- Session 1
Open Cities: The New Imperative - Session 2
Going Digital: The 21st Century City’s Economic Edge - Session 3
The Next Edge: Cities as Urban Laboratories - Session 4
City Finance 2.0: Next Generation Urban Infrastructure - Session 5
Startup Cities: Deploying Clean Technology at Scale - Session 6
Future Cities: The New Century's Neighborhood - Session 7
Brand Cities: City Building as an Export
Session 2
Going Digital: The 21st Century City’s Economic Edge
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 at 11:15 am
Affordable access to hyper-speed broadband is the infrastructure that will create many of the public goods in the next century. It will be a major competitive advantage and catalyst for the companies located within the cities that take the lead in its development. How can cities facilitate the implementation of the fiber, wi-fi and wireless networks that will drive the digital, creative, and smart utilities of the future economy? Panelists will address the job opportunities being created by next generation digital infrastructure.
