$5,000 in Grants for November’s 24 Hour City Project

The 24 Hour City Project is back. And, did we mention that we have $5,000 in grants to give away?!

Inspired by the National Building Museum’s Intelligent Cities initiative, the 24 Hour City Project encourages participants to explore the intersection of the built environment, data, the arts, and information technology. All projects must have a physical and digital component and will be placed on display at the Atlas Theater during the closing event for Digital Capital Week on 11/11/11. To give a sense of these projects, see the winning projects from our June event here.

Apply for funding here. 

The goals for the 24 Hour City Project are to: 

●      Leverage technology and data to reveal hidden relationships between our physical and digital worlds, and impact the way we interact with our environments and each other; 

●      Focus on citizen-generated services to redefine the relationship between citizens and government; 

●      Accelerate the transfer of ideas between entrepreneurs and urban change agents; 

●      Generate useful data so that we can make more informed public policy decisions; and 

●      Enhance our ability to communicate with one another to create vibrant and livable cities.

Join us!

Town Hall Meeting - #iCities

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5:00 – 5:45 pm
Town Hall Meeting
A panel of municipal leaders discuss how we can collectively build intelligent cities.

• Martin Chavez, past mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico and executive director, ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability - USA
• Michael Duffy, Washington bureau chief, TIME (moderator)
• William Millar, president, the American Public Transportation Association
• Mitchell Silver, president, the American Planning Association and director of planning, Raleigh, North Carolina 

Designing a Collaborative Built Environment - Panel for #iCities

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4:00 – 5:00 pm
Designing a Collaborative Built Environment
What are the tools that enable architects, urban planners, landscape architects, and engineers to break down silos and tackle the issues that cities face collaboratively? Panelists discuss how members of the design profession can take a leadership role in these conversations while engaging the public.

• Maurice Cox, past mayor of Charlottesville, Virginia and former director of design at the National Endowment for the Arts
• Julie Eizenberg, Architect, Koning Eizenberg
• Nicholas de Monchaux, architect, urbanist, writer, and assistant professor of Architecture & Urban Design at University of California, Berkeley
• Bill Saporito, assistant managing editor, TIME (moderator)
• Laura Solano, principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc., Landscape Architects

Community and Social Interaction in the Wireless City - Thought Vignette for #iCities

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3:30 – 4:00 pm
Thought Vignette: Community and Social Interaction in the Wireless City
The wired world is changing the way we share ideas and behave in our cities. Engage in a sociological and cultural examination of where communications meets the built environment.

• Keith N. Hampton, assistant professor, Annenberg School for Communication, University of Pennsylvania

Imagining a Healthier City - Panel for #iCities

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2:00 – 3:00 pm
Imagining a Healthier City
The thoughtful use of data, technology, and planning encourages the design of walkable, bikeable, and healthier neighborhoods. This panel will describe the challenges facing municipalities and solutions for a healthier future.

• Dr. Howard Frumkin, dean, School of Public Health, University of Washington (moderator)
• Christine Green, strategic partnership manager, National Complete Streets Coalition and former public health planner for Columbus, Ohio
• Patrick L. Kinney, professor of environmental health sciences and director of the Columbia Climate and Heath Program, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
• William Lucy, professor of Urban and Environmental Planning, University of Virginia

Regionally Thinking: Transportation, Affordability, and Equity - 3rd Panel for #iCities

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11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Regionally Thinking: Transportation, Affordability, and Equity 
Critical issues such as transportation, affordable housing, and the economy can only be managed intelligently at a regional level. Panelists will discuss hidden regional dependencies, the importance of addressing challenges from a trans-disciplinary lens and suggest the most important transformational investments we can make for our cities.

• Scott Bernstein, president and founder, Center for Neighborhood Technology
• Benjamin de la Peña, associate director, Urban Development, The Rockefeller Foundation (moderator)
• Robert Puentes, senior fellow, Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program
• Carolyn Young, executive director, Communications and Technology, Oregon’s TriMet transportation agency

Democracy and Inclusion in the Intelligent Cities - Thought Vignette

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11:00 – 11:30 am
Thought Vignette: Democracy and Inclusion in the Intelligent Cities
Is data the new currency for political participation? Can we prevent slums in the data-rich intelligent city? This provocative presentation will present three disruptive ideas that will help the intelligent city to also become a fair and just city.

• Ceasar McDowell, professor of the Practice of Community Development, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The City as a Lab - 2nd Panel for #iCities

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9:30 – 10:30 am
The City as a Lab
What are the lessons to be learned in thinking about the city as a sum greater than its individual parts? Panelists will share innovative work from across the United States that is changing the way our cities look, feel, and function.  

• Mark Cleverley, director of strategy, Global Government Industry, IBM Corporation
• Nick Grossman, director of civic works, Open Plans
• Dustin Haisler, director of government innovation, Spigit, and former CIO, Manor, Texas
• Greg Lindsay, journalist and author of Aerotroplis: The Way We’ll Live Next (moderator)