Knight Smart Cities Lab 2019

KNIGHT SMART CITIES LAB 2019

The 2019 Knight Smart Cities Lab, hosted by Knight Foundation, will take place Nov. 6 – Nov. 8 in Detroit. The event will gather a curated group of community leaders using technology to build resident-driven communities. This interactive, invitation-only event will explore ways leaders can harness digital technology to improve the ways communities respond, connect to and engage with residents.

Discussions will dive deep on topics like: 

  • On-the-ground experience of participants
  • Trends in the intersection of technology and city life
  • Utilizing data for a more engaged city
  • Ethical tensions around new technology

Knight Foundation believes Smart Cities should be driven by — and serve — every resident of a community. Our goal is to encourage and shape solutions that build the innovative cities of tomorrow while amplifying all the voices of a community.

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About Knight Foundation’s Smart Cities work:
Over the past 18 months, we’ve spent time in the communities where we invest, asking how they are responding to the opportunities and challenges new technology presents. Learn more about our strategy here.

About the convening facilitator:
The Knight Smart Cities Lab will be facilitated by TYTHEdesign, a social impact strategy firm that uses the lens of human-centered design to support organizations doing good. Our collaborations foster resiliency, build capacity, and strengthen healthy communities.

TYTHEdesign was founded by Kristina Drury, a social entrepreneur, designer and educator. Under Kristina’s leadership, TYTHE has increased the community impact of over 150 local and global social good organizations, including Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Bridge Park, NYC Dept of Education and Earth Institute. Her teaching and speaking experience includes engagements at the Clinton Global Initiative University, Cooper-Hewitt Museum and New Museum’s Ideas City Festival. Kristina has a bachelor’s degree in architecture from McGill University and a master’s degree in industrial design from Pratt Institute.