Select Tweets From the Roundtable Discussion with Carolien Gehrels
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A collection of tweets that occurred during the January 21st event at the Dutch Consulate. The hashtag for the event was #urbansolutions.
God created the world, but the dutch made Holland. #urbansolutions
— Hernan Pelassini (@hernanp) January 21, 2013
The challenge for a smart city moving forward is to become a “converged network of networks” – Bas Boorsma #urbansolutions
— Tumml (@Tumml) January 21, 2013
“The next Steve Jobs in the Netherlands is not sitting in a garage, he’s sitting in a smart work center.” @basboursma #urbansolutions
— Dutch Consulate SF (@DutchCGSF) January 21, 2013
In true amsterdam fashion, what was a conference room one minute ago is now an open floor with people mingling #runlikeaship #urbansolutions
— Hernan Pelassini (@hernanp) January 22, 2013
How true! “@dutchcgsf: Amsterdam’s focus on people and their needs led to the development of a city that meets their needs #urbansolutions”
— Jan Wester (@janwester) January 21, 2013
In AMS, Cisco brings networks of innovation together to form a “network of networks.” #urbansolutions
— Dutch Consulate SF (@DutchCGSF) January 21, 2013
#urbansolutions in Amsterdam include focusing on the middle class, young people, investing in culture and much more – Carolien Gehrels
— Dutch Consulate SF (@DutchCGSF) January 21, 2013
“We struggled against water, we struggled against fire, we struggled against diseases, just like SF” – Carolien Gehrels #urbansolutions
— Meeting of the Minds (@MeetoftheMinds) January 21, 2013
Vision for NL: We conquered water to make our land, now we embrace nature to create a future for all. #urbansolutions @meetoftheminds
— Casper Koomen (@casperkoomen) January 22, 2013
“In the 70s I think we [Amsterdam] made big mistakes…We abandoned the middle class from the cities.” – Carolien Gehrels
— Meeting of the Minds (@MeetoftheMinds) January 21, 2013
@meetoftheminds My takeaway from yesterday: urban problems are more a lack of vision than lack of resources/technology. #urbansolutions
— John C. Fox (@djembe) January 22, 2013
Successful urban innovation talk. Bright minds and inspiration. #urbansolutions 4sq.com/VWjG6Z
— Greg Kandankulam (@gregkandankulam) January 22, 2013
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