Nick Grossman
Making cities easier to use

Four generations of entrepreneurs will gather on October 28, 2011 with the focus on entrepreneurship and driving innovation across the region.  Unlike the planned sessions and passive audiences of typical conferences, MassTLC’s Innovation 2011 is an unConference where the agenda is formed organically by all attendees the day of the event. No...

Streetfilms Movie Night at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, Piper Auditorium, Monday, September 19, 6:30 to 8:30pm.

Join Loeb Fellow and Streetsblog Founder Aaron Naparstek for an hour-long selection of Streetfilms followed by a Q&A with Director Clarence Eckerson and Harvard University Urban Planning Professor Michael Hooper.
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The Climate Leadership Academy is a state-of-the-art training and technical assistance program on community-based climate solutions. Its purpose is to build the capacity of communities to take smarter, swifter, more effective action to increase energy efficiency, reduce climate pollution and dependency on fossil fuels, create green businesses and...

Personal Democracy Forum is the world’s leading conference exploring and analyzing technology's impact on politics and government.
This June 6-7, there's going to be only one place to be if you're interested in how technology is changing politics, governance and society-- the eighth annual Personal Democracy Forum conference in New...

On June 6, 2011 the National Building Museum will convene a one-day forum to explore the intersection of data, technology and cities. Informed by a series of Intelligent Cities infographics that have appeared in TIME and responses from public polling queries, the forum will engage thought leaders, government officials, and the public to think about...

The Urban Systems Symposium is designed to begin a continuing dialogue and joint work involved in creating, operating, and living in "smart" cities. The goal of the conference is to establish a professional ecosystem that will begin to tackle some of the difficult challenges in realizing our visions of smart cities.

BarCamp Boston is Boston's geek unconference, organized on the fly by attendees, for attendees. Visit the website and wiki at BarCampBoston.org. There is no registration fee, and all attendees are equal... but you don't just attend a BarCamp -- you can participate in discussions, host a session of your own, or join in another cooperative...

How do small start-ups with a brilliant idea turn into big businesses? The Momentum Summit explores that question with a series of in-depth conversations and strategy talks from notable local founders and CEOs. It's a chance to hear from innovative leaders about what they've done that has truly moved the needle, in terms of product...

  TransportationCamp is a weekend-long unconference bringing together transportation professionals, civic technologists, and others interested in the intersection of urban transportation and technology.  (main TransportationCamp website) Why: Transportation is a major metropolitan issue, with direct impacts on economic strength,...