Media Coverage - Meeting of the Minds

SmartPlanet Coverage of Meeting of the Minds 2012

posted by Dave Hahn on October 17,2012 in Media Coverage

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 worlds are converging, enabling us to leverage information to develop new insights and wisdom, according to IBM engineer Dr. Colin Harrison. Speaking …

Do Cities Really Need Innovation?

posted by Dave Hahn on October 17,2012 in Media Coverage

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’ future. An excerpt: Yes, cities need to innovate. They need to be more nimble. But the priorities …

Repurposing the Built Environment – A Major Theme at Meeting of the Minds 2012

posted by Dave Hahn on October 16,2012 in Media Coverage

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 built environment, specifically telephone booths and light poles. Fast Company’s Ariel Schwartz reported this week …

CleanFleetReport.com Lists the Top 10 Car Sharing Programs

posted by Dave Hahn on October 13,2012 in Media Coverage

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 special mention of their time at Meeting of the Minds 2012 in San Francisco and the connections they made …

Qualcomm Seeks to Improve Network by 1000x in 10 Years

posted by Dave Hahn on October 12,2012 in Media Coverage

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 meeting growing network capacity needs in cities. From the article: The ultimate goal, Grob said, is to increase …

ABC News Covers Meeting of the Minds 2012

posted by Jessie Feller on October 10,2012 in Media Coverage

Two of the sponsors of Meeting of the Minds – Toyota and Cisco – were featured in the ABC News today. Toyota’s Bill Reinert and Cisco’s Gordon Feller discussed how the car and the network are working together to provide new mobility solutions in cities. Video transcript Cisco zeroes in on automotive world Jonathan Bloom, Oct 10, 2012 SAN FRANCISCO …