1. Spotlighting fresh ideas in urban connectivity & sustainability Organized by Urban Age Institute, a 501c3 based in San Francisco Hosted by Evergreen at the Brick Works in Toronto

2. Who Attends?

3. Event Format 2-day event2-day event Curated 15-minute talksCurated 15-minute talks 60-minute workshops60-minute workshops Generous breaks for networkingGenerous breaks for networking Global webcastGlobal webcast TelePresence enabled sessions for international discussionTelePresence enabled sessions for international discussion

4. Event Program Meeting of the Minds staff collaborate with sponsors and partners to curate the event program: –Developing speaker and session ideas –Focusing sessions on best practices and case studies –Finding transferable and replicable solutions to feature at event

5. Pre-Meeting Buzz Conference speakers, sponsors & partners featured through: –Year-long, regular blog content –Curated 60-minute webinars leading up to event –Regular newsletters to global email list

6. Post-Meeting Buzz Videos & transcripts of all plenary talks posted online Follow-up blog posts from the Meeting’s key thought leaders Final report, featuring: –Statistics –Survey results –Contact lists –Session summaries

7. Media Strategy Two on-site press rooms for sponsors and speakers only Industry-relevant press invited Sponsor’s top press targets included Sponsor materials (press releases, white papers, reports) distributed at or before event

8. 2012 Attendees Level Sector

9. 2012 Sponsors Toyota Cisco Philips Lighting IBM Schneider Electric Qualcomm SOM WSP Flack + Kurtz CH2M Hill Annie E. Casey Foundation Ford Foundation Jones Lang LaSalle

10. 2012 Partners Urban Land Institute Presidio Graduate School Regional Plan Association International Water Association CEOs for Cities US Green Building Council SPUR Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Bay Area Council Economic Institute Greenprint Foundation

11. 2012 Attending Press CBS ABC TechCrunch Washington Post Dallant Networks Clean Fleet Report Places Journal Inhabitat SmartPlanet New York Times Forbes Fast Company Magazine San Francisco Chronicle The Registry Citiscope Sustainable Industries

12. 2012 Press Coverage A comprehensive list of 2012 press coverage is available at: CityMinded.org/c/Media-Coverage

13. Toronto 2013 When: September 9-11, 2013 Where: Evergreen Brick Works Opening Evening Reception VIP Reception for Speakers/Sponsors Only 2-day event 12 hours of networking time Meetings arranged before and after for key partnership development.

14. Sponsors and Partners Toyota Cisco Philips Lighting Schneider Electric IBM Metrolinx HOK Jones Lang Lasalle Annie E. Casey Foundation Ford Foundation Oxford Properties Itron VREF Golder Associates Lincoln Institute of Land Policy Zerofootprint Evergreen George Brown College Waterfront Toronto Institute on Governance Ryerson University

15. CityMinded.org An active website featuring events, blog posts, speaker & sponsor profiles and other information about Meeting of the Minds Toronto 13,000 visits a month –120% increase in traffic in Q1 2013 Featuring 34 bloggers from 6 countries

16. Contact Gordon Feller Co-Founder and Convenor gofeller@cisco.com Jessie Feller Managing Director jessie@cityminded.org Dave Hahn Director of Communications dave@cityminded.org CityMinded.org