Pieter Ballon is a Belgian historian and communications scholar specializing in smart cities. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is a Professor in Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and holder of the university's academic Chair on Smart Cities. [5] [6]
Ballon is the director of SMIT (Studies in Media, Innovation and Technologies), a research group that is affiliated with VUB and IMEC, and the scientific director of the Knowledge Centre Data & Society. [7] [8] He is also the co-founder of the international Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network and of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). [9]
Ballon was general coordinator of the Smart Flanders programme and was named the first ‘Smart City Ambassador’ for the Brussels Capital Region. [10]
Ballon is the author of:
Pieter Ballon is a Belgian historian and communications scholar specializing in smart cities. [1] [2] [3] [4] He is a Professor in Communication Sciences at Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) and holder of the university's academic Chair on Smart Cities. [5] [6]
Ballon is the director of SMIT (Studies in Media, Innovation and Technologies), a research group that is affiliated with VUB and IMEC, and the scientific director of the Knowledge Centre Data & Society. [7] [8] He is also the co-founder of the international Open & Agile Smart Cities (OASC) network and of the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL). [9]
Ballon was general coordinator of the Smart Flanders programme and was named the first ‘Smart City Ambassador’ for the Brussels Capital Region. [10]
Ballon is the author of: