Cognitive Cities

Cognitive Cities Conference will happen in February 2011

In June we announced a conference about the future of cities, Cognitive Cities Conference (CoCities). Today, we know that we will need to move CoCities a few months.

New designated date: 26/27 February 2011
Location: Coworking Cologne

First of all, we hope not to cause any inconveniences for your travel planning.

Second, some explanation: When we first came up with the idea of CoCities we knew that the schedule would be tight and it would be hard work. What we didn't know at the time was that other developments would coincide exactly with this schedule and draw away resources. (Don't worry: It's all great stuff, we just cannot talk about it yet.)

We were faced with the decision whether to run the conference anyway or to postpone it a bit and do it right. We all have very high hopes and high expectations for this event, so obviously we decided to do it right, to put together the very best event we possibly could. And to get to this point, we need to have a few things off our desks and minds to really focus on creating the best experience for you.

So what happens now? We will continue to talk to potential speakers and sponsors, and we hope you will continue to point us to great thinkers, urbanists and projects to consider for CoCities. We will continue to work on the conference format as well, since we have a few ideas on how to foster the best atmosphere to both exchange knowledge and think about projects yet to come. Further, we hope to get in touch with possible participants to discuss the expectations for this event and try to cater to these as well as possible.

We think that postponing the event is the right thing to do. Just hacking together a half-hearted conference would neither fit our aspirations for this topic, nor would it leave the participants (that's you!) satisfied.

Again, we sincerely hope that this doesn't interfere with your travel planning, apologize for any inconveniences this postponement may cause. And we sure hope to see you in February at Cognitive Cities Conference.

Yours,

The CoCities Team: Axel Quack, Igor Schwarzmann, Johannes Kleske, Markus Reuter, Martin Spindler, Peter Bihr, Welf Kirschner.

ps. Best way to get in touch is by email: info@cognitivecities.com. We'll get back to you quickly.

pps. If you are working on a great project that is relevant to Cognitive Cities and would like to present it, please let us know.