Larissa Paredes Muse
Larissa Paredes Muse (M.Sc.) is an architect and urban planner specialized in city digitalization and smart street lighting. She has a master’s degree in Urban Engineering with research that addressed the transformation of the street lighting sector in the context of Smart Cities. Larissa works as a consultant at Quanta Technology in city-scale related projects, such as Smart Street Lighting, Energy Justice, Resilience & Climate Adaptation.
Previously, in Brazil, she collaborated in an inter-ministerial cooperative with over 200 smart cities experts, which elaborated the Brazilian Directive for Smart Cities, published last year. As a member of IEEE, she is involved in various leadership roles and technical activities. Larissa spoke in over 30 events worldwide in the last year, sharing her knowledge with thousands of attendees in three different languages. Her areas of expertise include Energy Efficiency, Street Lighting, Urban Planning & Management, and Policy Design for Smart Cities.