Pablo Vaggione

Director

Design Convergence

Biography:

Pablo Vaggione Director Design Convergence Madrid, Spain Pablo Vaggione is an independent urban specialist with over 15 years of experience. His cross-sector and multidisciplinary approach provides cities and actors in urban development with strategically integrated thinking to respond to the challenges of sustainable urbanization. He is the lead author of the upcoming UN-HABITAT Guide for City Leaders on Urban Planning. He was the principal adviser to the city of Madrid application that received the World Leadership Award in 2007. Between 2007 and 2010 he served as the Secretary General and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), a professional organization of planners from 70 countries. In 2004 he founded Design Convergence Urbanism (DCU), a collaborative platform of independent urban experts practicing in urban policy, planning and design. DCU has been engaged in projects for local governments, donors, and developers in Brazil, China, Laos, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US, and Vietnam, amongst other locations. He has provided advice to leading international development organizations, private sector corporations and research centers, among them the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, UNESCO, Siemens AG, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. He obtained a Master’s Degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a Post Graduate Certificate in Environment and Sustainable Development from the United Nations University in Tokyo. Updated July 2013 Member Directory

Biography: Pablo Vaggione Director Design Convergence Madrid, Spain Pablo Vaggione is an independent urban specialist with over 15 years of experience. His cross-sector and multidisciplinary approach provides cities and actors in urban development with strategically integrated thinking to respond to the challenges of sustainable urbanization. He is the lead author of the upcoming UN-HABITAT Guide for City Leaders on Urban Planning. He was the principal adviser to the city of Madrid application that received the World Leadership Award in 2007. Between 2007 and 2010 he served as the Secretary General and Chair of the Scientific Committee of the International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP), a professional organization of planners from 70 countries. In 2004 he founded Design Convergence Urbanism (DCU), a collaborative platform of independent urban experts practicing in urban policy, planning and design. DCU has been engaged in projects for local governments, donors, and developers in Brazil, China, Laos, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Spain, UK, US, and Vietnam, amongst other locations. He has provided advice to leading international development organizations, private sector corporations and research centers, among them the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, UNESCO, Siemens AG, the Economist Intelligence Unit, and Tokyo Institute of Technology. He obtained a Master’s Degree from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design and a Post Graduate Certificate in Environment and Sustainable Development from the United Nations University in Tokyo. Updated July 2013

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