Latest Past Events

Defending Density: The Future of Urban Systems in New York

Via Zoom Video Conferencing

Urban Tech Hub Director Michael Samuelian will lead a conversation with local real estate, transportation, and economic development leaders on the future of enhanced urban systems and New York City’s neighborhoods.

Did We Get It Right? The Making of A Ten-Year Urban Tech Forecast

Via Zoom Video Conferencing

In this roundtable Anthony Townsend and Benjamin De La Peña take us on a guided tour of A Planet of Civic Laboratories: The Future of Cities, Information, and Inclusion, a ten-year forecast commissioned in 2010 to inform philanthropic efforts to use big data as a tool to help the urban poor.

The Platform Insurgency: Does Urban Tech Have an Ethics Problem?

Via Zoom Video Conferencing

Cornell Tech’s Helen Nissenbaum and Anthony Townsend convene a panel discussion featuring Molly Turner from UC-Berkeley’s Haas School of Business, UNStudio’s Ren Yee, and Gary Johnson from the New York City Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer, to discuss the challenges and opportunities ahead.