Anthony Townsend

Greater New York City Area United States

Principal Consultant Bits and Atoms LLC

Dr. Anthony Townsend is an internationally-recognized expert on the future of cities and information technology. His first book, "SMART CITIES: Big Data, Civic Hackers, and the Quest for A New Utopia", was published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2013. Dr. Townsend is the founder of Bits and Atoms, a strategic advisory practice focused on technology-enabled urban development. His clients include Sidewalk Labs (an Alphabet company), Arup, the Inter-American Development Bank, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and many others. Anthony’s recent research has covered the future of automated and autonomous vehicles (AVs), the urban science movement, and big data and inclusion. His has authored articles in Sc...