The Winning Pitches From SXSW's Civic Tech Event
The Civic I/O pitch event at SXSW gave tech entrepreneurs a stage to present their solutions to mayors and industry experts in the hope of catching the right ear and of winning $10,000 in prizes.
Route Fifty followed up on the event by presenting a list of the event's winners and sharing videos of each of the winning presentations.
The first place winner of the competition was Biobot Analytics' Opioid Consumption Monitoring (OCM) Program, which measures drug metabolites in wastewater to estimate consumption in cities.
Other winning pitches offered tools for empowerment of public sector employees, a metric of public trust, and the transition to paperless operations.
Mayors Javier Gonzalez, Betsy Price, and Michael Tubbs, of Santa Fe, Fort Worth, and Stockton, respectively, acted as judges in the competition.
- Friday Funny: Scathing Satire of Anti-Development Rants at Public Hearings
- On the Massive Carbon Savings of Gentle Density
- The Case for Upzoning
- The Small City Leading the New Era of Redevelopment in California
- Which Tech Giant is Best Suited to Understand Cities?
- For Lack of Free Parking, Downtown San Jose Loses a Grocery Store
- Op-Ed: Good Design Isn't Just for Downtowns
- The Housing 'Migration Chain' That Results From Upzoning
- The Devil's in the Details for Houston's Hobby Line Light Rail Planning
- Advocating for Upzoning in Two of New York's Wealthiest Neighborhoods
- The Biggest Highway Boondoggles in the United States
- California Looks North for a Climate Partner
- Single-Family Zoning Versus the City, Mapped
- Berlin's Transit Future Just Got Even Brighter
- Breaking News: Google to Spend $1 Billion on Housing in the Bay Area
- Understanding Cities Through Their Life Cycles
- Opponents Winning the Fundraising Battle Ahead of Anti-Development Measure in Colorado
- Pittsburgh’s Up-and-Coming Stadium and Entertainment District
- Watch D.C.'s New Red Bus Lanes in Action
- Debating Freeway Expansion Projects Around Louisville
