Urban Innovation

Aspen Institute President and CEO Dan Porterfield delivered welcoming remarks at “The Future of Cities: Connecting Innovation, Equity, and

In the policy world, people talk a lot about data-driven decisions, and data-driven policymaking.  We hear less about data-driven relationships.  But the experience of two mayors, G.T. Bynum of Tulsa and Catherine Pugh of Baltimore, suggest that data can connect and unite people from across the country and across the political spectrum and across city departments.

An event hosted by the Institute’s Center for Urban Innovation explored how digitalization and automation encourages new approaches to city governance.

The Institute along with The Atlantic and Bloomberg Philanthropies hosted the sixth annual CityLab: Urban Solutions to Global Challenges, a forum to highlight innovative urban strategies and leadership.

In October, the Socrates Program and the New Orleans Business Alliance partnered for a special Socrates Salon, “Change and Opportunity: The Future of Work and Learning.”

Behavioral science strategies like offering prizes are getting people into public transit.

Sidewalk Labs is building a prototype for the urban future on Toronto’s Eastern Waterfront. This project asks us to re-think relationships between governments, the private sector, and residents. Dan Doctoroff, Founder and CEO, Sidewalk Labs joins Jennifer Bradley, Executive Director, Center for Urban Innovation, The Aspen Institute at CityLab Detroit.

Alberto Ibargüen, President of The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation sits down with Jennifer Bradley, Director of the Center for Urban Innovation, The Aspen Institute to discuss how technology is changing citizenship around the world at CityLab Detroit.

The Honorable Eric Garcetti, mayor of Los Angeles, in conversation with Aspen Institute president and CEO Dan Porterfield as part of the McCloskey Speaker Series.