james burke's presentation at emerging communication conference & awards 2009 europe

peers in the city

The City

It turns out that by 2050, 7 billion of the 9 billion people living on this planet will be living in cities.

Doubling of 10 and 20 million+ inhabitant-sized cities

Infrastructural upgrades

Cloud computing, APIs and real-time notifications

Sensor networks and mobility

`Background computation´ invisibly powers the foreground - Stephen Graham

A local version of “Fixmystreet”

1st dimension of an intelligent city:

The intelligence, inventiveness and creativity of the individuals who live and work in the city.

Nicos Komninos

2nd dimension of an intelligent city:

relates to the collective intelligence of a city’s population: ‘the capacity of human communities to co-operate intellectually in creation, innovation and invention’.

3rd dimension of an intelligent city:

relates to artificial intelligence embedded into the physical environment of the city and available to the city’s population: communication infrastructure, digital spaces and public problem-solving tools available to the city’s population.

People

1. Simple co-working

2. Co-working with a goal: example: Hub’s

3. Co-working to Make: Hacklabs

Global network of distributed manufacturers

Rise of homebrew manufacturing destroys old economy

4. Collaborative redevelopment: Nest project

“A barcamp is an ad-hoc gathering born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from participants who are the main actors of the event.”

Barcamp, yay!!!!

Barcamp >> Govcamp

Barcamp as methodology leaks across domains

Barcamp >> Bookcamp

It’s a viral and spreading fast because it feels good

Bookcamp >> Papercamp

It teaches people new skills and improves existing ones

Papercamp >> [_fill in blank_] camp

Selection of camps from 2009:Homeless Connect Camp, Health Camp, LayedOff Camp, Mobile Camp, Cloud Camp, Write Camp, Campaign Camp, Single Life Camp, Cantine Crisis Camp

Global Phenomenon:From Buenos Aires to Hyderbad to Lagos to St. Petersburg to Hanoi to New Orleans. In 2009, 3008 camps held.

City Data

Freeing up of city data sets by city officials

MIT SenseLab – Trash|Talk Can these pervasive technologies make 100% recycling a reality?

1. GIVE US THE DATAMake data available in easy to use formats that developers can quickly reuse (raw data available for download, APIs)

2. CREATE INCENTIVESFund competitions or encourage your local community to get involved with prototyping new types of services

Tools

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An urban setting

Bringing social media into physical spaces

“Add friend” using RFID

Privacy and anonymity issues abound

Climate change

Crazynomics

peers in the city

Credits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkbait/http://www.flickr.com/photos/knolleary_papercamphttp://www.geekologie.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/daleremote

Contact

Who: JAMES BURKESite: www.vurb.eu Twitter: @vurbSite: www.lifesized.net Twitter: @lifesized Email: james@vurb.eu

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

Credits

http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharkbait/http://www.flickr.com/photos/knolleary_papercamphttp://www.geekologie.comhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/daleremote

Contact

Who: JAMES BURKESite: www.vurb.eu Twitter: @vurbSite: www.lifesized.net Twitter: @lifesized Email: james@vurb.eu

THANKS FOR YOUR ATTENTION!