Center For International Development

Interview with one of our Guest Speakers at CID's Speaker Series: Renato de Castro, International Advisor, World e-Governments Organization. Recorded on October 21st, 2016. CID.HARVARD.EDU About Renato: Renato de Castro is a Smart City senior consultant with more than 20 years’ experience and specialized in investment attraction and management for smart cities projects. He is senior vice president for Smart Cities at CreF, Inc, an American investment bank from Pittsburgh. He is also a member of the global advisory board of Leading Cities, located in Boston, and international advisor for The World e-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments, in Seoul. Renato responds as mentor and advisor specialized in globalization strategies for startups around the world. He is a Doctor of Business Administration candidate at Maastricht School of Management, MSM, Netherlands, researching about Smart Cities. He is also a writer, columnist and video blogger for Smart City, ICT and Urbanization Strategies topic