The driverless future
Call for projects organizer
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Description
The Driverless Future Challenge seeks proposals that actively shape the city’s response to driverless cars. It’s not about the cars themselves, but everything else: from parking solutions, to new uses of roadways, intersections, and sidewalks. What tools can be built to increase the accessibility and use of autonomous mass transit? How can shipping and logistics be improved? How can new business models and software tools be leveraged to shape our surroundings? Participants in the challenge will pitch concrete solutions — and together with our partners, we will help the winning entries turn their proposals into real companies and products. Because if we don’t start shaping the city, who will?Competitors Will Submit 3 Minute “Pitch” Videos That Encapsulate Their Proposal And Its Relation To Driverless Transportation In New York City.
The Driverless Future Challenge invites competitors to actively create solutions and products that harness the power of autonomous transportation in New York City. Competitors are free to select any facet of driverless technology, from zoomed-out city-scale solutions, to small interventions within the urban fabric. The only requirements are that proposals are actionable and use New York City as their canvas.
The primary goal of the Driverless Future challenge is to create a launchpad for entrepreneurs, innovators, designers, engineers, architects and futurists to enact real change in New York City. The jury will place extreme emphasis on entries that harness existing technological abilities into previously unconceived solutions for an autonomous future.
This can include proposals for services, products, software, hardware, and other buildable interventions within the city. Participants in the challenge are highly encouraged to form interdisciplinary teams that combine architects and designers with technologists, scientists, and fabricators.
The Pitch The City event is only the midway point in the Challenge. Finalists will continue to develop their proposals into real products and companies with the support of Blank Space and its partners.
The Driverless Future Challenge invites competitors to actively create solutions and products that harness the power of autonomous transportation in New York City. Competitors are free to select any facet of driverless technology, from zoomed-out city-scale solutions, to small interventions within the urban fabric. The only requirements are that proposals are actionable and use New York City as their canvas.
The primary goal of the Driverless Future challenge is to create a launchpad for entrepreneurs, innovators, designers, engineers, architects and futurists to enact real change in New York City. The jury will place extreme emphasis on entries that harness existing technological abilities into previously unconceived solutions for an autonomous future.
This can include proposals for services, products, software, hardware, and other buildable interventions within the city. Participants in the challenge are highly encouraged to form interdisciplinary teams that combine architects and designers with technologists, scientists, and fabricators.
The Pitch The City event is only the midway point in the Challenge. Finalists will continue to develop their proposals into real products and companies with the support of Blank Space and its partners.
Jury
JEFF MERRITT
Director of Innovation, New York City Mayor’s Office of Tech and Innovation
Director of Innovation, New York City Mayor’s Office of Tech and Innovation
KATE DALY
Senior Vice President, Center for Urban Innovation at the New York City Economic Development Corporation
Senior Vice President, Center for Urban Innovation at the New York City Economic Development Corporation
DUNIA DUPONT
Chief Operating Office, New Lab
Chief Operating Office, New Lab
BENJAMIN PROSKY
Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Center for Architecture
Executive Director, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY) and the Center for Architecture
DAVID PISCUSKAS
Founding Partner of 1100 Architect, and 2017 President, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY)
Founding Partner of 1100 Architect, and 2017 President, American Institute of Architects New York Chapter (AIANY)
SANDER DOLDER
Associate Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
Associate Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
DANNY STILLION
Partner & Executive Design Director, IDEO
Partner & Executive Design Director, IDEO
ARAVIND KAILAS
Senior Principal Technology Planner, Volvo
Senior Principal Technology Planner, Volvo
JEFFREY INABA
Principal, INABA WILLIAMS
Principal, INABA WILLIAMS
Jürgen Mayer
Founder & Partner, J. MAYER H.
Founder & Partner, J. MAYER H.
MARCO PLEWE
Team Lead Mercedes-Benz Advanced UX Design, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
Team Lead Mercedes-Benz Advanced UX Design, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
MICHELLE CHEUNG
Principal UX Designer, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
Principal UX Designer, Mercedes-Benz Research & Development
SUSAN CHIN
Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space
Executive Director, Design Trust for Public Space
RODNEY STILES
Assistant Commissioner for Data & Technology, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
Assistant Commissioner for Data & Technology, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
DAWN MILLER
Chief of Staff, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
Chief of Staff, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
JEFF GARBER
Director of Technology & Innovation, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
Director of Technology & Innovation, New York City Taxi & Limousine Commission
MATTHEW W. DAUS
Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
Partner, Windels Marx Lane & Mittendorf
MATT SWEENEY
Co-Founder and Head of Product, Uber Advanced Technologies Group
Co-Founder and Head of Product, Uber Advanced Technologies Group
COURTNEY EHRLICHMAN
Deputy Executive Director, Traffic 21 Institute
Deputy Executive Director, Traffic 21 Institute
MICHAEL REPLOGLE
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation
Deputy Commissioner for Policy, New York City Department of Transportation
WILLIAM CARRY
Senior Director for Special Projects, New York City Department of Transportation
Senior Director for Special Projects, New York City Department of Transportation
KENNETH E. KRUCKEMEYER
Principal, Strategies for Cities
Principal, Strategies for Cities
MATTHEW HOFFMAN
Cofounder, Blank Space
Cofounder, Blank Space
FRANCESCA GIULIANI
Cofounder, Blank Space
Cofounder, Blank Space
ERIC ROTHMAN
President, HR&A Advisors
President, HR&A Advisors
DAVID BELT
Cofounder, New Lab
Cofounder, New Lab
Rewards
1st Prize
$2 500Up to $1,000 Travel Stipend, 1 Year Flex Membership at New Lab for up to 3 team members ($15,000 value), Opportunity to present proposal at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in October 2017
4 Finalists
Up to $1,000 Travel Stipend, 1 Year Flex Membership at New Lab for up to 3 team members ($15,000 value), Opportunity to present proposal at the Fast Company Innovation Festival in October 2017Timeline
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