G50 GSCS Mission

​To connect cities around the world with experts from high tech, academia, and local governments to share ideas and advance solutions for some of the most challenging issues that cities are facing today.

Global Smart Cities: Driving the future through Sustainability, Economic Growth, and Partnerships

​Join local government leaders, industry experts, technology innovators, and academic researchers to collaborate and advance solutions for some of the most challenging issues that cities are facing today. Located in the heart of Silicon Valley, G-50 GSCS is the first Smart City summit that provides hands-on workshops and collaborative opportunities allowing for city leaders to come away with actionable plans for building a more sustainable, and prosperous future.

Honorary Advisor

Dianne Feinstein
​United States Senator

Ro Khanna
​Congressman

Ted Lieu
​Congressman

Judy Chu
​Congresswoman

Honorary Chair

Steve Westley
​American Venture Capitalist

Consultant

Orrin Mahoney​
​Rotary District 5170 Governor

Speakers

Steve Westly
American Venture Capitalist

Sean Harrington,
Vice President of City Solutions, Verizon

Dirk Ahlborn
CEO of Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) 

Z-Park

Gerhard Eschelbeck
Vice President Security and Privacy Engineering

Adam Scraba
NVIDIA VP

Jeff Hamel
Nest VP

Marek Bańczyk
Columbia University Visiting Scholar, CEO of Cityglobe, Inc.

Ravi Pendekanti
President of Product Management and Marketing 

Kirt McMaster
​CEO NERE

Michael Zhu
Global Vice President at Western Digital

Deepak Khuntia
SVP, Chief Medical Officer

Robert Zhang
President of CloudMinds Technology

Harrison Rose 
CEO of TRC

Jamison Utter
Senior Manager Business Development​

Gaurav Garg
CIO, City of Santa Clara

Michael T. Moore
Associate General Counsel, Products and Patents at Pure Storage

Vandana Upadhyay 
Co-founder, Confia System

Danny Kennedy
Co-Founder, Powerhouse 

Stonly Baptiste
Partner

Qi Zhang
President of DasFly

​Main Topics

​News

The Third Press Conference on March 7th,  2018

The Second Press Conference on Feb 27th, 2018. 

The First Press Conference on Feb 14th, 2018

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​Organizers

Barry Chang

G50 Founder
Former ​Mayor and Current Council Member of the City of Cupertino

Darcy Paul

Mayor of the City of Cupertino

Lisa M. Gillmor

Mayor of the City of Santa Clara

Kathy Watanabe

Vice Mayor of  Santa Clara

Co-Organizers

Ding Ding TV
Go Valley
American Asian United Business Association
Law Offices of Jean D. Chen
ZGC Innovation Center@Silicon Valley
US-CHINA Business Promoting Association

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Sponsors