Innovation Archives – Ker-Iz Consulting

Shaping the Future of Resilient Cities: Jurying the QBE AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge 2025

Cities today face urgent challenges — from climate change to rapid urbanisation and inequality — while innovation creates solutions once unimaginable. What matters now is transforming bold ideas into scalable impact, which is why I am honoured to serve on the jury of the QBE Insurance AcceliCITY Resilience Challenge 2025, hosted by Leading Cities, the world’s leading program for urban resilience and smart city innovation.

Smart mobility

From Dubai to Paris: A Global Dialogue on Smart Mobility

Delighted to reconnect with Nilesh Chauhan, Senior Vice President – Strategic Business at Valtech Mobility GmbH, after our first encounter at Mobility Live ME in #Dubai and this week’s meeting at Valtech SE Paris office.

A European in the Gulf: Learning from an Unreplicable Experiment

Back from an intense month of exploration and exchange across the #UAE — Sharjah, #Dubai (from Deira to Expo City), and Abu Dhabi — I return with deeper insights into a region far more complex and hybrid than conventional narratives suggest.