Daniela Swiatek is a specialist with over 25 years of experience in government innovation, sustainable cities, urban mobility and digital transformation. She is Associate Researcher at the Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV) Cities Research Center and holds a doctorate degree in economics from the University of Vienna and a master's degree in government administration and public policy from FGV. She has been a researcher at Harvard University, Newcastle University and the Polish Academy of Sciences.Her research and consultant projects are for international cooperation agencies, development banks and multinational companies on areas as digital transformation, ESG, renewable energies, smart cities and sustainable urban mobility, among others. She mentors ESG and B2G startups at BrazilLab and the Founders Institute. Besides, she has worked for 14+ years in municipal, state and federal governments in Brazil and for 6+ years in international research for the European Union. As an "entrepreneur in government", Daniela founded the first government innovation laboratory in Brazil (MobiLab at São Paulo City Hall), where she was executive coordinator (2014-2019). In São Paulo, she led the city first opening of transportation data (2013), collaborated on the disruptive e-hailing regulation (2015-6), managed the first government contracts with startups in the country (2016-7). She was the drafter of the Brazilian Charter for Smart Cities (2019-20), implemented a corporate mobility evaluation model (2019), coordinated the drafting of the Charter Guide for Municipalities (2022). coordinated a guide for smart city planning (2022), among others. Currently she coordinates the implementation of a new urban mobility lab in the Technological Park of São José dos Campos (PIT).