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An interview with Natalie Crutzen on Smart City Management in Belgium


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With over 50% of the world's population now living in cities, national and local governments need to create motivation for developing smart cities and pave the way for large-scale testing of solutions in real-life urban environments. 

Belgium, Brussels Capital and many local services are actively working on developing smart technological solutions with a common objective: to reinvent our daily behavior, as citizens, in order to provide a sustainable response to the major societal, demographic, environmental challenges of our times. We interviewed Natalie Crutzen who gave us her perspective, actions and definition on this theme.

Natalie Crutzen biography : 

Doctor in economics and management since 2009, Nathalie Crutzen is Professor of Strategy, Performance Management and Sustainability at HEC Liège. In 2015, she founded the Smart City Institute in partnership with several private companies and the Wallonia Region.  

Nathalie Crutzen has developed her expertise in the following areas: strategic management, management control, innovation, sustainability and “Smart Cities”. She is responsible for various academic activities and is involved in numerous projects for developing "sustainable and intelligent territories".

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