CSW Global 2015 Day 3 started with a bang as sharing economy practitioners, thought-leaders and from Australia, Singapore, India, Philippines, US, Colombia, and Brussels and among others shared amazing insights, stories, and data on how crowdsourcing has empowered billions of people to contribute and solve the issues in the cities and communities.
With the theme, “Collaborative Cities & Society: Empowering Billions,” the day was full of cutting-edge content and insights from brilliant and inspiring speakers about outsourcing, open data, civic activities, the intersection of journalism, social media, businesses, and smart cities. The opportunities are infinite with the crowd and this movement isn’t just in Silicon Valley – it’s going global. Are we ready for it?
Wrapping up day 3, here are some of the quotable and tweetable insights from the speakers:
[Tweet “60% of world’s population is yet to come on Internet! @willixh #CSWGlobal15”]
[Tweet “Crowdsourced lodgings impact societies. “Globally, 47% of hosts say income from Airbnb helps them make ends meet.” – @jjchai”]
[Tweet “People are willing to pay premiums for reputation. Reputation = Risk Premium” – @JC2go”]
[Tweet “Today with the crowd and transparency, now is a wonderful time to be a journalist.” – @maria_ressa”]
[Tweet “How to remove the ego that can get in the way of #creativity? collaboration! @rolandharwood”]
[Tweet “It’s always have been people from ordinary backgrounds that have produced revolutionary innovations! @zenia_tata”]
[Tweet “90% of India’s 3 million NGO’s are not connected online: a large unaccessed crowd which can bring immense impact.”]
[Tweet “In next 3 yrs: #mobile data demand will be multiplied by 4, 80% of global adult population will have a smartphone @anthenor”]
[Tweet “Cities where smart means availability of information for all.” @maqroll”]
[Tweet “#Opendata is difficult to access & standardize, yet data alone has no real value unless you use it. #CSWGlobal15”]
[Tweet “Only solar holds true promise of #disruption.” – Carl Malbrain #CSWGlobal15 #collaboration”]
Care to join the conversation on Twitter? Don’t forget to tag @CrowdWeek using the hashtag #CSWGlobal15
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