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Solution Blueprints being prepared by many young practitioners and professionals Concentrated application development by 100+ local professional and student software developers for 3 days Software developers will bring their own tools and work in small teams - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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What is CityApp?• A CITYNET and Microsoft partnered event to bring together technology and local knowledge to
address urban challenges
• The municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley, Microsoft Innovation Center, NGOs, and civil society work together to conceptualize, develop and implement innovative solutions to make Kathmandu even more people-friendly
• Conceptualize: Municipal government officials, local NGOs, corporations and citizens submit short “Problem-Solution Statements” of urban development challenges in their cities
• Develop: Using the “Problem-Solution Statements” local software programmers, developers and technology experts build solutions to the challenges through Microsoft training, tools and resources
• Implement: Municipalities, citizens and NGOs can use the newly developed applications to respond to urban development challenges. CITYNET and Microsoft will support the sharing of new applications.
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CityApp Mission • Develop technology-based solutions to address common urban challenges in the
Kathmandu Valley
CityApp Objectives• Bring together a wide range of stakeholders to identify common urban challenges• Mobilize civic-minded programmers, designers, data analysts, community leaders,
creative thinkers, and other innovators, to develop web, mobile, and SMS solutions to the most pressing urban challenges
• Increase communication and information sharing between citizens, governments, and the public and private sectors through the use of web and mobile applications
• Incubate new innovative applications for wide-scale use, contributing to sustainable urban development
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Problem Statements• Municipal officials working in urban development from municipalities in Kathmandu Valley, UN-Habitat
Nepal, and the Centre for Integrated Urban Development have written detailed Problem Statements.
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Solution Development
• Solution Blueprints being prepared by many young practitioners and professionals
• Concentrated application development by 100+ local professional and student software developers for 3 days
• Software developers will bring their own tools and work in small teams
• Developers will respond to the blueprints and problem statements through their application solutions, be they web-based, mobile-based or SMS-based.
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ACTIVITY START ENDProject Start Jan 7, 2014Problem Statement Jan 7 Jan 29Roadshows to promote blueprint challenge Jan 7 Feb 5Blueprint challenge Jan 15 Mar 5Roadshows to promote the CityApp Appathon Jan 20 Feb 15CityApp application Jan 20 Mar 4Selection of final attendees for CityApp Mar 4 Mar 9CityApp Main Event (Dhulikhel Lodge Resort, 3 days- 2 nights) Mar 13 Mar 15Award Ceremony Mar 15 Mar 15Selection of 3-5 top solutions for incubation Mar 15 Mar 15Incubation Mar 16 May 31Presentation of selected Apps in World City Summit Jun 1Project End Jun 1, 2014
CityApp Project Timeline
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DATE Thu, Mar 13 Fri, Mar 14 Sat, Mar 15TIME DAY I DAY II DAY III06:00-06:30 Arrive at bus stop
08:00 Arrive Venue08:00-09:00 Registration & Breakfast Breakfast Breakfast09:00-10:00
Solution DevelopmentFinal touch to App
10:00-12:00 Inaugural Session(Dhulikhel Lodge Resort)
Pitch Fest
12:00-13:00 Initial briefing13:00-14:00 Lunch/Check-in Lunch Lunch/Check-out14:00-15:00 Solution Development Solution Development Travel back15:00-17:00 Closing/Award Ceremony
(Hotel Shankar, Lazimpat)17:00-17:30 Tea Break Tea Break17:30-18:00 Solution Development Solution Development18:00-20:00
20:00-21:00 Dinner Dinner21:00-23:3023:30-24:00 Midnight snacks Midnight snacks24:00 onward Take rest or continue development Take rest or continue development
CityApp Main Event Schedule (Mar 13 – 15, 2014)
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Being promoted through organizers and partners’ Web sites, social media and mailers
CityApp Web contentsURLs:http://www.micnepal.org/EventsActivities/CityApp.aspx
http://citynet-ap.org/cityapp-kathmandu-2014/
http://citynet-ap.org/press-release-citynet-and-microsoft-collaborate-on-cityapp-kathmandu-2014/
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How to get involved and what rewards• Anyone who in interested may download the form from http://www.micnepal.org/EventsActivities/CityApp.aspx • Apply with the solution blueprint challenge or for CityApp
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Glimpses of Roadshows• Designed to sensitize stakeholders to CityApp
• 15+ engineering and business colleges• Joint presentations by CityNet and Microsoft• Microsoft student partners (MSPs)• IT Professionals User Group• Stakeholders’ consultative meetings • Domain experts’ presentations
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CityApp in Media• Exclusive TV shows on Nepal Television – Hamro Kathmandu & Nepal Mandal (3
shows)• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1FUazjX6_E• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W50PszkkiK0
• Broadsheet coverage• The Himalayan Times
The RepublicaAnnapurna Post (Nepali)Gorkhapatra Online (Nepali)
• Blog sites• TechNetNepal.net
http://technetnepal.net/blogs/cityapp/archive/2014/02/12/cityapp-appathon-event.aspx• Guthi
Apps for a better Kathmandu
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Promotional materials
• Fleece pullover • Facebook badge
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Stage skirting banner
Photo Op banner
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Expected Outcomes
• Identify the needs of the municipalities in the Kathmandu Valley through the problem statements
• Make usable applications available to the cities in the Kathmandu Valley, and later to cities across the network
• Strengthen the linkage with the member cities in Nepal and related local development actors
• Build CITYNET network brand value and name recognition across South and South East Asia