Brookings Institution, Urban Markets Initiative Forum To Be Held October 18-19

The Urban Markets Initiative Forum

Mark your calendar for this exciting forum. It will provide you with an opportunity to:

Connect with peers to trade insights on common information challenges and barriers.

Discover new datasets & tools that will help you better understand and react to change.

Learn about innovative and effective uses of information to drive markets in local urban neighborhoods, cities, and regions.

Understand how others have created cultures of collaboration, innovation, vision, and success to increase effectiveness.

Recharge with the information, connections and tools you need to achieve change in your community.

Speakers Include:
Anthony D. Williams, co-author of Wikinomics
Eugene "Gus" Newport, long-time community activist and former Mayor of Berkeley, CA
Bruce Katz, Vice President and Director, Metropolitan Policy Program, the Brookings Institution
Ben Hecht, Director of Living Cities and Co-Founder of One Economy Corporation [invited]

For more information contact:

Sean Hardgrove
The Urban Markets Initiative Forum
1616 P Street NW, Suite 430
Washington
DC 20036
US

Phone: 202-797-6131
Email: [email protected]

Posted September 12, 2007