Panel VII of think.BDPST 2016 focused on emerging technologies in urban infrastructure. The panel, chaired by Dr János Balázs Kocsis, Associate Professor at the Centre Sociaspatial Development Studies of the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, featured Zsolt Bertalan, CEO of Smart Future Lab Ltd., Ferenc Pongrácz, Business Development Executive at IBM Southeast Europe, and Michael Frank, Head of the Smart City Coordination of Magyar Telekom