A special SFU City Program forum/worshop:
THE CROWDSOURCED CITY
May 10 / 7 pm / Room 7000 (seventh floor) / 515 West Hastings Street / Free, but registration required: www.sfu.ca/reserve
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Progressive cities are harnessing the power of mass collaboration and innovation. New technologies including cloud computing and mobile devices are allowing us to co-create our neighborhoods and improve community design. This forum will explore how these new technologies and social media can improve the transparency of policymaking, planning and projects. Leading innovators in the use of crowdsourcing will demonstrate some of the new techniques and platforms available.
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Lukas Biewald of Crowdflower will explain the background and trends in crowdsourcing. Darin Dinsmore of Crowdbrite will show how an international competition led to innovation in design. Colleen Hardwick of PlaceSpeak will demonstrate the use of pioneering software for location-based community consultation.
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Register here – and bring your laptop or pad
