The Meeting of the Minds Annual Summit on February 19-21 in Phoenix, USA - experts to share blueprints on key urban innovations

Robert Ottenhoff is the expert on raising recovery funds for cities following a natural disaster; Sophie Hayward has developed a stunning new funding mechanism for affordable housing, and the City of Phoenix has more experience and solutions for water scarcity and equity than any other city in North America.

These ideas have the power to radically change the sustainability and equity of cities throughout the world, but only if they spread, start-up, and scale.

The Meeting of the Minds Annual Summit [February 19-21 in Phoenix], now in its 13th year, brings together experts working on innovations in urbanism and gives them a platform to share out their blueprints to others in the field. It is the best place to find actionable, replicable, and scalable solutions to urban challenges, and to build the partnerships needed for their implementation.

Register today at the lowest possible rate – act now, discount ends next week.

Here are other topics you'll hear about at this event:

• Traffic congestion, and the resulting GHG emissions associated with it, are exacerbated by long, SOV commutes. Private companies like LinkedIn and Google have partnered with cities in the region , and have come up with some solutions that they are ready to share with you.
• Anchor institutions, especially universities, have always played an important role in urban (re)development. Arizona State University, one of our partners on this event, has developed an unprecedented revitalization relationship with the City of Phoenix. The executive responsible for this complex, multi-stakeholder project will be giving a personal walking tour to 50 attendees on February 20th. Reserve your spot by choosing Workshop Tour #2 during registration.
  
• In recent years, many "smart city" initiatives, stalled by regionally fractured attempts at implementation and funding, have become "smart region" initiatives. The Greater Phoenix Region has created a smart region consortium with impressive stats - 22 cities, dozens of private companies, anchor institutions, economic development orgs, parks departments, DOT's - all implementing a holistic smart region program. Four leaders from the consortium- Amazon Web Services, the City of Scottsdale, the Arizona Commerce Authority, and the Maricopa Association of Governments, will give 50 attendees a guided tour of the region, then sit down in a small workshop to discuss the project face-to-face. Choose Workshop Tour #6 at registration.
• Meeting of the Minds, in partnership with the Barr Foundation in Boston, has spent the last two years researching behavior change tactics and how they have been, and could be, used to help resolve serious urban challenges like transportation, affordable housing, the opioid epidemic, street design, clean energy, and more. Our report will be released during a panel discussion on 2/19 in which three practicioners will share out best practices and actionable insights that cities can employ to bring transformative change to all stakeholders. 
  

Register today at the lowest possible rate – act now, discount ends next week.

Do not miss the opportunity to meet the urban leaders I mentioned above, and so many more. This event will sell out, and workshop tours are limited to 50 people each and are first-come, first-served.

I look forward to seeing you in Phoenix - 

Jessie Feller Hahn
Executive Director
Meeting of the Minds