Texas Smart Cities Summit on May 21
The Forrest Four-Cast: May 19, 2019
The inaugural Texas Smart Cities Summit brings together thought leaders, policy makers, designers and developers to share ideas and experiences, trade lessons learned, and develop plans and priorities for forward-thinking cities in the Lone Star State.
Keynote speakers for this May 21 event are Charlie Catlett (Senior Computer Scientist at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory and a Senior Fellow at the University of Chicago Mansueto Institute for Urban Innovation) and Ruthbea Yesner (the the Vice President of Government Insights at the International Data Corporation)
Other speakers at the Texas Smart Cities summit include Steve Adler (Mayor, City of Austin), Jay Boisseau (Executive Director & Founder, Austin CityUP), Ron Baker (Board of Directors and President, Austin CityUP), Stephen Elkins (Chief Information Officer, City of Austin), Jennifer Sanders (Dallas Innovation Alliance), Jesse Bounds (Director of Innovation, City of Houston(, Brian Dillard (Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Antonio) and Chelsea Collier (Founder, Digi.City).
Programming begins at 8:30 am and continues until 5:00 pm. A networking reception and exhibition runs from 5:00 pm until 7:00 pm. The Texas Smart Cities Summit occurs at the Austin Central Public Library (710 West Cesar Chavez Street). Click here to purchase your ticket.
Finally, it smart cities are you jam, then check out all the sessions related to this topic from SXSW 2019. Panels and presentations with the sound wave icon next to their title have audio recordings that you can listen to for free
Innovation-Focused Events in Austin for the Week of May 20
May 20: Austin Blockchain Meet Up
May 20: Austin Elixir Meet Up
May 20: Defense Innovation from Research to Tech Transfer
May 20: PyLadies ATX Meet Up
May 20: Introduction to Python
May 21: Founders Live!
May 21: Austin Music Tech Meet Up
May 21: Austin Hispanic Hackers Meet Up
May 21: Austin TechDebates: Battle for the Cloud!
May 21: Texas Smart Cities Summit
May 21: Design Jam + SocialGood.us
May 21: Intro to Defense Innovation & Ask Me Anything With Mike Mayo
May 21: Evening of Python Coding
May 21: Austin Job Seekers Meet Up
May 21: Founder Hotseats: The Art of the 60-second Pitch
May 21: Cultivating Growth: Strategies to Advance Your Business
May 21: An Assessment of U.S. vs China Policy
May 22: Austin IoT Meet Up
May 22: HealthTech Entrepreneurs Helping HealthTech Entrepreneurs
May 22: Intro to Data Science: Build a Predictive Model
May 22: Product Management Austin
May 22: Austin Ethereum Meet Up
May 22: Introduction to Product Management
May 22: Intro to Data Science: Build a Predictive Model
May 22: Smart Series: The Art of Storytelling
May 23: Austin A-List Ceremony
May 23: The State of Austin’s Favorite Health-Conscious Brands
May 23: Austin Sales & Business Development Meet Up
May 23: NonProfit Tech Club Austin
May 25–26: Nomad ATX
More Upcoming Austin Innovation Events
May 29: Admiral William McRaven Book Reading
May 29–31: Dig-In: The Future of Digital Insurance
June 1: Craig Watkins Book Reading
June 6–9: ATX Television Festival
June 7: Matthew Inman Book Reading
June 10: BioBash Spring 2019
June 11: AI at Austin Forum: The Power, the Promise & Pragmatic Potential
June 12: Pitch Night for the Innovation Bridge Mexico-Austin Cohort
June 12: 2019 State of Talent
June 19: Neal Stephenson Book Reading
June 20: MassChallenge Texas 2019 Startup Showcase
June 20: Taste of Black Austin
June 27: Elaine Welteroth Book Reading
July 1: 2020 SXSW PanelPicker Entry Process Begins
July 5–7: RTX Austin
Oct 2–4: ComNet 19
Nov 4–8: Austin Design Week
Nov 13–14: Time Machine 2019
Hugh Forrest serves as Chief Programming Officer at SXSW, the world’s most unique gathering of creative professionals. He also tries to write at least four paragraphs per day on Medium. These posts often cover tech-related trends; other times they focus on books, pop culture, sports and other current events.
