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About the Author: Gianni Minetti
Passionate and eclectic technology
expert, Gianni Minetti is the President
and CEO, Paradox Engineering SA has
about 25 years of business experience
in information and telecommunication
systems, with peculiar interests in
Internet of Things, smart technologies,
blockchain and cryptography. In 2005
he founded Paradox Engineering as
the vehicle for bringing his unique
technology vision to the market
through pioneer IoT platforms for
Smart Cities and Smart Factories. He
is currently President and CEO of the
Company, which has been part of
MinebeaMitsumi Group since July
2015. Gianni is also chair of the
Southern Alps Chapter of the Crypto
Valley Association, active investor
and advisor to several blockchain
venture projects. He is based in
Ticino, Switzerland.
Today, about 55% of the
world’s population lives in
urban areas, but this share is
expected to increase to 68% by 2050.
Combined with the overall growth of
global population, this could add
another 2.5 billion people to urban
areas by 2050, with close to 90% of
this increase taking place in Asia and
Africa, as reported by the United
Nations’ 2018 Revision of World
Urbanization Prospects.
Since the world continues to
urbanize, a wiser and far-sighted
management of urban resources is
more and more needed, especially in
low-income and lower-middleincome
countries where the pace of
urbanization is projected to be the
fastest. Smart technologies and smart
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|November 2018|