In this session attendees will learn to help fight food waste in their daily lives and at home. We’ll start by quantifying how much food is going to waste and why consumers aesthetic standards contribute to hunger in this country. The session will cover what "ugly food" is and why is it being thrown out. Then, we’ll look at examples of ugly produce on a spectrum— wow wild and crazy can it be, and what constitutes normal looking food?
Session Title: PayPal: Rewiring the Commerce Experience
Through a series of innovations and acquisitions, PayPal has evolved from a button on a website to an open digital payments platform. We help millions of merchants around the globe deepen the relationships they enjoy with their customers through commerce experiences that are simpler, more personal, and more convenient. This session will give attendees an overview of how PayPal connects consumers and merchants together and the chance to see PayPal products in a real-world merchant environment.
Special Instructions for Attendees from the Host Company: Please plan to arrive at headquarters between 9:00am - 9:15am to allow time for parking and badging in our main lobby. You may take any available spot in the main parking lot on the corner of Charcot and N 1st Street. Once parked, please proceed to the lobby and present your ID to security for event badging. A PayPal representative will be onsite and available to answer any questions.
Join us at our office’s next to Levi Stadium for coffee, breakfast, data, and design thinking as we look at the future of education.
In 2017, K-12 and Higher Education students are sitting in classrooms with enough computing power to go to the moon, but they cannot use it. What happens when they can use those devices? What will education look like in 2027, 2057, 2077 or in the 22nd Century? 21st Century Education wants to help guide parents, teachers, and students with educational technology products that take a user-centric approach to educational product development and design in which research and data combines with vision to create products that the market needs and wants at a particular time and place.
This activity utilizes design thinking techniques with data to create lively discussion on the future of education and technology tools. We have partnered with The Atlas-Quartz to allow for data to be the discussion driver. Share important data that you think will help predict the future of education. https://www.theatlas.com/org/newco
Join the City of San Jose's Innovation Team in a forward look at the Mayor's innovation strategy.
*Validated Parking available at City Hall Parking Lot.
**Session held in the Wing Room
Intro Talk:
By: Kip Harkeness, Deputy City Manager for Civic Innovation; Shireen Santosham (Chief Innovation Officer)
Lightning Talk 1: Facebook “Terragraph” and Digital Inclusion
By: TBD
The City of San Jose will be the first city in the world to pioneer Facebook’s new wireless “Terragraph” technology. Terragraph serves as a cutting-edge new way to connect to the Internet— delivering high-speed Internet at one-gigabit rates wirelessly without installing fiber optic cable underground. Beta testing has begun and will continue until late 2017. If successful, Terragraph will help us bridge our digital divide by providing low-income communities with more affordable high-speed Internet options. This lightning talk will focus on how San Jose is using innovating technology like Facebook “Terragraph” and partnerships with other corporate partners to help bridge the digital divide in San Jose.
Lightning Talk 2: Unleash Your Geek
By: Sachin Jain, Policy Advisor for Innovation Policy – Office of the Mayor
The Mayor’s “Unleash Your Geek” initiative has roots in the belief that San Jose’s people are its greatest asset. By harnessing the intellectual power of our community, we can innovate our way to a more efficient City, and in areas that don’t normally receive much new thought. In May of 2016, the Mayor launched the first “Unleash Your Geek” opportunity to challenge residents to create a technology solution to make graffiti abatement more efficient. Currently, removing graffiti from overpasses, freeway signs, and sound walls is labor intensive and expensive. Clean up requires the closure of freeway lanes, large bucket cranes, and dozens of city and state personnel. The City received 140 submissions and is now in the process of choosing finalists that will be given funding and incubator space to develop a working prototype of their proposal. This talk will focus on how the Mayor’s office is building a pipeline for community driven innovation to use technology to solve government challenges.
Lightning Talk 3: Autonomous Vehicles via our Transportation Innovation Zone
By: Shireen Santosham, Chief Innovation Officer – Office of the Mayor
In 2014, San Jose created a “Transportation Innovation Zone” located in North San Jose that offers a multi-mile network of streets, signals, and infrastructure as a platform for technology innovators. With 21 traffic signals, over 670 streetlights and standard public transit infrastructure – this zone serves as the perfect playground to develop tomorrow’s self-driving vehicles, automated traffic enforcement systems, vehicle to infrastructure tools, streetlight innovations, traffic sensors and more. The TIZ has attracted corporate partners across Silicon Valley: Cisco and partners are testing new Vehicle–Infrastructure communications technology employing Dedicated Short Range Communications (DSRC) and traffic analytics approaches; Phillips is installing Smart Poles, that allow for enhanced cellular communications, and employ PG&E wireless Smart Meter technology; BMW and Toyota use traffic signal data feeds to test smart vehicle applications; and leading technology companies are helping us build an autonomous vehicle zone to accelerate the next wave of evolution in how we get around. Innovation like this is moving us towards our goal of becoming the premier global hub of urban technology innovation for smart cities. This talk will focus on how San Jose is using the TIZ to advance autonomous vehicle technology to usher in tomorrow’s transportation.
Deluxe Ham Boxed Sandwich
Honey-Baked Ham, Dijon Mustard, Jack Cheese, Green Leaf Lettuce, Tomatoes and Red Onions on Rye Bread (made with dairy and gluten)
Mediterranean Vegetable Boxed Wrap (Vegetarian)
Roasted Peppers, Artichoke Hearts, Olives, Cucumbers, Feta Cheese, Sun-Dried Tomatoes and Mixed Baby Greens in a Spinach Tortilla (made with dairy and gluten)
Chicken Caprese Boxed Sandwich
Grilled Chicken Breast with Fresh Tomatoes, Fresh Mozzarella, Basil and Balsamic Drizzle on a French Roll (made with dairy and gluten)
All boxed lunches are served with Chips, a Freshly Baked Cookie, Mini Bottled Water and Assorted Sodas.
Adobe is hosting a Think Tank about The Future of Work. Taking place on February 9 at Adobe HQ in San Jose. Participants include San Jose's Mayor and thought leaders from Adobe, Arizona State University, CloudPeeps, and General Motors.
Adobe Think Tanks are in-person forums for sharing ideas among luminaries working at the cutting edge of technology, communication and creativity. This Think Tank will examine how work is evolving, including: 1) what motivates people to work beyond salary and perks; 2) the role government plays in attracting businesses; 3) how data science is impacting work; and 4) what advances in transportation mean for the future of work.
IMPORTANT NOTES FOR ATTENDEES:
A box lunch will be served to NewCo attendees 12.30pm-1.15pm. Please be sure to sign-up for the previous session if you'll be joining us for lunch.
The Think Tank will kick-off at 1.15pm sharp. Attendees must be registered to enter, which means you need to select this session prior to arriving to assure admittance.
Please check-in at: Adobe (East Tower), 345 Park Avenue, San Jose, CA 95113. Note: The East Tower is at the corner of Park Avenue and Almaden Boulevard.
PARKING INSTRUCTIONS:
If traveling by car we have some important information. Because of other events Adobe is hosting that week, parking for this event will NOT be at Adobe HQ but at two nearby parking lots. We recommend that you park at the closest available:
1) http://parksj.org/parking-maps/convention-center/150 W. San Carlos St. (Entrances on Almaden Blvd. and Market Street)
2) In the unlikely event that this parking lot is full, another is available close by at:
http://parksj.org/parking-maps/second-san-carlos-street-garage/280 S. Second St., also accessible from South Third St.
Once parked, proceed to the main Adobe entrance at the corner of Park Avenue at Almaden Blvd. Please bring your parking ticket to the event where it will be validated — so that you do not incur parking charges. The NewCo team and Adobe look forward to hosting you on February 9th.
Over the next decade, San Jose’s Diridon Rail Station will be transformed into the busiest transportation hub west of the Mississippi, a key stop along the country’s first high-speed rail line that will connect Silicon Valley with the rest of the Bay Area and state in an unprecedented way. Attendees will learn how SPUR has launched a multi-year project that looks at other stations and station districts around the world for best practices and cautionary tales. Come learn more about what is in the works for this crucial hub through a walking tour of Diridon and interactive Q & A.
Note: if the weather doesn’t permit a walking tour attendees will instead enjoy a presentation in SPUR’s Downtown San Jose office with a slide deck and Q & A.