Urbanova -- Spokane's Smart City Project
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IEEE Spokane is proud to present an exciting talk on Urbanova --- the ambitious and powerful collaborative nonprofit that is putting Spokane's University District on the world map for Smart City development! You are invited to register soon, this popular talk by a well known speaker is expected to fill rapidly.
Cities across the globe are working to use technology in new ways to help improve services and infrastructure for citizens and help address urban challenges like energy and water usage, traffic/mobility, waste, pollution and health. Urbanova is the Spokane region’s innovator in this effort -- bringing together leaders in a wide range of industries to create a smart city technology proving ground in Spokane’s downtown University District. Urbanova is now a living laboratory for scalable, replicable projects that harness data to gain insights, empower people and solve urban challenges in new ways. Urbanova was launched as a multi-partner nonprofit organization, founded in 2016 by Avista, the City of Spokane, Itron, Washington State University, McKinstry and the University District Development Association. In 2018 Gallup and Verizon Smart Communities joined the Urbanova partnership.
Come learn more about how Spokane is distinguishing itself in one of the world’s most fast-moving fields.
The Speaker
Currently serving as Chief Executive Officer, Urbanova, Kim Zentz is also director of the Engineering and Technology Management graduate program for Washington State University’s Voiland College of Engineering and Architecture.
With 30 years of senior executive leadership experience, Kim has held positions as CEO of Innovate Washington, CEO of the Spokane Transit Authority, founding president and COO of Avista Labs (now ReliOn/Plug Power) and several executive positions for Avista Utilities.
Kim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from the University of Idaho and a Master’s of Engineering Management from Washington State University
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Date and Time
Location
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Registration
- Date: 24 Apr 2019
- Time: 05:30 PM to 07:30 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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- Luigi's Italian Restuarant
- 245 West Main Avenue
- Spokane, Washington
- United States
- Room Number: Conference Room
- Starts 25 March 2019 09:23 AM
- Ends 23 April 2019 11:55 PM
- All times are (GMT-08:00) US/Pacific
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- No Admission Charge
Agenda
5:30 – 6 Social time
6 Dinner order for attendees, purchase on own
6:15 Speaker begins presentation
7:15-7:30 Speaker concludes
7:30 Event concludes
Significant others and Students are welcome and encouraged to attend!