Peter Cabral is a Political Scientist specializing in Economy, Business Administration and Computer Science/Programming, with post-studies in Marketing. His expertise lies in Urban Mobility, Smart Cities, Public-Private Partnerships in infrastructure and public assets, government relations and public policy. With a strong commitment to the triple bottom line framework, he harnesses disruptive technologies to generate abundance for social, economic and sustainable development, aligning political and public governance impact. He advocates the digital and exponential mindset in designing and building more humane, friendlier and smarter cities that prioritize people.Peter is a catalyst for City Transformation, Urban Regeneration and Digital Placemaking to shape the future of cities. He's a global pioneer in Sharing, Collaborative Economy and Gig Economy Solution Platforms. He has also played a pivotal role in introducing Bicycle Sharing experiences in LATAM/Brazil and Argentina. With a successful track record in B2G, B2B and B2C operations, including startup nurturing and acceleration, Peter is also a Business mentor, Smart City Solution Design reference and public speaker. Coauthor of “Mobilidade, Muito Além de Trânsito,” he's authored papers and articles on Urban Mobility, Public Policy, Transportation and Smart City Design, published in various journals.
Adaptability, Change Management, Future of Work, Resilience
The deployment of innovative technologies in a city environment – the advent of big tech.The Future of Cities edified on the deployment of exponential technologies as drivers ofEconomic, Social, Sustainable Development & Improved Governance/Public Policy. Theopportunity of renewing, redesigning and building public infrastructure as result ofmodernized privatization efforts. Bridging the gap between public and private sectors, whileseeking transformative change through the generation of big data. The embrace ofprivatization with a digital mindset as opposed to analog, thus accelerating growth andreturns for social, economic and sustainable development. Public Private Partnerships asthe legal framework for city transformation, aimed at improved planning and managementof public infrastructure, assets and services.Placemaking and Digital Placemaking as engines of Urban regeneration towards buildingfriendlier and more humane cities – because people matter; Smart Cities, the importance ofdigital, data, and design.
Mental Health, Positive Psychology, Future of Work, Leadership, Organizational Culture, Behavioral Economics
Strengthening relationships between public, private sectors, civil society and communities.Building citizenry and social engagement focusing on what are people’s needs andexpectations of government. Public and Private sector working together towards devisingthe tools necessary to address today’s biggest challenges.The impact of exponential and digital mindsets in government, devising a disruptiveframework essential to build new public policy programs, while generating social, economicand political development. Models of government, shared power principle, anticipatorygovernment – improve public policy, regulatory programs and services by collaborativepublic-private design thinking, utilize technology to build legitimacy, trust, and generatecross segment opportunity paired with sustainable growth. Big Data and IoT sensors assine qua non vectors for smart city design – the importance of data analytics, and predictiveanalysis towards providing tailor made services that solve public/city’s biggest challenges.The concept of Government and public services as a digital platform – machine-to-machineand machine-to-human communications, technologies and services.
Societies, Accelerating Change, Disruption, Social Policy
The deployment of innovative technologies in an urban environment as a vector ofaccelerated and disruptive change. We are at the brink of an incredible opportunity toembrace the privatization effort of public infrastructure with a digital mindset, so that wecreate a future of new economic wealth, improved governance and social development.Stop thinking analog, let’s think digital; start thinking exponential as opposed to linear, andlet’s think global instead of local.