How AI is Beating Covid-19
At CityAge’s Crossover: AI events, with 800 delegates from around the world, we learned that AI is already being used from the genome to the waiting room, to keep us safe. During this pandemic, the use of AI is pervasive. And after the pandemic, Ai’s application in health care, and pretty much every sector — […]
Discovering Pawtucket: $400 million development and soccer franchise to create thousands of jobs
With the end of the pandemic on the horizon, Brett Johnson is focused on bringing crowds to places where they’ve never been. Johnson and his partner Dan Kroeber operate Fortuitous Partners, a funding platform that invests in professional sports and real estate zones in mid-sized cities. Their latest destination? Pawtucket, Rhode Island: population 72,000. Investing in […]
Think Covid Changed Our Desire for Travel? Think Again.
Denise Berger: It looks like remote work will be sticking around. How do you think this will change the modelling of daily transportation for New York City? Rick Cotton: Travel trends and commuting trends will come back to a significant extent. I mean, if you look at travel and take air travel, as an example, it’s […]
Facing Our Drying Climate: Black & Veatch President on the future of water
Facing Our Drying Climate Black & Veatch President on the future of water CityAge: What did you think about the UN Climate Report? Cindy Wallis-Lage: We’ve been having these reports since I think 1990…I was thinking of it visually like a bell choir. We started out with small bells, as in: “Hey – you might want […]
A Glimpse into the Lives of Some of our Net Zero Speakers
Ursula Eicker, Concordia, Founding Co-Director of Next Generation Cities Institute CityAge: What was the last project you worked on that you were really excited about? Ursula: The C40 competition in Montréal, where we collaborated on the zero carbon transformation of an industrial heritage site close to downtown. Exciting team, many SDGs addressed and the winner will be […]
Bruce Katz: The promise of America’s Breakout Cities
A conversation between Bruce Katz, Co-Founder of the New Localism Advisors and Director at Drexel University, and CityAge on how America’s smaller cities can punch above their weight to lead our urban future. CityAge: What’s a Breakout City? Bruce Katz: We are on the cusp of one of the most pivotal decades in the history […]
How Canada Can Own The Podium With Ethical Tech
A conversation between Chris Albinson, President and CEO of Communitech and Paul Vallée, Founder and CEO of Tehama, moderated by BetaKit’s Meagan Simpson. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. Meagan Simpson: How is Canada doing, when it comes to digital competitiveness globally? Chris Albinson: I’m super excited about where we are. The innovation […]
CityAge’s Top 10 Forces Shaping Cities
10Blockchain and Cryptocurrency 9Rethinking Work 8The 15-Minute City 7America’s Infrastructure Bill 6Urban Agriculture 5Cities’ Return to Nature 4Autonomous and Connected Vehicles 3Universal Design 2Cybersafety 1Fighting Climate Change Cities have a lot to think about as 2021 comes to an end. The last 11 months have been defined by recovery from the on-going pandemic, grappling […]
Mayors from two different countries share same water woes: storms, shrinking shorelines and lead pollution
Walter Sendzik, Mayor of St. Catharines, Ontario, and Chair of The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, and Billy McKinney, Mayor of Zion, Illinois, and Chair of the Mayors Commission on Water Equity, got together to chat about their cities’ water infrastructure problems, at CityAge’s Future of Water Infrastructure digital event on September 9th. […]
Breakout City Mayors: The 4 steps to success
CityAge recently brought together the leaders of America’s Breakout Cities — the places that are making a mark as we emerge from the pandemic. Here are four things we learned from our first panel discussion with Reno Mayor Hillary Schieve, Erie Downtown Development Corporation’s Corey Cook and Boise Mayor Lauren McLean. The panel was hosted […]