Urban Markets Initiative
Forum 2007
October 18, 3:00pm to October 19,
5:00 pm
The Brookings Institution
Washington, DC
Register today
SPACE IS LIMITED!
Join us at the second Urban Markets Initiative Forum entitled, "Connecting Communities: Using Information to
Drive Change.” The UMI Forum 2007 will focus on how
information drives change to facilitate connections and community change.
New Breakout Sessions Include:
- Using Information to Improve
Public Health
- Community Change and
Workforce Dynamics
- Re-"storing" Urban
Markets: Retail Strategies
Don't
Miss the Information Tools Trade Show
Innovators in the information field will
demonstrate their work and wares in this highly interactive session. Attendees
will learn about new tools and approaches for understanding urban market
opportunities. Your bonus - multiple opportunities to network with colleagues
at an informational dinner reception.
Speakers:
Anthony D. Williams
, co-author of Wikinomics
Eugene
"Gus" Newport , long-time community
activist and former Mayor of Berkeley, CA
Bruce Katz ,
Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, the Brookings
Institution
Ben Hecht ,
Director of Living Cities and Co-Founder of One Economy
Corporation [invited]
The Forum Provides you with an opportunity to:
- Connect with peers to trade
insights on common information challenges and barriers.
- Discover new datasets &
tools that will help you better understand and react to change.
- Learn about innovative and
effective uses of information to drive markets in local urban
neighborhoods, cities, and regions.
- Understand how others have
created cultures of collaboration, innovation, vision, and success to
increase effectiveness.
- Recharge with the
information, connections, and tools you need to achieve change in your
community.
Register now
to take advantage of the Early Bird Special!
REGISTER
TODAY at http://www.regonline.com/Checkin.asp?EventId=141102
The Urban Markets Initiative (UMI) at the Brookings Institution Metropolitan
Policy Program aims to improve the quality of information available on urban
communities and use it to unleash the full power of those markets while
connecting them to the economic mainstream. http://www.brookings.edu/metro/umi.htm
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