The City Innovate Summit

50 Minute Panel:

The Academy Gets Real: How academic institutions partner with cities to put the best talent to work to solve the toughest problems. In a world with less government spending on research, universities are emerging as one of the most potent sources of new ideas, solutions and experimentation. This session will discuss how cities can use the basic research and policy analysis coming out of universities to drive innovation and how universities can create models and metrics to measure cities progress as they transform their economies to be more innovative.

3 Civic Innovation Startups to Present:

WalkMe 
Team Members: Madhav Goel, Corbin Halliwill, Max Kanwal, Eric Kwak 

WalkMe is a mobile application that addresses the issue of safety for commuters in urban areas by matching them with users from the same company or school that are walking toward similar destinations. This closed network of walkers, along with features like walk histories and mutual rating systems, promote a culture of trust when walking through potentially unsafe neighborhoods.

PEPO
Team Members: Ian Chen, Sean Goh, Thanh Nguyen, Theodore Teo, Audrey Wu, Yitian Zhou

PEPO is a smart water sensor that tracks a user's water consumption while showering. PEPO provides real-time feedback as to how much water has been consumed, tracks historical usage and also has gamification features built-in to promote water saving among one's family and friends, as well as compare user behavior against national averages.

RÄK
Team Members: Jovian Ang, Tiffany Chu, Matthew James, Clara Oo, RJ Toh, Jonathan Wan

RÄK is an urban donations platform that allows commuters to donate residual values in their BART tickets to local non-profit organisations. RAK offers real-time recording of donations on physical machines which can be set up in prominent locations to capture maximum donations and impact. In return, commuters will be rewarded with location-based discount coupons.