Seventy percent of the world’s population will live in cities by 2050. These cities are no longer developed around natural resources such as rivers or mines, but around another natural resource: knowledge. This knowledge comes from universities and other institutions, what is their role in creating sustainable, inclusive, and livable cities?

Director – Javier Cumella Jordán

He studied Telecommunications Technical Engineering, Audiovisual Communication and a Master’s degree in Digital Cinematography. Working as a filmmaker and creative in advertising, he made a short documentary called “Day 0” and a fiction short film called “Hippie” which obtained numerous

official selections, before starting work at IE Insights, where he explored the idea of visually elevating editorial content through graphic design and directed the short documentary “Rethinking Cities”.