The Cities That Will Walk Away

This event featured Vinay Gupta, who has made many notable contributions to address a wide range of some of the most complex challenges and opportunities facing the 21st century. He is currently the CEO of Mattereum, coordinated the launch of the neutral, open-access internet and native currency system Ethereum, and served as a strategic architect and designer on many significant blockchain projects around the world. Gupta also applies systems-thinking to issues surrounding environmental sustainability and resilience, and is the designer of the hexayurt, a public domain disaster relief shelter intended for use by climate refugees, in addition to being a member of the Rocky Mountain Institute, one of the world's top energy policy think tanks.