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GloNet: Serendipity City 2 - São Paulo and Vancouver

If there is no creativity without serendipity, how do we foster serendipity in the networked city?

The Serendipity City Challenge (GloNet Edition) invites thinkers and designers in the global cities participating in GloNet 2010 to discover chance encounters, the invisible and unknown, in order to hone the creative edge of the city.

Each GloNet partner city has been working with an Innovation Champion from Manchester prior to FutureEverything. The Innovation Champions have been leading workshops in the host cities, responding to key questions within the Serendipity City Challenge (GloNet Edition).

In this session we hear from Innovation Champions in São Paulo (Dave Mee) and Vancouver (Paul Robinson), who will present statements on the situation in the cities they have visited. Adam Greenfield will himself be on hand to respond to the statements, reflecting on how they answer the challenge of serendipity in the networked city.

Read more about the Serendipity City Challenge.