**Open to All Attendees** 
 

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Opening Keynote: A Human-Computer-City Interface 

Assaf Biderman, Associate Director 
SENSEable City Laboratory
 

Cities are facing unparalleled opportunities now that distributed digital technologies like sensing, microprocessors, and network connectivity are becoming an integral part of the built environment. This new condition allows individuals to monitor the city and make smarter decisions as they move around, consume, and interact with the urban environment. We can view this as a new type of human-computer-city interface, through which individuals and organizations can create and connect with new urban services, and which opens multiple avenues for innovation to make its way into our cities.

With the global move toward urbanization, and given the challenges that cities face—environmental impact, energy consumption, transportation—such opportunities have become particularly relevant. In this keynote, Assaf Biderman presents a view of the role sensors and other data capturing methods can play in making new connections between people and the built environment as a way to address some of today's more pressing urban challenges.

Thursday, June 7, 2012
9:00 AM – 10:00 AM

Day 2 Keynote: To Be Announced

Stay tuned for an exciting Day 2 Keynote to be announced soon! 

And don't forget:

Networking Breakfast

Wednesday, June 6 & Thursday, June 7
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM (prior to Keynote sessions)
Location: Foyer of Keynote room

Start your days off right with a networking breakfast in the foyer of the Keynote room. Reconnect with colleagues, mingle with speakers, meet industry press - all before the event begins!