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Keynote SpeakerDavid Miller

Managing Director, C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy, 63rd Mayor of Toronto and Recent President and CEO, WWF-Canada

David Miller is the Managing Director of the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy. Mr. Miller was Mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010 and served as Chair of C40 Cities from 2008 until 2010. Under his leadership, Toronto became widely admired internationally for its environmental leadership, economic... Read more

Biography

David Miller is the Managing Director of the C40 Centre for City Climate Policy and Economy.

Mr. Miller was Mayor of Toronto from 2003 to 2010 and served as Chair of C40 Cities from 2008 until 2010. Under his leadership, Toronto became widely admired internationally for its environmental leadership, economic strength and social integration. He is a leading advocate for the creation of sustainable urban economies.

Mr. Miller has held a variety of public and private positions and served as Future of Cities Global Fellow at Polytechnic Institute of New York University from 2011 to 2014. He has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Waterloo in Environmental Studies, an Honorary Doctor of Laws from York University and is currently Executive in Residence at the University of Victoria. He is the author of ‘Solved, how the great cities of the world are fixing the climate crisis‘, (University of Toronto Press).

David Miller is a Harvard-trained economist and professionally is a lawyer. He and his wife, lawyer Jill Arthur, are the parents of two children.

Popular Talks by David Miller

  • Business Lessons on Innovative Leadership
  • The Modern Green Economy & Climate Change
  • Implementing Growth Strategies based on Successful Campaigns used World-Wide
  • Architecture Design
  • Future of cities
  • Smart cities