Casa San Antonio to Host Smart City Panel at SXSW 2017

SAN ANTONIO - March 6, 2017 - PRLog -- At Casa San Antonio, Choose San Antonio's will continue its initiative to highlight and promote San Antonio's target industries and creative class, as well as attract world-class talent to the city. Through a series of lightning talks (no boring panels allowed), mayors, city technology officers and entrepreneurs will showcase what they are doing, what works, what is needed and what is to come at Smart City Day. Co-Hosted by Glass House Policy and Digi.City, the event will take place from 11am - 4pm at the 'Choose San Antonio' house on Rainey Street. located on 75 ½ Rainey Street.

This year, Mayor Ivy R. Taylor will be at Casa San Antonio as a speaker for the SXSW Smart City Panel on March 12th, 2017 at 11 AM. A major groundbreaking development based announcement will be made at and the SxSW Smart City Day Panel will be designated as the place where city officials, government staff and industry will come to learn and share about how top tech trends - the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, autonomous vehicles, connected buildings and homes, smart grids and more are impacting the most pressing challenges for cities - mobility, affordability, energy, sustainability, access to healthcare and education, citizen engagement, the digital divide and more. Join us, meet smart city leaders from around the world, learn, share and participate in building the cities of the future..


"The city of San Antonio is well positioned to expand its Smart City presence by supporting advocacy organizations such as Choose San Antonio which assist our city government to be more effective, sustainable and responsive to citizens," said Mayor Ivy R. Taylor."

Join us, meet smart city leaders from around the world, learn, share and participate in building the cities of the future.

Other featured Casa San Antonio at SXSW events will include a Taco Showcase, San Antonio Spurs watch party, Best in SA Music Series, Life is Better in Texas party and much more. Visit http://www.choosesa.org for a complete event schedule. Follow the conversation on social media with the hashtag #iChooseSA (https://www.facebook.com/hashtag/choosesa).

About Choose San Antonio

Choose San Antonio (Choose SA) is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting San Antonio and developing wider national and global recognition of San Antonio's strengths and quality of life. We believe San Antonio is the best kept secret in North America and we use modern marketing tactics to educate non-residents and prospective residents about life in San Antonio. Our mission is to attract millennials, transplants and boomerangs to San Antonio.

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