Last week, GOPC Executive Director Lavea Brachman presented at the Innovation and the City colloquium in Boston. The event convened scholars, policy makers, and practitioners to discuss the strategies, opportunities and drawbacks associated with innovation-based urban economic development.
Her panel, titled “Building an Innovation Economy in America’s Legacy Cities,” included:
- Moderator: Mark Coticchia, Chief Innovation Officer, Henry Ford Innovation Institute, Detroit
- Dean Amhaus, President and CEO, The Water Council, Milwaukee
- Cathy Belk, COO, Jumpstart, Inc., Cleveland
- Benjamin S. Kennedy, The Kresge Foundation, Detroit
Take a look at some of the tweets about Lavea's presentation:
Andrea P. Foertsch @DisruptiveSpace ·
Legacy cities can be more competitive by innovating regionally says @laveabrachman @cicnow
#innovationcities conference#economicdevelopmentMassEconomics @MassEconomics ·
'@laveabrachman thinks of the new economy in a broad way, from immigrant entrepreneurs in Dayton to high-tech
#startups#innovationcitiesMassEconomics @MassEconomics ·
'@laveabrachman: transformation requires meeting places where they are--not every city will have a high
#tech revolution
Innovation and the City was hosted by The Venture Café Foundation, the non-profit sister organization of the Cambridge Innovation Center. The mission of the Venture Café Foundation has three key elements: to build and connect communities of innovation, to expand the definition of innovation and entrepreneurship, and to build a more inclusive innovation economy.