Cities Summit

Dubai to
Rio +30
 “Cities have the capability of providing
something for everybody, only because, and only
when, they are created by everybody.”

Jane Jacobs
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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TEDx Rio+20 statistics
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A Billion Seconds
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A BILLION SECONDS
an explanation.
Often, cities and administrators find it hard to deal with urban
challenges.
Solutions are locally implemented and there is no
communication between urban centers to showcase the
extraordinary solutions that are being implemented by
cities all over the world.
We can solve the problems together as the next
step.To plan the next billion seconds as a planet
is a necessity.
Urban populations have been growing rapidly and currently
cities don't have a good place to look for solutions.
The idea is that if we can ‘unite on time’, time being the
common denominator that humans share and a second
being the smallest common unit of measurement, then we
can ‘unite in time’ to save the world.
#abillionseconds aims to teach people the
power of time.
to promote the idea that we can solve our common ground
challenges together, one second at a time.
SHAPING THE NEXT BILLION SECONDS
As the pandemic wanes, the world is reaching an inflection point.
We have a chance to restart the world in a way that works better.
The Dubai World Expo 2020 is the largest in person event since
the beginning of the pandemic. This presents a unique
CHANCE
opportunity to launch a billion seconds at a gathering like no
other.

The World Expo creates the potential to bring an idea to all 191
countries in attendance. Throwing events on the world stage will
quickly create a network of thinkers who want to build together
and foster smart change. The next billion seconds will be guided POTENTIAL
by multigenerational ideas forged by this new normal.

A billion seconds is thirty years. We believe that thinking on

a longer time preference results in long lasting change. With
this generational approach in mind, a billion seconds wants to
sculpt the next 10, 20 and 50 years.
RESPONSIBILITY
C7
 What
Whatis
isC7
C7 ?
Cities of 7 Continents
We are hosting our inaugural Cities Summit at the Dubai
C7 - is an organization with the core mission of World Expo in March 2022 to launch C7 as a global
catalyzing the progress of cities both young and old. C7 institution for local urban innovation. In coordination with
is composed of government administrators, business our network of developers, founders, and builders -
founders, economic zone developers, social activists, modern heroes - C7 will sponsor projects in cities around
technologists, and artists. the world which meet the challenges of
our era and generate the cities of the future.
All of our partners share one common trait - they are
working in cities around the world to make them
healthier, more efficient, and more inspiring.

There are many organizations around the world that

focus on the development of city policy, often through the
lens of individual topics such as climate or poverty. C7
shares this commitment to making cities more livable
and sustainable, and opts to widen the scope of view
and search for a holistic approach to improving cities that
current and future generations can be proud of.

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 7 Challenges Cities face

1. Infrastructure for public transit

2. Integration with nature
3. Lack of basic public amenities
4. Gentle density
5. Government inefficiency
6. Extreme poverty
7. Limiting Carbon Emission
#abillionseconds
#abillionideas
#uniteontime
Cities Summit
 A conference to build a billion second plan and
lay the foundation for C7

Summon modern heroes to Dubai Forge a common ground path based on

1. 2. the theme of ‘ A Billion Seconds’
Construct a global network for
3. Generate a way to share and collaborate
ESG & SDG ideas and projects 4. on the ideas and solutions for these
Showcase successful projects and obstacles that our communities face
5.
ideas via social media
Develop these ideas and
Highlight the urban challenges we
6. projects into a growth
7. all face engine for innovation
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Cities Summit concept:
Day 1) Mastermind-create networks of value, find
common ground, ‘a billion seconds’
Day 2) Reciprocity Ring-understanding the
strengths and challenges of the world. Lessons of
the past, successes in the present+opportunities
of the future, building the engine.
Day 3) hackathon-implementing the value of
reciprocity. What is community? Inventing the
city. Start the engine, ‘a billion ideas’ + ‘unite on
time’
Remote attendees will ideally be able
to access the event via a variety of
digital platforms, including VR
VIP info upon request
Conference theme:
The theme for the event will be ‘a billion seconds’
Focus+Inspire: ideas to solve local and global
challenges, ‘a billion seconds’ will guide these
conversations.
Vision & Future: how to restart the planet better
Art+Information: unlocking the value of information and
data, the power of sustainable content
The New Libraries: evolution in tech &
the digital windows to new and distant
worlds
Emerging Blue: finding unicorns
Where the ‘present’ starts
HAPPY: ESG+Better Laws
Historically, the World Expo has
been the birthplace for
multigenerational ideas. From the
Eiffel Tower to the European Union,
we all feel the impact of these
gatherings. This year is no different,
and in fact may be the most important

Dubai and the

to date. Our world has changed and
new ideas are needed to correct old
systems. We have a moment

World Expo.
together to start a conversation as a
planet. We can start this dialogue on
common ground by uniting in time and
establishing shared long-term targets.

This will be the largest ever gathering of nations, together

envisioning a common future. Let’s use this as an opportunity
to build a global network and a bridge for ideas. We can look at
the road ahead and find a way to think further into our
collective future by reframing time in a way that builds unity.
That’s why we want to host our Cities Summit first in Dubai, at
the closing of the World Expo, and then continue to C7 partner
cities globally.
 The City of Rio de
In 1992 the first UN Earth Conference was held in
Rio de Janeiro. This event began a movement
towards a sustainable future we still see today.
There have been similar conferences every 10
years with Rio +10 in Johannesburg and Rio +20,
again in Rio.
Rio +30 will take place once more in Rio just after the
Expo, in the middle of 2022. We see this as the
perfect place to hold a Cities Summit. Our team's
experience with both Rio and previous UN events
makes this not only feasible but also ideal. We aim to
participate and enhance the UN’s agenda by bringing
our campaign of ‘A Billion Seconds’ to assist in
bringing both ESG & SDG initiatives to light in a new
way globally.
Janeiro
We also have a series of other projects we have
been working on in Brazil that align with these
ideals that can bring these important issues to
the hearts and minds of people around the
world.
From Aquele Abraço as a way to keep our oceans
clean, to Greener than Ever, our mission to reforest
Brazil, we see the City of Rio, the country of Brazil,
the continent of South America and the organization
of the UN as the perfect amplifier for a plan for the
future of cities and
communities around the
world.
So what is our Cities Summit and how does it build a
Cities Engine?

We need a holistic view of the present These opportunities are made up of

economic condition of our communities those who want to build a new common
to understand how to connect language that can share ideas and solve
opportunities for growth. problems.

this is about scaling

good ideas
 Cities Engine:
a path towards the Cities of the Future

The mission of the inaugural Cities Summit is to begin In the wake of our launch at the World Expo, we want to
building an engine for upgrading cities. The story of any begin setting up Engines in partnered cities in
city is fundamentally about the people that live there, so coordination with local governments institutions and
the main component of our Cities Engine is a network of partners.
innovative people from cities around the world. We are
assembling this network at the Dubai World Expo to
- Access to capital
launch Cities Engine as an accelerator program for cities
- Knowledge transfer
on the world stage.
- Training
- Talent sourcing
In every city there are founders, administrators, and - PR and Marketing
investors working on projects to make their cities - Makerspace / technology coworking
more efficient, sustainable, and liveable. Cities - Partnerships with larger organizations,
Engine aims to enhance these efforts. By launching incubators, and studios
a global support network at the World Expo, we can
equip these local producers with greater access to
resources.
we are building a ‘reciprocity ring’
for cities.
Past Achievements
 Cities Summit: From the Team
That Brought TEDx to Brazil

Past Event Speakers

Jorge Paulo Lehman Carlos Nobre Joe Quirk

Arminio Fraga Kunal Sood Oliver Porter
Joaquim Levy Rachel Lyons Samo Burja
Patricia Lins e Silva Mark Krawczynski Jordan Hall
Gabor Mate Caetano Scannavino Tim Draper
Antonio Gois Atossa Soltani Jesse Levine
Ricardo Henriques Tasso Azevedo Balaji Srinivasan
Cecilia Polacow Marcelo Rosenbaum Roger Ver
Herzog Marcio Astrini John Chisholm
Marina Silva Alexander Goerlach Lotta Moberg
Nilton Bonder Marc Buckley John Hardy
Enrique Peñalosa Jonah Wittkamper Sarah DuPont
Jean Michel Cousteau Leonardo Letelier Marcelo Furtado
Fabien Cousteau Sergio Leitão Zenia Tata
Jose Luiz Alqueres Anousheh Ansari Marcelo Veras
Louis Zacharilla Ilona Szabo Antonio Nobre
Regina Casé Oskar Metsavaht

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Past Achievements

Aquele Abraço - World Oceans Day

We helped put together one of the longest beach cleanups in history
covering 18.3 km of beach on World Oceans day in 2019. The event
was endorsed by the UN and had over 30 minutes of National
television coverage worth an estimated 1 million dollars. We also had
artists and influencers support us who’s audience reach was over 80
million people.
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Our amazing team’s history
Frontier Thinkers Miami at the
Bitcoin Conference.
During the Bitcoin Miami Conference we gathered
thinkers and innovators together to discuss ways to help
build a better future by promoting the ideas of better laws.
The intimate experience also served as a fundraiser, and
allowed for artists, innovators, investors, and a head of
state to meet and share ideas to take action on.
World Zone Atlas: First complete
map of Special Jurisdictions
The planet has been segmented into unique sets of laws
and jurisdictions. We have spent the last several years
building a first of its kind map of where these zones are
located and what their laws entail. This Atlas will serve as
a portal for investors to understand better how to use
global supply chains, and the movement of currencies,
commodities, goods, and services between global
markets.
A Network of 1000+ PE/VC’s
Our teams have helped develop a network of these
investors across North, Central, and South
America. As a result we have gained unique
insights into the cities where growth,
investment, and innovation are occurring,
and how ideas and founders are being
sourced and grown into potential society
changing businesses and organizations.
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 audience size of
80M+ participant ambassador
impressions over influencers
52M various media
in free media
platforms $1M+ exposure
OUR IMPACT
29 articles online IN THE MEDIA 3 radio spots

2019 - 2021

National News minutes of

3 papers appearances
32 TV coverage

people reached on the

appearances on
13 major tv networks 37M biggest TV stations in
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 people protecting the

tons of waste removed

15k sea in the World’s
Ocean Day
4.1 from Rio’s beaches in
one day
person zero
6k waste party

Our Impact tons of food

25+ Beach cleanups 3 collected
In Data

joint urban acupuncture meals distributed to

2 and urban revitalization 2k Rio’s homeless
tons of waste
projects
14+ removed from Rio's
beaches
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 Our IMPACT Organizing
Conferences
Ted at Rio +20 and others
Our team has 10 years of experience doing TED in
Brazil including during Rio +20. These events have
been a place for conversations to begin new paths
towards change and opportunity.
BOMA Amazon conference
BOMA is an action driven offshoot of TEDx. We organized a
three day long virtual summit discussing ways to help the world
by looking at the challenges and threats facing our forests,
looking at it through the lens of the Amazon. Partners included
the X-prize, Instituto E and others.

Startup Societies Virtual Summit

- Don’t argue, build.
With Startup societies we have held a variety of global
events catering to the community of people seeking to
build an innovative future. Our last conference was a
virtual event with 500+ attendees lasting 3 days, filled
with speakers ranging from innovators to high networth
investors and VC’s.
Media From Our Network
“When we share ideas, we all get more.”
- Paul Romer
 Sustainable content is the presentation of
information in such a way that it
creates lasting value for its users.

By making sustainable content with key influencers, we
can help them teach, explain, and develop Cities Engine
projects to create this lasting value.We will help them
promote founders, creators, and teachers within our
network to maximize their ability to use and share
innovation on digital platforms.
Let’s be heroes and
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Social media is filled with things that have a short life
cycle, but if we make sustainable content that can
inspire change, we can spark growth in communities
and cities so that the whole economy can benefit.
The way brands and companies advertise is
changing. The way customers choose is changing too.
This is the time to work with the circumstances and
harness momentum in order to be the catalyst for societal
growth.
 Cities+Media

Let’s tell stories that brighten the future. We

can find and promote the good-natured and
successful endeavors that people of the
world have already achieved.
We will promote and scale that which is already
successful. Success stories are transferable. By
sharing ideas we will all be better positioned to
impact the future for the better. Cities+Media can
make sharing heroes simpler and streamlined so
that we can take back control of our planet's
destiny.
 Journey of the
Whales An adventure following marine biologist
Dani Abras as she travels through the
places where the whales go. A bilingual mix of
education and travel, the project aims to highlight the less
known places where one can see whales. The mission is to
bring attention to new culture while leaving a lasting impact
of capacity building as a result of helping teach coastal
communities the science of the animals in their waters. Dani
has helped develop whale watching in South America,
Africa, Antarctica and the Pacific islands. The project's
future is to follow the migratory routes of the whales from
blue whales in Sri Lanka, the humpbacks in Kenya, and the
Orca’s of Argentina, to the mysterious pod of Humpbacks
31 living in the Arabian Sea, the only group not to migrate.
Caves are a place of wonder, from legends of Geni’s
and pirates' treasure to the art of our ancestors.
Currently we are mapping out the caves of Brazil, many

Caves of the
of which are unexplored and submerged in water. Our
team is composed of some of the world's leading cave
explorers. These caves present a unique opportunity to
not only test the limits of humans, but also to begin
using technology we hope to explore other planets with.
Americas
We plan to work with countries like Haiti to expose
their history and culture to the world through a new
lens. Caves can inspire a new generation of thinkers,
adventurers, and explorers for the world.

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Our Team
 Our Team

Shervin Patri Marco Kai

Pishevar Friedman Brandao Niedermair

Wyclef Dr. Sarah Lucie Isabela

Jean Haynes Uwimpaye Christo

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Our Team

Michael Dr. Mark Michelle Vagner

Castle Miller Lutter Bernier Perez

Francisco Laurent Byron Katarina

Litvay Lamonthe Haigh Serlet
ADRIANOPLE GROUP
Adrianople Group (AG) was founded in 2018 as a
business intelligence advisory firm with a focus
on the special economic zones industry. From its
inception, the vision of the company has been to
bring actionable intelligence, operational capacity,
and growth capital to economic zones and city
development projects.
Over the years, AG has grown to become the
world's leading BI firm in the field of SEZs,
forming a bridge between private equity and
special jurisdictions.
AG strives to maintain a company culture of
honor, curiosity, and independence. Its team
members and associates consist of a
staggeringly diverse array of frontier doers and
thinkers, located everywhere from from San
Francisco to Singapore.
ATLANTIC PACIFIC STRATEGIES
Atlantic Pacific Strategies helps organizations with
economic and social impact missions stand out.
APS develops exceptional brands for exceptional
companies, helping them with all of their marketing
needs, whether it is design, film production, press
engagement, or strategic planning.
The Atlantic Pacific Strategies is the Adrianople
Group’s sister company, specialized in marketing
and public relations.
Ideias Radicais
This Brazilian non-profit advances the goal of a free
society through education, leadership development,
publishing and volunteerism. It is one of Brazil's
largest content producers, focusing on
philosophical, economic and societal discussions of
the country's future.
Our Partners
 Better Technology &
R-Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in
emerging-market startups with a focus on mobile Laws
technologies and financial empowerment. The firm’s R-Ventures
portfolio ranges from e-commerce to fintech, developing
new best practices for venture investing in emerging
markets.

The Charter Cities Institute is a non-profit dedicated

to creating an ecosystem for cities with new
governance systems. From publishing and conferences Charter Cities Institute
to advancing best practices and providing a network,
CCI is working to make charter cities a household term.

The Sustainable Development Zone Alliance is an

international non-profit which develops physical and
institutional structures for economic zones in emerging
SDZ Alliance
markets. The organization establishes and develops
social, financial, environmental and other standards for
ESG/SDG.
Better Technology & Pronomos Capital is a venture capital firm, dedicated to

Laws Pronomos
upgrading institutions and building the cities of
tomorrow. Pronomos invests in and incubates new city
Capital projects that lead in governance innovation,
community-building, and furthering ESG/SDG goals
through their work.

Edison is headed by Shervin Pishevar, one of the top

ranked US venture capital investors. Investments
Edison include Airbnb, Uber, Robinhood, Slack and others.
Ventures Recently, the firm has pivoted toward new cities,
sustainable governance, ESG and habitation
technology.

LAIA Ventures is a venture capital firm, investing in

businesses that will make cities of the future
LAIA possible. LAIA Lab is a part of the firm, and performs
Ventures research into logistics, construction, spatial planning
and urbanism solutions that will build up the cities
of tomorrow.
Sustainable
Urbanism
Utopia: is an urban innovation group for emergent
cities based in San Francisco with locations in Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, Kathmandu, Nepal, and Lagos, Nigeria. Founded on the
idea that cities need to rethink how to build stronger foundations
via improving the informal communities that are growing
globally in cities. Utopia is planting the seeds for a stronger
future by working inside communities like Rocinha, the largest
favela in South America, and developing a network of
individuals and organizations seeking to build something better.
 Sustainable
Urbanism

Route Brasil: Founded in Florianópolis, the

organization focuses its energy on harnessing the
cooperation of people in a way that inspires more people
to act. Initially Route began as a group of surfers tired of
seeing trash on beaches. They decided to gather people
together and turn the act of restoring nature into a
team-building, family experience. Their organization and
movement have grown and so has their route of connecting
people together to cause both change and solutions for the
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 Ecotourism.
World
Adventure
Society A new kind of national geographic, one
that is growing in the digital age and one that is accessible
to people, especially those in emerging markets. Born in
Brazil in 2009 WAS today has members in 43 countries.
A mix of content, technology, history, science and activism,
WAS is currently building out it’s channel aimed at creating
more diversity in the fields of STEM, exploration and
discovery themed content. The future of education is
content, and a key focus of WAS’ future will be in
developing scalable solutions to the education gap in
emerging countries via ‘Sustainable Content’. This will be
done using a mix of new technologies like VR and
developing ESG/SDG social media influencers who have
the talent to be the next generation of educators.
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EYRYX
A Solutions company based in Kenya that advises South Sudan's
first data center and central bank approved digital payment
platform. They are also developing marketing strategies with the
Kenyan Wildlife Service which include solar powered drone
surveillance of Rhinos and adventure wildlife VR experiences to
attract tourism.
Multiphocus
Is one of the leading Brazilian video production firms. Multiphocus
has a full production company with a full suite of capabilities such
as editing, filming, staging, production, and marketing.
Multiphocus has worked with Fortune 500 companies such as
Adidas, C&A, or Cinemark. It also has worked with NGOs such as
UNESCO on numerous international film and cinematography
projects.
Startup Societies Foundation
SSF is a US-based non-profit which works to study and promote
local-level experiments in governance called "startup societies".
Studies, events, grants and support are provided to and about
projects ranging from special economic zones to eco-villages and
new city developments.
Settee
As the world's leading lusophone digital nomad platform, Settee
provides its clients with consulting on financial, legal, travel, health
and other matters to ensure a safe and prosperous life for digital
nomads. Settee also makes its insights public, and organizes
events and workshops for non-members.
Praxis Society
Praxis is a global online community of creative and tech-savvy
people with a shared passion for creating a digital city. This group
is meant to be a blueprint for how digitally connected groups can
eventually join together in a physical space and create vibrant,
new communities.
Bullying do Bem
Education in Brazil is plagued by lack of leadership and resources.
Bullying do Bem is engaging the problem of bullying in Brazilian
schools through workshops, alternative education and
volunteering opportunities for victims and perpetrators of bullying
at all levels of education.
OMNI
Social media and mobile devices are two trends with no signs of
slowing. OMNI will unify these two with the nascent blockchain
space to create a truly private, decentralized platform for social
media, payments, content-sharing, and private communication.
MAHA
A startup production company based in Rio working in viral
marketing and influencer content. They produced the rough cut of
the documentary about Aquele Abraco.
Altitude Infinity
Executive Production, Viral Strategy and campaigns.
 Road Map

This is a partnership of diverse experience.

We are a group of organizations and individuals collaborating to take action now and build something new.

The photographers and cinematographers are in network :)

Strategy:
Our initial material is focused on Brazil specifically, and Portuguese speakers generally. LATAM is our initial
market for developing C7 because we have a long history of doing projects in Rio de Janeiro.

After Rio we will push the same process with a modified strategy in North America. We will start in Miami
because of strong ties to the city. We will then aim to onboard the American Mayors Association.

As the process in Miami is underway, the next step will be focusing on the Hague via local strategic partners.
The Hague hosts the Global Parliament of Mayors.

The onboarding process for cities will have a set of common factors. We believe that once we have gained
support from the city of Rio, this onboarding process will be a template that we can scale and apply to cities
globally.

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