UBT Smart City: The Convergence Platform for Entrepreneurial Place-Based, Smart, Self-Sustained, Innovation-based, Ecosystems

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• Prof Dr Edmond Hajrizi
• Thursday 06 March 2025, 14:00-15:00
• Mond Building Seminar Room, Free School Lane.

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The Centre for Resilience and Sustainable Development (CRSD) pioneers methodologies that champion the Art & Science of Co-creation via unique, evidence-based frameworks that drive responsible innovation, sustainable investment, and good governance.

For this term’s CRSD PhD Seminar Series, we are excited to welcome Professor Dr. Edmond Hajrizi. Prof. Hajrizi is the Founder, President, CEO and Rector of College at the University for Business and Technology (UBT), with over twenty years of experience in managing the higher education institutions, teaching, research, and management of international research and capacity development projects.

Professor Hajrizi is mostly focused on entrepreneurship in higher education, management, teaching, research, development, training, consulting, certification and publishing. Professor Hajrizi holds a PhD degree from Vienna University of Technology and Post Doctorate from City University London.

Professor Hajrizi specialises in Complex Systems Design and Management, Intelligent Systems, Sustainable Development, Quality Management, Project Management, Leadership and Business Management, Knowledge Management, Information Systems, Mechatronics Management, Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

Prof Hajrizi is interested in the concept of Entrepreneurial Innovation Ecosystems and transformative approaches to the world’s socio-political-economic frameworks. The seminar will focus on “UBT SMART Cities,” a state-of-art Development Program, designed and developed by Prof. Dr. Edmond Hajrizi in Kosovo at UBT , which necessitates innovative solutions across education, research, and policy.

Prof Hajrizi will also elaborate on “UBT 5S” (Small Scale Smart Sustain System), an entrepreneurial ecosystem that serves as a testbed for future solutions, especially in education and emerging technologies. Developed at UBT , “UBT SMART City” integrates sustainable planning, advanced technologies, and community living within a compact innovation ecosystem, similar to a “15-minute city,” offering a scalable model for urban planning. Utilizing methodologies like “Life Cycle Design,” it integrates smart infrastructure and emerging technologies to address future urban challenges. Prof. Hajrizi will also share case studies that will highlight the great potential for positive impact in resource-constrained countries. This presentation will equip learners with future-ready competencies to address social, economic, and environmental challenges through smart infrastructure and emerging technologies, especially those doing action-research in resource-constrained, small-scale, transition countries.

Event Details:

March 6, 2025 at 14:00 to 14:40 with 20 minutes Q & A; in-person and online) at The Faculty of Human Social and Political Science’s (HSPS), Mond Building, New Museums Site, Free School Lane, Cambridge, CB2 3RF .

There are limited in-person spaces: sign up to reserve your spot using this link . If you will be joining us online, be sure to choose the correct ticket type to receive your meeting link.

The room can be accessed by walking through the Western side entrance (wooden door) to the Mond Building, through the door ahead, up the stairs and through the door on the right labelled “Seminar Room.” Detailed wayfinding instructions are attached to this email and linked here .

This talk is part of the CRSD's Resilience Research Series series.

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