Dr. Daniel Hoornweg is a municipal practitioner and urban scholar focusing on cities and their role in a changing world. Dan’s experience started with the Region of Peel and City of Guelph, Ontario, in the 1980s, expanded to Bermuda, and then internationally with the World Bank. Dan eventually became a lead advisor at the bank on cities and sustainability, including climate change, finance, governance, and material and energy flows. Dan has more than 50 publications in academic literature, several books, and book chapters. Dan is a tenured professor and Director of Training and Partnerships at Ontario Tech University. Dan led in the development of Oshawa as the world’s first ‘teaching city’.