Smart Cities, Wired Cities, Slow Cities: divergent ingredients of the same cake.

Session outline: The conjunction of information, communications and broadcasting technologies has led to an exciting number of new possibilities for cities and regions. This session discusses some of these and enjoins the learner in discussing the pros and cons of increasing technology use. It also presents an alternative view in the form of ‘slow cities.’ As always it works from the existing information and experience of the learner and leads to increased knowledge and insight.