Meetup #4 | Smart Cities Challenge with City of Vancouver + City of Surrey

We're excited to be partnering with the City of Vancouver and City of Surrey for Civic Tech Vancouver Meetup #4!

At this meetup, you will be able to participate in a facilitated workshop to give your input and ideas to the City of Vancouver and City of Surrey on what should go into the Smart Cities Challenge plan. What are some challenges the City should be working on? What would you like to see different in the City? How you would begin to approach some of these challenges? What solutions seem possible? This meetup is free, inclusive, and open to the public. Venue: City of Vancouver's pop-up Engagement Lab at 511 W Broadway.

What is the Smart Cities Challenge?

• The Smart Cities Challenge is a competition open to all municipalities, local or regional governments, and Indigenous communities (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) across Canada.
• This Challenge will empower communities across the country to address local issues their residents face through new partnerships, using a smart cities approach.
• A smart cities approach means achieving meaningful outcomes for residents through the use of data and connected technology. This approach can be adopted by any community, big or small.
• Finalists will receive support to develop their smart cities proposals. Winning communities will be awarded with prize money to help implement them.
  https://impact.canada.ca/en/challenges/smart-cities
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  The City of Vancouver and the City of Surrey are partnering to compete for $50 million in the Government of Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge. The competition recognizes Canadian cities that use data and connected technology to address local issues. A winning submission for Vancouver and Surrey has the potential to improve all aspects of livability and opportunity in our cities and our region: how we move around and communicate, our environment, and more.
  http://www.smartertogether.ca
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  Agenda
  6:30pm:
• Doors open
  7-7:40pm:
• Intro to Civic Tech YVR
• Presentation from City of Vancouver and City of Surrey + Q&A
  7:40-9pm:
• Facilitated workshop for community members to ideate on the Smart Cities Challenge