Urban enthusiasts in Cologne

We welcome urban enthusiasts from all horizons (e.g., startups, academia, local government) to share their stories and free beers on the night of May 17th at Startplatz. Let's share our ideas on all aspects of technologically-enhanced urban life, related to its economics, governance, sustainability and design! The format is very informal and the talks are kept short (~6.5 min), so that the focus is on the interactions between attendants (and the beer). It would be a great opportunity to network with like-minded locals and international people.

Tentative agenda

6:00-6:20 Round of introductions by participants

6:20-6:25 Victoria Blechman-Pomogajko & Lorenz Graf Startplatz

6:25 Carmen Mac Williams Grassroots and the Future Internet Program

6:32 Timo Hoffmann Rethink traffic!

6:39 Rijurekha Sen SnapCity: Scalable Urban Data Collection From The Web

6:46 Panagiotis Liakos GALENA: Galileo-based solutions for urban freight transport

6:51 Dan Tasse Generating Neighborhood Guides from Social Media

6:58 Desislava Hristova If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time: Spatio-Temporal Footprints of Spending at Sports Events on Foursquare

7:05

7:30 Urban mingling with beers

8:00 End