 

Director General of Smart Riyadh. The Royal Commission for Riyadh City

Format of participation (In person)

Invitation confirmed.

Hon. Teppo Rantanen, Tampere, Finland

Co-chair, United Nations Working Group for the Digital Development Goals (DDGs) for Cities.

Former Executive Director at Tampereen kaupunki - CIty of Tampere. 

Head & Chair of the Citiverse Council Delegation to Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

Status: Invited — awaiting confirmation. Format of participation: In-person

Hon. Roland van der Heijden. Rotterdam and The Hague

Chief Citiverse Officer, Municipality of Rotterdam

Format of participation (In-person)

Invitation confirmed.

Hon. Prof. Dr. Regiane Relva Romano. São Paulo, Brazil

Speaker | Professor | Researcher I Board Member| Former Advisor Ministry of Science and Technology Brazil  PHD Innovation I Emerging Technologies I Smart Cities I Retail | Healthcare Women that Build Awards

Founder and Head of R&D and Innovation at VIP-Systems and Head of Smart Cities at Smart Campus FACENS.

A former Special Advisor to Brazil’s Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

Creator of the 1st. Smart Store of Latin America and Curator of the 1st. Brazilian Smart Cities Sandbox.

Format of participation: In-person

Invitation confirmed.

Hon. Fernando de Pablo Martín, Madrid, Spain

Director General of the Digital Office for the Greater Madrid Metropolitan Area at the Madrid City Council

Invitation confirmed.

Format of participation (In person)

Hon. Vito Episcopo, Granada, Spain

- Deputy Mayor Granada City Council

Format of participation: In-person

Invitation confirmed.

 Format of participation: In-person

Hon. Dr. Antonio J. Jara, Spain

Executive Board Member, Libelium. Technical Director, EU LDT Toolbox. Expert in IoT, Data Spaces , Urban Digital Twin, Cybersecurity, Smart Cities

Format of participation: In-person

Invitation confirmed.

 Format of participation: In-person

Hon. Dr. Ulrich Graute, FAcSS, Germany

Policy Analyst, Berater, Teamleiter, und Mentor

Moderation (From AI) JANE,  AI Super Agent

Hon. Dr. José A. Ondiviela PhD Madrid, Spain

Strategy Senior Advisor - European SmartCities | Director Citizen-Centric Intelligent Cities Research Institute

Citiverse Council Madrid Cluster – Chair

Format of participation (In person)

Hon. Dr Christina Yan Zhang, London, United Kingdom

-UN ITU Co-chair of Citiverse Group: People-Centred, Planet-Friendly Future|PhD in Digital Twin| Economist Impact AI Economy Board |AI for Science-International Science Council Science Future Board|Top 100 Women of Future

CEO, The Metaverse Institute

Format of participation: In-person

Hon. David Palmer, United Kingdom

Visionary & Innovator, Co-Founder of Pairpoint (Vodafone and Sumitomo venture), Web3 & AI Author, Top30 Metaverse, Board Asia Web3 Alliance, International Speaker

Invitation confirmed.

 Format of participation: Virtual participation