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IC2/2025 International Chair

Mila Gasco-Hernandez

Mila Gasco-Hernandez

Mila Gasco-Hernandez holds a MBA and a Ph. D. in public policy evaluation. She is the Research Director at the Center for Technology in Government as well as an Associate Professor at the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, both at the University at Albany – SUNY. Before joining SUNY, Dr. Gasco-Hernandez served as a senior researcher at the Institute of Governance and Public Management (currently known as ESADEgov – Center for Public Governance) and the Institute of Innovation and Knowledge Management, both at ESADE Business & Law School in Spain.

The main general research question at the center of Dr. Gasco-Hernandez’s research agenda is: why and how does technology-driven innovation happen in the public sector? Most of herresearch in the last six years has focused on the topics of open government, public sector innovation, smart cities and communities, telework, and artificial intelligence in government. In these areas, she has published six books, more than 40 peer-reviewed articles, 16 peer-reviewed book chapters, and more than 50 peer-reviewed conference papers. She has been awarded more than 15 grants in external funding competitive calls and more than 25 consultancy/applied research projects.

Dr. Gasco-Hernandez has also considerable consulting experience on the information and knowledge society as well. In this respect, she has worked for a wide variety of organizations such as the United Nations Development Program, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance, the Latin American Centre on Management for Development, the World E-Governments Organization of Cities and Local Governments, the Inter-American Development Bank, andGoogle.

ACADEMIC COMMITTEE

Escola Politécnica USP

ALEX ABIKO

Escola Politécnica USP

Universidade das Nações Unidas - Portugal

BEATRIZ LANZA

Universidade das Nações Unidas - Portugal

Escola Politécnica – USP

MARCELO PESSOA

Escola Politécnica – USP

Fundação Getúlio Vargas - SP

MARIA ALEXANDRA CUNHA

Fundação Getúlio Vargas - SP

Universidade Federal do Paraná

ROBERTO GREGÓRIO

Universidade Federal do Paraná

Fundação Vanzolini – SP

CESAR MASSARO

Fundação Vanzolini – SP

CETIC – NIC-BR

Manuella Ribeiro

CETIC – NIC-BR

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Smart City Business – USA

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Smart City Business – USA

Smart City Business Americas

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Smart City Business Americas

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