Innovation in Community and Community Leadership
Congratulations to Lincoln Heights community for initiating an "Innovation Hub" with the goal to use Innovation to reverse Poverty in Lincoln Heights! You can see the presentation here The next frontier of 3D-Printing is additive manufacturing, and Cincinnati's GE Aviation is leading the way! We need to make Cincinnati a center of expertise in this area and attract businesses from around the world to be part of it! Join us on Wednesday, October 25th at BB&T Arena for the first Midwest IoT Showcase and Smart Regions Conference! For more info, visit the Smart Regions Conference Website
Last week the publication Quarz reported that our own UC Professor, Dr. Tomasz F. Stepinski used NASA data to make an insanely detailed map of US racial diversity. You can zoom in and see detailed information for each neighborhood. You can read the article here To see the map, click here Public and private stakeholders from Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana are working together to create the nation's first smart tri-state region. Helping create a model for regional, smart growth. Moving the smart city conversation forward, focusing on the four pillars of workable, livable regions: connectivity, mobility, security, and sustainability. Connectivity Mobilitiy Security Sustainability Upcoming events Round-table at Uptech in Covington: CONNECTIVITY, SECURITY, AND THE INTERNET OF THINGS: Round-table at The Hamilton Mill in Hamilton: MOBILITY, SUSTAINABILITY, CLEAN WATER AND CLEAN AIR: Smart Cincy Summit Every year the Digital Cities Survey takes a big-picture view of the state of IT in cities to determine which are moving the needle forward by excelling at using technology. The Center for Digital Government and Government Technology are recognizing 62 cities this year for their use of tech to support priorities and improve operations. Read more at: http://www.govtech.com/dc/articles/Mu ... igital-Cities-Survey.html Today, to kick off Smart Cities Week, the Administration is expanding the Smart Cities initiative, with over $80 million in new Federal investments and a doubling of the number of participating cities and communities, exceeding 70 in total. These new investments and collaborations will help cities of all sizes, including in the following key areas:
See more: White House Announcement The generation that will change the world! There has been some interesting discussion about the innovation community here in Cincinnati. Some thoughts on the "Why's" and "What's" started online at http://hub.qcmerge.com/. The team at Cintrifuse wanted to continue the conversation live and give everyone an opportunity to join in the discussion. The event takes place on: Monday, August 12, 2013, 3-5 PM at Centrifuse (299 E Sixth St, Cincinnati, Ohio 45202) If you would like to join, you can register at: Barcelona project transforms two hundred hectares of industrial land of Poblenou into an innovative district offering modern spaces for the strategic concentration of intensive knowledge-based activities. This initiative is also a project of urban refurbishment and a new model of city providing a response to the challenges posed by the knowledge-based society. Any community using technology to improve its economy can participate in the rigorous yearlong awards program New York City – July 9, 2013 – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) announces the opening of nominations for the 2014 Intelligent Community of the Year award. The 2014 awards marks the 16th year the New York-based think tank will name the Intelligent Community of the Year, a community that is a global leader in creating wealth and jobs by seizing the opportunities of information and communications technology (ICT). The ICF has posted a nomination form at www.intelligentcommunity.org/nominations. There is also a community self-test to determine if a community could be a contender for an award. Nominations will close on Monday, September 23, 2013.
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Nominations are now Open for ICF's 2013 Intelligent Community of the Year Awards You can now submit ideas for the City of Cincinnati: http://cincinnati.mindmixer.com/ This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of the city planning process, and hopefully it will become a source of some creative and innovative ideas on how to improve our city! Kudos to the Department of Planning and Buildings for setting it up! It's great to see such an initiative! As it is said on the Website: This is our town. Let’s make Cincinnati great! An excellent example of innovative and systematic approach to urban development. What can we learn from them and apply in Cincinnati? Curitiba, Brazil, is the birthplace of bus rapid transit, the high-capacity urban public transportation system developed under the leadership of former city mayor Jaime Lerner. The ensuing transit-oriented development (TOD) underscored the importance of organizing urban areas around transport corridors and led Curitiba to be hallmarked as the most successful example of TOD. (for English subtitles, press the [CC] button) Also watch the TEDx speech of former mayor of Curitiba, Jaime Lerner, who reinvented urban space in his city. Along the way, he changed the way city planners worldwide see what’s possible in the metropolitan landscape. From building opera houses with wire to mapping the connection between the automobile and your mother-in-law, Jaime Lerner delights in discovering eccentric solutions to vexing urban problems. In the process he has transformed the face of cities worldwide. http://www.ted.com/talks/jaime_lerner_sings_of_the_city.html
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New Health IT Accelerator in Cincinnati - Innov8 for Health Startup Accelerator (applications due 4/30)Health innovators now have a new opportunity to accelerate their Startup. The Innov8 for Health Startup Accelerator is a Health IT focused Accelerator. Eight Health IT Startups that are creating products or services to achieving the Triple Aim of better health, better care, at lower costs will be selected from across the US to participate in a 12 week program designed to accelerate their Startup. Applications are due tomorrow, April 30, by 11:59pm.
Learn more at: www.Innov8forHealth.com |