Martin Brynskov

Martin Brynskov, Ph.D., is an expert, speaker, and advisor on smart cities and the Internet of Things with a human-centric focus.

Brynskov is chair of the global Open & Agile Smart Cities initiative (OASC), which encompasses 140 cities from 29 countries. OASC is a non-profit association based in Brussels, Belgium, and it aims to develop so-called Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms (MIMs) for cities and communities.

Brynskov is an associate professor in Interaction Technologies at Aarhus University in Denmark, as well as serving as the director of AU Smart Cities (AUSC) and the Centre for Digital Transformation of Cities and Communities (DITCOM). He is also the founder and co-director of the Digital Living Research Commons (DLRC) and the director of the Digital Design Lab. Brynskov is a fellow at the Center for Advanced Visualization and Interaction (CAVI). Brynskov is the coordinator of the European IoT Large Scale Pilot on Smart Cities “SynchroniCity," and the Coordination and Support Action, Next Generation Internet of Things (NGIoT).

Brynskov is vice-chair of the UN ITU-T Focus Group on Data Processing and Management to support IoT and Smart Cities & Communities (FG-DPM) and chair of the Working Group on Use Cases, Requirements and Applications/Services, and Chair of the Danish Standards Committee on Smart Cities and Communities (ISO TC 268 mirror committee).