Our own Christopher Whitaker will be giving a keynote speech in Tokyo this weekend at the Civic Tech Forum.
The Civic Tech Forum is a billed as a place to talk about resolving regional issues through the hands of citizens who take advantage of the technology. It is organized in partnership with Code for Japan and will feature civic innovators from around Japan to talk about the future of civic innovation in Japan.
Christopher will talk about the Chicago experience in helping build a civic innovation ecosystem and how it takes collaboration from both government agencies, non-profit foundations, civic technology startups, and community activists to make it work.
Here’s his slides from his talk:
You can get more information about the event on the Civic Tech Forum website or follow along on Twitter using the hashtag #civictechjp.
