FututreBoston Mission Statement: This is a test

FutureBOSTON -- What Next for Boston and the Region in the Global Economy

FutureBOSTON is an "IdeaJAM^TM" that uses the power of the Web to build a city -- an experiment to see how far collaborators can go in a six-week period to make Boston a better, cooler place; framing concepts, generating models, arguing impacts, and posting their ideas online. Although FutureBOSTON is focused (to start with) in three major challenge areas: Health and Healthcare, City Design and Environmental Sustainability - you can take FutureBOSTON anywhere you want it to go; just play safely.

The FutureBOSTON challenges are:

• eHealth- The exploration of "eHealth" communications over a wireless networks and how it might better support improved health in a community from a consumer's perspective, lowering costs, improving care and making the delivery of medical service more transparent
• City Design - The creation of new land use proposals in a city district that would allow an unsupervised child to play in safety, shaped by the advent of mixed-use zoning, densification to the standard of Vancouver, major commercial retail, green construction methods, multi-mode transportation and advanced sensor technologies
• Environmental Sustainability - The search for the net-zero emission city of the future, incorporating co-generation, conservation, alternative fuels and new energy technology to create energy independence

"Talent is the world's natural resource," said Tom Piper, Executive Director of FutureBOSTON and a Senior Research Scientist at MIT. "FutureBOSTON is about engaging this talent worldwide in new ways over the web to help create a world class city that continues to attract and retain world class people."

FutureBOSTON is powered by Zude - a new social networking software that allows anyone anywhere to build Boston in their own image.
 

FutureBoston Content Solicitation 

The FutureBoston project cordially invites you to contribute your projects,
movies, podcasts, papers, and other multimedia content to be presented as part
of the upcoming FutureBoston website. This email is your invitation to help identify
the challenges, objectives and actions needed to increase Boston's competitiveness
and take it into the next decade. We appreciate your assistance on contributing to this endeavor.

The site's focus is on providing analysis of current issues and proposing solutions for the future,
the site will focus on the following domains:

1. Urban design (including urban development, housing, planning and land policy)
2. Environmental Sustainability
3. Healthcare

Your opinion and input as those who have invested time and energy analyzing these
problems is integral in making this project a success. We look forward to your contributions
Please feel free to contact us with any questions.

Content to Submit

 Please feel free to use this page to contribute content to this project.