Organizers
ORGANIZING INSTITUTIONS
DISRUPTING INNOVATION IS ORGANIZED BY THE FOLLOWING INSTITUTIONS
LSE CITIES, LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND POLITICAL SCIENCE
LSE Cities is an international centre at the London School of Economics and Political Science that carries out research, conferences, education and outreach activities in London and abroad. Its mission is to study how people and cities interact in a rapidly urbanising world, focussing on how the design of cities impacts on society, culture and the environment. LSE Cities investigates how complex urban systems are responding to the pressures of growth, change and globalisation, with new infrastructures of design and governance that both complement and threaten social and environmental equity.
Fraunhofer KEIM
The Fraunhofer Center KEIM is aiming to turn the vision of shared use of electromobile mobility resources into reality. The team is working with industrial partners to develop solutions for designing the necessary energy and information technology mobility interfaces.
One focus of the work at KEIM is on the development of solutions for the use of smartphones as an interface in the mobility system. In addition to technical interfaces and suitable protocols and security mechanisms, the human-machine interface and its usability play an important role in research at KEIM.
The interdisciplinary and international team is currently working on several projects in the field of charging and load management, networked sensor technology and strategic fleet planning.
CITY SCIENCE INITIATIVE, MIT MEDIA LAB
The City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab is a unique network of research groups experienced in the design of technology and infrastructure, the analysis of big data, and the development of rigorous scientific theories. The City Science Initiative at the MIT Media Lab provides an interdisciplinary nexus where these research networks join to improve the design, livability and understanding of high performance urban environments.
TRANSPORTATION SUSTAINABILITY RESEARCH CENTER (TSRC), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY
In addition to performing research informed by a diverse array of perspectives, TSRC also engages in education and outreach to promote its core values of sustainability and equity, to ensure that we are able to meet the transportation needs of the present without compromising future generations.
TSRC conducts research on a wide array of transportation-related issues, addressing the needs of individuals as well as the public.
VBKI
At VBKI, we bring together people from business and urban society in an inspiring, cross-industry network together. Based on the free and democratic basic order, our 2,300 members work in the dialogue with the state's political leaders and as critical and constructive supporters of Berlin's political agenda to make the capital region a better and more successful place to live. With our Social commitment in the areas of education, integration, culture and sport, we build bridges and strengthen cohesion in our city. In this way, the VBKI has been contributing to a unique project since 1879: the future of Berlin!