Silviu Pirvu

Silviu Pirvu FRSA, Urb is CTO, Chairman and Co-founder of Optimal Cities, an ESA-supported PlanTech firm and approved supplier in UK, USA and Asia. A RICS-accredited London urban planner and inventor, he leads AI and satellite-powered tools for public health, infrastructure and cities that heal.

He has delivered 300+ planning and analysis projects across the UK, EMEA, USA, including the UK's first digital plans and Laser Valley, the city around the world's most powerful laser. Since 2015 he has helped attract and allocate funding for multi-billion EUR smart city and infrastructure projects.

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, he founded both RSA Space and Architecture & Urban Planning Networks. He is lecturer and author focused on UrbanAI and healthy cities and a recurrent speaker at UN General Assembly Science Summits on space hospitals and cities designed for longevity.