Sentences with phrase «on urban innovation»

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Smart Mobility Panel Featuring thought leaders in transportation and urban planning, Onramp's panel discussion will focus on the intersection of public, private and academic collaboration when it comes to the future of driving innovation.

The U.S. economy is massive on a global scale, and much of the country's economic capabilities can be traced back to the innovation, knowledge, and productivity that tends to be clustered in urban areas.

Also offers Climate Ventures 2.0, a 12 - week program for entrepreneurs focused on innovations in climate adaptation and resilience, particularly impacting food, agriculture and water in urban areas.

«On behalf of Urban Expositions, event producers, we are thrilled to recognize Danny Meyer with this award which recognizes his commitment to driving innovation and hospitality in the restaurant community,» said Ron Mathews, Vice President for the Urban Expositions Family of Foodservice Events.

Holuszko, who co-founded UBC's urban mining innovation centre — a unit focused on reclaiming valuable metals and other materials from electronic waste — was determined to find a better recycling solution.

In fact, some innovations are already taking place on both sides of the Atlantic to stop urban sprawl, Jaeger points out.

enabling cities to better compare practices and innovations, collaborate on solutions to urban development challenges, and celebrate and share their successes

Peach & Lily is the premier destination for Korean Beauty products, trends and innovations — on www.peachandlily.com, at our flagship brick and mortar stores in Macy's, and through major retailers including Target, Sephora, QVC, Urban Outfitters, and Anthropologie.

I was drawn to its focus on innovation and collaboration along with its prestigious reputation as a leader in urban education worldwide.

With innovation as its approach to tackling entrenched problems and attitudes that plague many urban centers of education, Project L.I.F.T. relies on several research - proven programs and applications in its turnaround strategy.

This course also helps them situate this particular work within the larger context of challenges and innovations in urban education by introducing participants to literature on the achievement gap, the impact of racial identity on school achievement, charter school policy and critiques, and the advent and development of charter schools serving low income students that are based on high support and high expectations.

In collaboration with the Consortium, UChicago Impact, the Urban Education Institute's innovation arm, developed the 5Essentials system, which is composed of surveys, reports, and training supports that states, districts, and schools can use to track progress on the nonacademic factors proven to drive school success.

«This vehicle is packed full of innovations and is perfectly sized and capable for young, urban families who need to get around town for work but get away to play on the weekends.»

A small country in Europe has become a living laboratory for MIT researchers working on what they call «urban innovation.»

With the release of 2013's SimCity urban planning aficionados found themselves hampered by performance issues and a strange reliance on other players, as opposed to their own skill and innovation.

The breadth of this exhibit will be both inclusive and discerning, with an emphasis on innovation, impact, and inspiration, in ways which are integral to the lush, tropical - urban environment that exemplifies South Florida.

Also featuring: Francesca Tarocco reports on recent changes in urban culture and queer aesthetics across the Sinosphere; Evan Calder Williams investigates the films of Johan Grimonprez, which probe the mechanisms of the arms trade; Turner Prize - winning artist Helen Marten responds to Ed Atkins's latest work, Old Food, at Martin - Gropius - Bau in Berlin; Alice Rawsthorn unpacks the ecological innovations of Studio Formafantasma's new project, Ore Streams, at the inaugural NGV Triennial in Melbourne; and Nick Thurston compares the interactive experiences spurred by collectives Blast Theory, Forced Entertainment and Slavs and Tatars.

Karl Schroeder: If there is any life on Earth in 100 years, I foresee either an ecological catastrophe, with the majority of species extinct, the oceans stagnant, the arctic and Antarctic desolate and lifeless, and billions of people living in complete ignorance of how things could be, in massive urban centres; or, a world in which climate change was solved early and completely through innovations in power generation and carbon sequestration, where agriculture has gone to vertical farming and North America has largely been rewilded back to forest and open prairie, and where extinct species are regularly recreated by genetic engineering and reintroduced.

However, as the world's growing urban population continues to put pressure on ecosystems outside of our cities, it's likely that farming innovations like this one will find a niche and a market.

Join our colleagues at Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (GRHC) in Toronto on June 1st — 2nd, 2015 to delve into the latest ideas and innovations in urban agriculture at their 2015 Grey to Green: A Conference Exploring the Economics of Local and Regional Food Systems and Resilience.

Keynote speakers at past breakfast and dinner events have included author and environmentalist Bill McKibben, green jobs visionary Van Jones, urban revitalization strategy consultant Majora Carter, philanthropist Bill Gates on how to address climate change through clean energy innovation, EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, business innovator Tom Steyer, Managing Director of the California Clean Energy Fund (CalCEF) Danny Kennedy, the creators of Showtime's Years of Living Dangerously, Nike's VP of the Innovation Accelerator Hannah Jones, and Mindy Lubber of Ceres.

Motivate is thrilled to participate in the renowned UITP Global Public Transport Summit in Montreal this week, where we're showcasing the latest innovations in bike share and our CEO, Jay Walder, is participating in two sessions, one specifically about bicycling and transit, and the second on enabling innovation for urban transport.

A rollercoaster enthusiast who traveled to India to study tribal women's empowerment; an energy analyst interested in the impacts of innovation on geopolitics; an engineer who has worked on alternative transportation and urban development; and a former scholar of the Victorian era who now writes on energy technologies and risk perception.

«What if New York City...» is a call for innovation and an opportunity for designers and policy - makers to collaborate on one of the biggest challenges facing densely settled urban areas after a disaster: how do we keep people safely and comfortably housed while reconstruction proceeds?

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Because urbanization creates and relies on a global market economy, the best way to influence urban consumption and innovation is through economic decision - making (i.e., prices).

She has produced podcasts on vernal pools, urban garden innovations, environmental art and written stories pairing diverse subjects such as bats and bugs, drones and wildlife, and invasive plants and microbes.