| Round table on Real-Time Cities MIT SENSEable City Lab, April 14th 2008, 2pm-5pm. Room 3-401.  |
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The real-time city is now real! The increasing deployment of sensors and hand-held electronics in recent years is allowing a new approach to the study of the built environment. The way we describe and understand cities is being radically transformed - alongside the tools we use to design them and impact on their physical structure. The goal of this round table is to discuss and anticipate these changes from a critical point of view. We will cover the theme of "Real-time cities" with specific discussions on (but not limited to): New resources to describe cities, the implication of the deployment of ubiquitous and sensors technologies on the reconfiguration of cities, the city as a platform for innovation, and what is a good real-time city? Program Each main speaker will give a 10 minutes talk in relation to the main theme. Each talk will introduce a topic of discussion. Detailed unfolding of the workshop will be revealed later. The round table will be followed by an MIT open lecture by Adam Greenfield entitled "The City Is Here For You To Use: Urban form and experience in the age of ubiquitous computing". Location and time MIT SENSEable City Lab, Room 3-401 Contacts Fabien Girardin, fabieng@mit.edu, +1-617-2537926 |
Main speakers + Georg Gartner, Vienna University of Technology Organized by   |
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