«Changing Urban Managers' Approach» a Precondition for Knowledge-Based Cities

The Vice President for Science, stressing the need to change the approach of urban managers and reform city governance from bureaucracy to pragmatism, said: Developing advanced infrastructure, artificial intelligence and digital services alone does not create urban well-being. The first step is changing managers' approach and attitude toward using knowledge and technology to solve citizens' problems.

Emphasizing the necessity of changing the approach of city managers and reforming the city governance approach from bureaucracy to pragmatism, the scientific vice president said: the development of advanced infrastructure, artificial intelligence and digital services alone will not create urban prosperity; Rather, the first step is to change the approach and attitude of managers to use knowledge and technology to solve citizens' problems.