Raw Video and Slidedecks from Meeting of the Minds 2014
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Over the next few weeks we will process, archive and report on the take-aways, media coverage and videos from Meeting of the Minds 2014. While we work on presenting this material, we want to make the raw files available to our network. Below are PDF slideshows from our presenters, as well as the archive video of our live webcast.
PDF Slidedecks
Opening Reception Presentation
Gordon Feller
Opening Reception Presentation
Randy Doyle
More than Just Dirt: Food, Community and the New Economy
Pashon Murray
Leading from Local Circumstance: Lessons from Detroit
Rip Rapson
Breaking Down the Silos: DTE Energy’s Partnership with Tech Innovators
Russ Vanos
Mandela’s Unfinished Business: Housing Needs and the Spatial Legacy of Apartheid in South Africa
Nicolette Naylor
The Internet of Everything Changes Everything: Driving New Business Models for Urban Services
Wim Elfrink
Dancing With Giants: Two of the World’s Biggest Companies Embrace the Future
Niel Golightly presentation slides
Dancing With Giants: Two of the World’s Biggest Companies Embrace the Future
Nihar Patel presentation slides
Climate Preparedness and Resiliency in Urban America
Mayor Dawn Zimmer
Inventing New Futures: Real Life Lessons from Science & Tech-Based Business Innovation
Sean O’Sullivan
Breaking Down the Silos: DTE Energy’s Partnership with Tech Innovators
Russ Vanos
Meeting of the Minds 2015 Announcement: Continuing the Conversation
Mayor Gayle McLaughlin
A Global Challenge: How Do We Make the Right Decisions?
Jeremy Bentham
The Coming Revolution: Small-Scale Urban Industrial Development
Ilana Preuss
Video
October 1 – Hackathon Presentations
October 1, 2014: 8:30 – 10:00am
October 1, 2014: 10:30 – 12:00pm
October 2, 2014: 8:30 – 10:00am
October 2, 2014: 10:30 – 12:00pm
October 2, 2014: 1:00 – 2pm
October 2, 2014: 2:00 – 4pm
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