Renato de Castro is the creator and CEO of the City SmartUp project, which aims to promote business and investment in Smart Cities, he is a Smart Cities ambassador for the London TM Forum, a member of the board of directors of the NGO Leading Cities in Boston and a Volunteer Senior Adviser of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), the United Nations Telecommunications agency. He has more than two decades of experience working as a global executive in countries in Asia, the Americas and Europe. Fluent in four languages, he is a PhD student in Global Law at UAB - Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Renato has been to more than 30 countries. giving lectures on Smart Cities and collaborating with urban projects.