The City as an Interaction Platform

Cities have always been about providing frameworks of services to improve the quality of life for residents and businesses. How will social networks, mobile devices, reactive environments, and cloud-based data services transform the experiences of living in cities in the coming years? What new municipal infrastructure will evolve to meet the needs of citizens looking for the type of real time information and configurability they have come to expect from Internet applications? In this session, we will explore the contours of these emerging ‘urban operating systems’ and consider the implications for society and the built environment.