]> 2026-05-13T04:47:07+00:00 Cascadia Innovation Corridor 0 en Jonathan Fink Municipal, academic, corporate and federal smart city activities are being coordinated across Portland, Seattle and Vancouver BC through the integration of several regional initiatives: * Digital City Testbed Center (DCTC), based at Portland State University (PSU), is using academic, corporate and nonprofit campuses throughout the region as test sites for evaluating smart city innovation. “Digital Corridors” are being set up on each campus. * Cascadia Urban Analytics Cooperative (CUAC) is leveraging corporate funding and faculty expertise at UBC, University of Washington and PSU to address data-intensive, policy-relevant social science issues like opioid dependence, housing affordability and transportation access * Cascadia Innovation Corridor (CIC) convenes annual summits of business, government and academic leaders to set a rigorous regional economic development agenda, and also has subcommittees that meet quarterly to advance specific topics. Lead organizations are Challenge Seattle, the British Columbia Business Council and the Canadian Consulate in Seattle. Cascadia-innovation.jpg Smart Region Portland State University University of British Columbia University of Washington Microsoft ESRI Cisco Organizational and Individual Productivity and Wellness Portland OR Surrey BC Launched 2023-01-24T21:37:28Z 2459969.4010185 Cascadia Innovation Corridor