Brain Trusts
San Jose Brain Trust
As part of the US Initiative, CEOs for Cities will convene urban leaders in more than a dozen major American cities to develop a set of new ambitions for life in cities and bold ideas for how they will be achieved.
On Thursday, September 16, CEOs for Cities, the City of San Jose and 1st ACT Silicon Valley will host the San Jose Brain Trust, a dialogue among leading local thinkers, artists and curators for a discussion about the role of art and design in creating the next generation of American cities. The event, which is by invitation only, will take place at the San Jose Museum of Art in conjunction with the 01SJ Biennial. Results will be reported nationally as part of a book, generously underwritten by The Rockefeller Foundation, as well as a promotional tour and national policy platform.
Questions? Contact Julia Klaiber at 202-525-5627.
Miami Brain Trust
Miami has a long legacy of reinvention. It is a place where citizens of many cultures have been able to set aside their fears and come together to create a better future for themselves and each other. And so on February 3, 2011, CEOs for Cities and Florida International University will host RE:VISION MIAMI, an exclusive cross-sector convening of local thinkers, dreamers and doers whose collective and catalytic leadership is transforming Miami in the 21st century.
The theme will be optimism, and the challenge will be to harness that optimism to achieve big ambitions for Miami set forth in the US Initiative:
• Opportunity: We can develop all of our talents and put them to use.
• Livability: We can have access to beauty, in the form of art, good design and nature every day.
• Connectivity: We can meet our daily needs without owning a car.
• Community: We can engage in a robust public life.
A short video overview on the ambitions of the US Initiative can be viewed here.
The Miami Brain Trust is by invitation only and will take place at the spectacular, Frank Gehry-designed New World Symphony building.
Results of the Miami Brain Trust will be published nationally in a book generously underwritten by The Rockefeller Foundation and promoted on a national tour in 2012.
Questions? Contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) at 202-525-5627.
Oklahoma City Brain Trust
On March 23, 2011, CEOs for Cities, the Greater Oklahoma City Chamber and Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett hosted the Oklahoma City Brain Trust, a robust discussion among local urban leaders about what city success looks like globally and how it can be achieved locally. Participants responded to trends shaping the future of cities and how Oklahoma City is likely to fare in light of them. The final report includes action items for how the local civic agenda needs to shift in response to these trends.
Further, we explored what it means to be a world class city — one of those special places we’ve lived in or traveled to that have left indelible imprints on our experiences and memories. We named them, identified the reasons why they are special and asked ourselves what it would take for Oklahoma City to be listed among them.
Outcomes of the Brain Trust are included in the final report you can download from this page. They will also be compiled and put to use for the development of a national policy agenda and planned publications related to the US Initiative, including a book made possible with support from The Rockefeller Foundation.
Questions? Contact Julia Klaiber at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Atlanta Brain Trust
On April 12th, CEOs for Cities, Mayor Kasim Reed and the City of Atlanta, Parkmobile and McKenna, Long and Aldridge hosted the Atlanta Brain Trust, a robust discussion among urban leaders on the trends shaping the future of cities, how Atlanta is likely to fare in light of these trends, and if the local civic agenda needs to shift in response to these trends.
We talked about Atlanta’s success in attracting talented workers and what civic and business leaders are doing to keep them. We discussed the importance of placemaking investments that attach talented people to cities, and finally, we asked how Atlantans can put their talent to work in high wage jobs and innovative fields.
Outcomes of the Brain Trust will be compiled and put to use for the development of a national policy agenda and planned publications related to the US Initiative, including a book.
Questions? Contact Julia Klaiber at 202-525-5627.
