On 17 September 2024, the Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) and the Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute (SCRI) successfully held a Distinguished Lecture titled "More than One Twin: Multiple Digital Twins in City Planning." The seminar featured Professor Michael Batty, Bartlett Professor of Planning at University College London.
In the lecture, Prof. Batty defined what constitutes a digital twin and demonstrated how different types of models can enhance our understanding of real systems, facilitating the development of innovative solutions for future scenarios. He focused primarily on city planning but extended the discussion to various scales, employing different models of the same system from diverse perspectives and integrating these twins to create more comprehensive models. Prof. Batty also illustrated his points with examples from London and presented a digital twin of British cities. He concluded with reflections on the future, suggesting that our world will increasingly consist of multiple twins—varied models of the same entity that are rapidly becoming the norm.
| Research Units | Otto Poon Charitable Foundation Smart Cities Research Institute | Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics |
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