Name: Bringing Urban innovation to Low & Moderate Income Communities
Start: 2019-05-07T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2019-05-07T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Downtown Works

Bringing Urban innovation to Low & Moderate Income Communities

Are you interested in urban innovation? Smart Cities? Solving problems with data and technology? Are you an entrepreneur, intrapreneur, engineer, designer, scientist, artist, student? Join our meetup -https://www.meetup.com/SCALE-SD-Smart-Cities-Urban-Innova…/-we are discussing smart city topics in greater San Diego; inviting interesting speakers and organizations; running an urban innovation and acceleration program. SCALE SD is a nonprofit accelerator - our mission is to empower people to design cities they want to live in.https://www.scalesd.org

SCALE San Diego

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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><STRONG><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white; font-size: large;"><SPAN STYLE="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;">How can technology help address top challenges in low- to moderate-income areas?</SPAN></SPAN></STRONG></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;">Digital divide, education availability, affordable housing, food deserts and more - can these challenges be addressed by data and technology? </SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Arial',sans-serif; color: #222222; background: white;">Come learn about how IGNITE | SCALE | SAN DIEGO program crowdsources innovation, see results of our recent hackathon, learn about the new City of San Diego strategy for underserved areas.</SPAN></SPAN><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 13px;"><BR></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN STYLE="font-size: medium;">Also meet Lu Mdanda, hackathoner, innovator and one of the IGNITE | SCALE | SAN DIEGO Innovation program winners with his app serving the Promise Zone!</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>AGENDA:</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>6pm - Registration & Happy hour <BR></SPAN><SPAN>7pm - Panel Discussion<BR></SPAN><SPAN>8pm - Last Call</SPAN><SPAN>!</SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal">PANELISTS: </P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Jason Anderson, </SPAN><SPAN>President and CEO at Cleantech San Diego</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Jason is President and CEO of Cleantech San Diego, a nonprofit member organization that positions the greater San Diego region as a global leader in the cleantech economy. Cleantech San Diego’s membership includes more than 100 local businesses, universities, governments, and nonprofits committed to advancing sustainable solutions for the benefit of the economy and the environment. As President and CEO, Jason manages the overall organization and leads several initiatives critical to the mission of the organization, including Smart Cities San Diego, advocacy efforts, and economic development programs.</SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"> Luyanda Mdanda</P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>An ambitious, goal-orientated, competitive and focused programmer and aspiring innovator and entrepreneur who is able to take command of a group, follow assigned roles or work independently. I aspire to have a significant impact in the world of Computer Science, Business whilst resolving critical social issues. Creating a legacy of societal and monetary value.</SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>Katherine Crow, </SPAN><SPAN>Promise Zone Director </SPAN><SPAN>City of San Diego</SPAN></P>
<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN CLASS="lt-line-clamp__line" STYLE="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Fira Sans', Ubuntu, Oxygen, 'Oxygen Sans', Cantarell, 'Droid Sans', 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">San Diego is one of 22 national Promise Zone designations. The Promise Zone is an initiative of</SPAN><SPAN CLASS="lt-line-clamp__line" STYLE="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Fira Sans', Ubuntu, Oxygen, 'Oxygen Sans', Cantarell, 'Droid Sans', 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">the Obama Administration meant to increase economic activity, create jobs, improve</SPAN><SPAN CLASS="lt-line-clamp__line lt-line-clamp__line--last" STYLE="box-sizing: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 14px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: 0px 0px; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.9); font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, system-ui, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, 'Helvetica Neue', 'Fira Sans', Ubuntu, Oxygen, 'Oxygen Sans', Cantarell, 'Droid Sans', 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol', 'Lucida Grande', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;">educational opportunities and reduce crime.</SPAN></P>
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<P CLASS="MsoNormal"><SPAN>MODERATOR </SPAN></P>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small;">D<SPAN STYLE="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">aniel Obodovski</SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">SCALE SD Founder</SPAN><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN STYLE="font-size: small; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">I dedicate my time to two things I’m very passionate about: One is The Silent Intelligence, a boutique professional services firm, driving digital transformation of enterprise, which I founded in 2014 and the other one is SCALE San Diego, focused on smart cities, which I co-founded in early 2017.  At SCALE San Diego we work with the City to help solve some of the most pressing urban challenges with data and technology. </SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN><SPAN><SPAN>IGNITE | SCALE | SAN DIEGO, a Smart Gigabit Communities (SGC) Program, a collaboration between Smart Cities Accelerator, Labs + Environment (SCALE) San Diego, US Ignite and the City of San Diego, with sponsorship from Cox Communications</SPAN></SPAN></SPAN></DIV>
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