SmartPlanet Coverage of Meeting of the Minds 2012
SmartPlanet’s Rachel King continued her excellent coverage of Meeting of the Minds 2012 this week with two articles focused on Colin Harrison and Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson. Excerpts: ‘Smart’ cities organize services around needs The digital and physical...
FastCompany on Electric Vehicles in Car Sharing Fleets
FastCompany published an interesting article this week on the challenges and benefits of including electric vehicles in car sharing fleets – something City CarShare has done successfully in the San Francisco area, and something the CEO, Rick Hutchinson, spoke...
Do Cities Really Need Innovation?
Do citizens really need apps? Or should city leaders keep their focus on paved roads and zoning rules? The question is raised in John King’s coverage of Meeting of the Minds 2012 in the San Francisco Chronicle: ‘Meeting of the Minds’ on cities’...
Repurposing the Built Environment – A Major Theme at Meeting of the Minds 2012
The major themes from last week’s Meeting of the Minds are beginning to emerge as speakers, attendees and press begin to parse through the abundance of insights and innovations presented at the event. One of the major themes this year was the repurposing of the...
Meeting of the Minds 2012 Ustream Video
We know that last week’s sessions at Meeting of the Minds 2012 in San Francisco were valuable and unique – so it’s no surprise that we’ve had many requests to post the video of those sessions. Indeed, every one of the sessions is worth another...
Top 10 Tweets From Meeting of the Minds 2012
Meeting of the Minds 2012 in San Francisco found a very active Twitter community last week when it convened at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco. Reports even circled that #motm2012 trended into the Top 10 on Twitter during the October 10th sessions. The...
Graphic Artist Brings Creative Visuals to Meeting of the Minds 2012
Graphic artist Leah Silverman was on hand last week in San Francisco for Meeting of the Minds 2012. She lent her talents to the breakout session, Smart Cities of Tomorrow – Integrated Operations across Service Areas to Meet the Needs of Citizens, a discussion led by...
CleanFleetReport.com Lists the Top 10 Car Sharing Programs
CleanFleetReport.com recently published a list of the top 10 car sharing programs in America, with special attention paid to programs that feature the new electric vehicles from Nissan, Chevrolet, Ford, Toyota, Honda, Smart, BMW and other automakers. They also make a...
Photos from Meeting of the Minds 2012
Meeting of the Minds 2012, a set on Flickr. October 9-11, 2012 in San Francisco, CA. Photographs by Jill Schneider Photography. Graphic art by Leah Silverman.
Qualcomm Seeks to Improve Network by 1000x in 10 Years
Speaking at Meeting of the Minds in San Francisco, Qualcomm CTO Matt Grob laid out a plan to improve Qualcomm’s network capacity over the next ten years by working smarter, not harder. ZDnet.com covered the presentation in their article, Qualcomm CTO talks...
Samasource Announces New Partnership at Meeting of the Minds 2012
Leila Janah, the Founder and CEO of Samasource, announced today at Meeting of the Minds 2012 in San Francisco that Samasource has closed a $7.5 million philanthropic funding round, including a $5.3 million partnership with The Mastercard Foundation. Learn more about...