CityXChange in Brief

A summary of barriers to partnership and ingredients for success

Executive Summary

In May 2017, the Rockefeller Foundation (RF) and 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) hosted the inaugural CityXChange Summit, an event that brought together city leaders from around the globe with technology innovators to collaborate on solving tough urban resilience problems. CityXChange is based on…

The CityXChange Roadmap

The 21st century belongs to cities. For the first time in human history, more than half of humans live in cities: by 2050, 70% of people will be urbanites. People who live in cities have higher incomes, better health outcomes, and more social opportunities.

Barriers to City and Technology Partnership

City/tech company partnerships are not a novel concept but, unfortunately, there have been far more failures than successes. Conversations at CityXChange Summit 2017 identified a number of common barriers that prevent cities and the tech community from…

Towards a Playbook: Building a Solid Foundation for Partnerships

Why should cities and the tech industry partner?

Towards a Playbook: Benefits and Challenges of City/Tech Partnership

Towards a Playbook: Rethinking Processes and Regulations to Encourage Innovation

Perhaps the biggest fundamental insight developed at CityXChange Summit 2017 was that tech companies and cities need a series of tactics and engagement models they can draw from as they look…

What’s next for CityXChange?

In the 1960s, The Rockefeller Foundation convened many of the world’s leading scientists, political leaders and agri-business companies to launch the Green Revolution, which in the decades since has saved countless lives worldwide by massively increasing farm productivity. We…