In a combined effort to solve complex city problems through human-centered design and crowdsourcing, the University of California San Diego Design Lab has launched a city-wide civic design challenge called Design for San Diego (D4SD.org) with support from the City of San Diego, the National Science Foundation, the Design Forward Alliance, and SCALE SD.

This year’s D4SD challenge focuses on urban mobility. We all have places to go and people to see. So whether you’re traveling by car, bike, train, bus, boat or foot for work or play, mobility significantly affects millions of city goers everyday. Join D4SD for an unique opportunity to compete and collaborate with other city innovators to help solve some of the most pressing mobility-related issues facing our city. Participants will have opportunities to work and learn from UC San Diego Design Lab educators and the City of San Diego data science team to use their Open Data portal (data.sandiego.gov). The best solutions will earn cash prizes and private one-on-one meetings with city leaders and startup investors.

On September 21, join Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla and design icon and Design Lab founder Don Norman for the kick-off event hosted by Scale San Diego, the city’s newest smart-city accelerator, at Downtown Works.

Schedule for Sept 21st Kickoff event:

• 10:00-10:30: Doors Open, Registration and Networking
• 10:30-11:00: Welcome by Daniel Obodovski of SCALE San Diego and Steven Dow of the UC San Diego Design Lab
• 11:00-11:25: Kickoff by Mayor Faulconer, Chancellor Khosla of UC San Diego, and Don Norman of the UC San Diego Design Lab
• 11:25-1:00: GO TIME! Enjoy pizza with the Mayor and Chancellor while getting details about the Civic Design Challenge.
• Learn more about the D4SD Civic Design Challenge at https://d4sd.org/

Thanks for your interest and don’t forget to also register for the D4SD Challenge – Design Sprint and Hackathon on Sept 22-23!