Urban Systems Collaborative - Announcing our 2013 symposium, 10-11 September 2013 at Imperial College, London

[Colin Harrison]

Our major meeting this year will be held at the Imperial College in South Kensington, London on 10-11 September 2013.  The USC's main interest is the role that flows of information play in the life of a city.  Previously we have looked at these flows in the context of urban planning and design (Chicago, April 2012) and in the operation and management of urban infrastructure (UC Berkeley, September 2012).  This year's meeting will look at the roles that information flows can play in improving the usability of a city across multiple demographic groups and thereby improving their individual perceptions of the Quality of Life.  That's a bit of a mouthful, so in short, it's about Quality of Life.

For more details and to register, please visit the USC 2013 Meeting page.  Here you can also download a four page white paper on the meeting including the programme.

While we are together for a moment, the USC runs a weekly Webinar series and our speaker on Friday 28 June 2013 at 12:30 EDT is Joe Cortwright, a Brookings Institution Fellow, who I think describes himself as an urban economist.  Joe will be speaking about "CityVitals: Walkscore and Talkscore".  Join us for the visuals at join.me/openplans and for the audio at 1-888-426-6840, passcode 8362524  See here for toll-free access numbers for other countries.

Regards, colin