Houssam Elokda

Managing Principal, Happy Cities, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Houssam has a passion for creating urban plans, policies and designs that boost human happiness. Houssam has led complex engagement, masterplanning and policy projects in diverse settings that range from Bridgewater, NS to metropoles such as Dubai, Cairo and Vancouver. He also led Shore to Core, a groundbreaking collaboration with neuroscientists to examine the psycho-social effects of public space design in Florida. Houssam also helped deliver housing projects that highlighted the intersection of housing design and social connectedness.

Houssam sits on various boards of urbanist organizations. He is the co-founder and board chairman at Transport for Cairo, an Egyptian mobility firm that helps deliver transit systems and research in emerging cities. He also sits on the board of organizations that work in real estate, transit advocacy and construction.