Global Culture

Spearheaded by San Francisco, a group of cities have created a global Digital City Network with the following objectives:

Broker international relationships between educational, business, and community-based digital media organizations; Create new business to business ventures between jurisdictions; Support the growth and innovation of existing digital media businesses; Develop new cutting-edge digital media companies in each location; Encourage private and public investment in advanced digital technologies and linkages between jurisdictions; Expand workforce development and education opportunities in digital media; Provide technical support for digital media incubators and business accelerators; Develop strategies to respond to the rapid changes in new media technologies; Inform shareholders about emerging digital media issues, innovations and best practices

The short list of cities invited to participate in the network were chosen for their forward looking approach to supporting the development of the information and technology industries:

• San Francisco - United States,
• Toronto - Canada,
• Paris - France,
• Prague - Czech Republic,
• Dublin - Ireland,
• Madras - India,
• Guadalajara - Mexico,
• Skopje - Macedonia and
• Singapore

Thanks to Dave for the heads up.