Prof. Vicente Carabias is Deputy Head of the Institute of Sustainable Development at ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, where he coordinates the Sustainable Energy Systems and Smart Cities research group. He also coordinates the ZHAW Platform Smart Cities and Regions, supporting the implementation of smart sustainable cities.

Since completing his MSc in Environmental Sciences at ETHZ in 1996, he has been involved in sustainability research, services and teaching at ZHAW.

From 2019 he has supported the transformation of the City of Winterthur part-time as Smart City Responsible and WinLab Manager, in charge of the Urban Living Lab of the City of Winterthur, enabling the systematic testing of social and technological innovations and acting as the contact person for WinLab collaborations in applied research and innovation development.