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MetroLab | ||
MetroLab’s mission is focused on the belief that when local governments and universities work together, innovation can thrive in a catalytic and inclusive manner. At its core, MetroLab is a convener and thought leader, living at the intersection of research and implementation. We invite you to join our network to learn best practices emerging from local government-academia partnerships, connect with innovators, and participate in MetroLab programming. | ||
Metropolitan Intelligence | ||
Metropolitan Intelligence is Stephanie Hayden's Smart City Software-as-a-Service data engagement platform designed with 20+ years experience studying cities, architecture, society, people, psychology, art, science, and technology. | ||
Microsoft | ||
Microsoft produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best-known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue it was the world's largest software maker by revenue as of 2016. | ||
Missing Middle Housing Fund | ||
The Missing Middle Housing Fund (MMHF) supports the creation of workforce housing by focusing on lowering construction costs through innovation. By supporting specific projects, research and development, and prototyping, incubating, and scaling promising innovations, the MMHF addresses the housing crisis at scale. | ||
ModsPDX | ||
Custom modular dwellings efficiently crafted for beauty, sustainability and endurance. | ||
Motorola | ||
Motorola Solutions, Inc., is an American data communications and telecommunications equipment provider that succeeded Motorola, Inc., following the spinoff of the mobile phone division into Motorola Mobility in 2011. The company is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. | ||
NASA | ||
NASA explores the unknown in air and space, innovates for the benefit of humanity, and inspires the world through discovery. | ||
NIST | ||
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a physical sciences laboratory and non-regulatory agency of the United States Department of Commerce. Its mission is to promote American innovation and industrial competitiveness. NIST's activities are organized into laboratory programs that include nanoscale science and technology, engineering, information technology, neutron research, material measurement, and physical measurement. From 1901 to 1988, the agency was named the National Bureau of Standards. | ||
NKIA | ||
NKIA is an enterprise software vendor based in Seongnam, South Korea and headed by CEO Seon-Woo Lee. The company develops various kinds of operations management systems and additionally provides consulting system management and training services. It is a leading provider of homegrown ITSM solutions to the South Korean market. It was founded in 1999, with subsidiaries later formed in Singapore and Malaysia and an office in Beijing. | ||
National Information Society Agency | ||
In a world of newly emerging knowledge and information paradigms, NIA continues to be the definitive expert agency charged with a central role in the information of the nation society. | ||
National Renewable Energy Laboratory | ||
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), located in Golden, Colorado, specializes in renewable energy and energy efficiency research and development. NREL is a government-owned, contractor-operated facility, and is funded through the United States Department of Energy. | ||
New Building Institute | ||
New Buildings Institute (NBI) works collaboratively with industry market players—governments, utilities, energy efficiency advocates and building professionals—to promote advanced design practices, innovative technologies, public policies and programs that improve energy efficiency at the highest levels and decarbonize the built environment. | ||
New Flyer | ||
NFI Group, is a Canadian multinational bus manufacturer, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The company employs 8,000 people across 50 facilities in nine countries. NFI Group owns Alexander Dennis, ARBOC Specialty Vehicles, Motor Coach Industries, New Flyer, Plaxton, NFI Parts, and Carfair Composites. The company is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol NFI, and is a constituent of the S&P/TSX Composite Index. | ||
NextEra Energy Resources | ||
NextEra Energy, Inc. is an American energy company with about 58 GW of generating capacity (24 GW of which were from fossil fuel sources), revenues of over $18 billion in 2020, and about 14,900 employees throughout the US and Canada. It is the largest electric utility holding company by market capitalization. Its subsidiaries include Florida Power & Light (FPL), NextEra Energy Resources (NEER), NextEra Energy Partners, Gulf Power Company, and NextEra Energy Services. | ||
Nokia | ||
Nokia wants to create a new world; to transform a big planet to a small village. Their vision is to create, build, and encourage people from all countries to communicate with each other in order to create a world where everybody is connected. | ||
Northwest Seaport Alliance | ||
The Northwest Seaport Alliance is a marine cargo operating partnership of the Port of Seattle and Port of Tacoma. We are the fourth-largest container gateway in the United States. Under a port development authority, the NWSA manages the container, breakbulk, auto and some bulk terminals in Seattle and Tacoma. | ||
Nvidia | ||
Nvidia Corporation is an American multinational technology company incorporated in Delaware and based in Santa Clara, California. It designs graphics processing units for the gaming and professional markets, as well as system on a chip units for the mobile computing and automotive market. | ||
OFFSITEK | ||
OFFSITEK is leading the transformation of the construction industry with our cutting-edge advanced manufacturing prefabrication process that delivers value to builders while streamlining all construction processes under-one-roof at a world-class automated facility in Charlotte, North Carolina. | ||
OSIsoft | ||
OSIsoft, LLC is a manufacturer of application software for real-time data management, called the PI System. Founded in 1980, OSIsoft was privately held and headquartered in San Leandro, California. In August 2020, it was announced that the UK-based production company AVEVA agreed to buy OSIsoft in a deal worth $5 billion; the purchase was subsequently completed on 19 March 2021 for a final consideration of £3,831.4 million. | ||
OSPO++ | ||
OSPO++ is a global network and a community of collaborative open source program offices (OSPOs) focused on supporting the core mission objectives of universities, governments, and civic institutions. We come together to build OSPOs, foster impactful collaborations between OSPOs, and build the core collaboration infrastructure for today’s most pressing challenges. | ||
Object Management Group | ||
The Object Management Group is a computer industry standards consortium. OMG Task Forces develop enterprise integration standards for a range of technologies. | ||
Oku Solutions LLC | ||
Oku Solutions provides professional services consulting to the wireless telecommunication industry. With over 30 years of experience in wireless and wired telecommunications, we provide our clients with solutions, expertise, and results. | ||
Open Connectivity Foundation | ||
The Open Connectivity Foundation (OCF) is a global, member-driven technical standards development organization. | ||
Open Knowledge Foundation | ||
We are building a world open by design where all knowledge is accessible to everyone | ||
Oregon Department of Forestry | ||
To serve the people of Oregon by protecting, managing, and promoting stewardship of Oregon's forests to enhance environmental, economic, and community sustainability. | ||
Oregon Innovation Foundation | ||
We seek to engage and connect underrepresented and underserved communities to the social, economic, and environmental opportunities available through digital innovation and technology. | ||
Oregon Museum of Science and Industry | ||
The Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) is a science and technology museum in Portland, Oregon, United States. It contains three auditoriums, including a large-screen theatre, planetarium, and exhibition halls with a variety of hands-on permanent exhibits focused on natural sciences, industry, and technology. Transient exhibits span a wider range of disciplines. | ||
Oregon State University | ||
Oregon State University (OSU) is a public land-grant research university in Corvallis, Oregon. The university offers more than 200 undergraduate-degree programs along with a variety of graduate and doctoral degrees. On-campus enrollment averages near 32,000, making it the state's largest university. Since its founding over 272,000 students have graduated from OSU. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" with an additional, optional designation as a "Community Engagement" university. | ||
Overstory | ||
Vegetation intelligence for a safer, more reliable grid
Our planet is under pressure. Our mission is to fight climate change with greener, more reliable power. We’re building intelligence that mitigates wildfires, protects biodiversity, and helps people make smarter decisions about our natural resources. | ||
PAE | ||
Pacific Architects and Engineers is an American defense and government services contractor. Founded in 1955 by Edward Shay, it is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia. Since 2016 it has been owned by Platinum Equity. PAE is a major supplier of services to the U.S. Department of State. | ||
PDX Main Streets | ||
The PDX Main Street Design Initiative is a coalition of community and business leaders, architects, designers, planners, artists and community advocates. For more than seven years we've been working to raise design literacy and create planning tools that empower community members to manage growth and change. By helping communities understand the nuances of how design makes good density, they are more able to support greater growth with better outcomes and more expedient processes with development that is more supported, and save time and cost. | ||
Pangea EV | ||
At Pangea, we are reinventing the transportation system for a sustainable future. We are here to make a positive impact on human health and our environment. | ||
Pano | ||
Pano Rapid Detect is a connected, intelligent platform for fire professionals that helps them to detect threats, confirm fires, and disseminate information to responders, faster than ever before | ||
Paradigm Engineering | ||
Paradigm Engineers and Constructors is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business, established in 2007. Our team includes Licensed Architects and Engineers, former U.S. military officers and has extensive experience in all aspects of design for both the Federal and commercial/private sectors, with an emphasis on VA healthcare facility design and Government facility consulting for DoD, USACE and GSA projects. We take pride in executing Architecture and Engineering services for a variety of customers nationwide. Our high standard of quality ensures that we produce excellent work for our clients on a consistent basis. | ||
Parker | ||
Parker-Hannifin Corporation, usually referred to as just Parker, is one of the largest companies in the world in motion control technologies, including aerospace, climate control, electromechanical, filtration, fluid and gas handling, hydraulics, pneumatics, process control, and sealing and shielding. Parker employs about 58,000 people globally. | ||
Perrone Robotics | ||
Perrone Robotics is the “autonomy of choice” across vehicle manufacturers, technology suppliers, and transit and transportation customers. Commercial, public or industrial, our TONY retrofit kit embeds into any vehicle type for any job application. From legacy fleet integrations to our turn-key vehicle solutions, Perrone transforms mobility options with safe, reliable AV technology. | ||
PortAuthority | ||
Port Authority of Allegheny County (PAAC) is the second-largest public transit agency in Pennsylvania and the 26th-largest in the United States. The county-owned, state-funded agency is based in Pittsburgh and is overseen by a CEO and a nine-member board of unpaid volunteer directors, who are appointed by the county executive and approved by the county council. | ||
Portland General Electric | ||
Portland General Electric is a Fortune 1000 public utility based in Portland, Oregon. It distributes electricity to customers in parts of Multnomah, Clackamas, Marion, Yamhill, Washington, and Polk counties - 44% of the inhabitants of Oregon. | ||
Portland State University | ||
The Digital City Testbed Center at Portland State University establishes a network of campuses in the Pacific Northwest where smart city technologies are tested before being deployed in communities at large. These technologies can help make cities "smarter" by improving sustainability, public health, well-being, and accessibility. | ||
Presidio | ||
Global Digital Services and Solutions Provider delivering customers the secure cloud environments that form the backbone of digital transformation. We guide you from initial assessments, strategy and consulting – to implementation and deployment – to managed services that run IT for you, topped off with a suite of flexible financing and consumption options to simplify procurement. Services experts are thinkers AND doers focused on accelerating business outcomes for customers in all industries. | ||
Qualcomm | ||
Qualcomm is an American multinational corporation headquartered in San Diego, California, and incorporated in Delaware. It creates semiconductors, software, and services related to wireless technology. It owns patents critical to the 5G, 4G, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA and WCDMA mobile communications standards. | ||
RISE Modular | ||
Rise Modular is a pioneering modular manufacturing and construction company redefining the way multi-story residential and hospitality projects are built, from the ground up. | ||
Ride Report | ||
Develop software that is used by cities and governments around the world to support data-driven program management, compliance, and invoicing of shared mobility programs. We serve as partners in ensuring that shared mobility programs are easy to implement, operate, and optimize. Ride Report also works with mobility operators to audit data generated by shared bicycle, scooter, moped, and car fleets. | ||
RideAmigos | ||
Our mobile and web-based commuter engagement solutions combine innovative technology with proven principles of behavioral science (personalization, gamification, rewards, incentives) to empower commuters to make smarter transportation choices. Everything we do is in pursuit of the maximum positive impact for the organizations we serve and the planet. | ||
Rocky Mountain Institute | ||
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is an organization in the United States dedicated to research, publication, consulting, and lecturing in the general field of sustainability, with a special focus on profitable innovations for energy and resource efficiency. | ||
Rogers | ||
To connect Canadians to a world of possibilities, and the memorable moments that matter most in their lives. | ||
SDG exchange | ||
As the first global sustainability asset marketplace, we enable countries and companies to accelerate their adherence to Paris Agreement compliance through seamless and secure blockchain asset transactions at a global scale. | ||
SEDCOR | ||
Oregon's Willamette Valley is our home and our team is dedicated to helping it thrive. We know the land, the people, the obstacles, and the opportunities. We see how everything fits together to create a beautifully intricate value-add economy. | ||
SERA Architects | ||
SERA Architects is an American architectural firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a second office in Oakland, California. It is the fifth largest architecture firm in Portland, offering architectural, interior design, and urban design and planning services.SERA Architects is an American architectural firm headquartered in Portland, Oregon, with a second office in Oakland, California. It is the fifth largest architecture firm in Portland, offering architectural, interior design, and urban design and planning services. | ||
SafeGraph | ||
SafeGraph strives to be the most trusted source to get data on a physical place and make it accessible for all. We're narrowly focused on being a data company with the best quality, coverage, and trust from our partners.
SafeGraph’s places dataset includes a breadth of information about physical places in the US, UK and Canada. This includes core location data, spatial hierarchy metadata, place traffic data, and more. | ||
Schenectady Metroplex | ||
The mission of the Schenectady Metroplex Development Authority is to:
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Scoobi | ||
On-Demand Electric Moped Rentals | ||
Sensible Building Science | ||
Sensible Building Science is a sustainability company based at the University of British Columbia. | ||
Share Now | ||
SHARE NOW GmbH is a German carsharing company, formed from the merger of car2go and DriveNow. It is a joint venture of the Mercedes-Benz Group and BMW providing carsharing services in urban areas in Europe, and formerly in North America. It has over four million registered members and a fleet of over 14,000 vehicles in 18 cities across Europe.
The company offers only Smart, Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Mini, Fiat and Citroën vehicles and arranges one-way point-to-point rentals. Users are charged by the minute, or by hourly and daily rates. A smartphone app is used to enable hirers to access the vehicle. | ||
Sherwood Design Engineers | ||
Sherwood Design Engineers is a civil engineering firm that applies innovation and elegant design to the creation and implementation of sustainable infrastructure. | ||
Smart Green Shipping | ||
Smart Green Shipping (SGS) is an award-winning systems-design house. We develop technical, commercially viable, digitally enabled wind-powered solutions to accelerate shipping’s green transition. | ||
Smart Growth America | ||
We envision a country where no matter where you live, or who you are, you can enjoy living in a place that is healthy, prosperous, and resilient. | ||
Smartlamppost | ||
Smartlamppost is a joint venture between three of the most important players in Europe, in metal structures, Telecoms, Power and Smart Cities. Allowing a merge of skills, capabilities and market presence that will endow Smartlamppost with the right tools to become a reference for connected communities. | ||
Solarc Energy Group | ||
Solarc Energy Group provides professional services associated with building energy efficiency analysis, commissioning, and mechanical engineering. With offices in Eugene, Portland, Seattle and Salt Lake City, we service the entire western United States. | ||
Spatial Web Foundation | ||
The mission of the Spatial Web Foundation is to develop and maintain the technical and ethical standards of the Spatial Web. | ||
Spin | ||
Spin is an electric bicycle-sharing and electric scooter-sharing company owned by the Ford Motor Company. It is based in San Francisco and was founded as a start-up in 2017, launching as a dockless bicycle-sharing system controlled by a mobile app for reservations. | ||
State of Place | ||
State of Place helps you harness the power of data to more quickly, efficiently, & effectively deliver places people deserve. | ||
Strategy of Things | ||
Strategy of Things helps cities, communities and business enterprises become smarter, safer, more responsive and resilient. We are a Silicon Valley based innovation firm that brings science, breakthrough strategies and disruptive innovations to help government and business organizations solve complex problems in new ways. | ||
StudioAlloy | ||
StudioAlloy LLC re-powers gas and diesel vehicles to electric. | ||
Sustainable Water | ||
Sustainable Water is a leading provider of commercial-scale water reclamation and reuse solutions across the United States. Sustainable Water provides effectual water management solutions that minimize risk, maximize financial savings and enhance environmental stewardship. | ||
Suwon Research Institute | ||
Suwon Research Institute is the first research institute established by the basic local government in Korea in March 2013 , this institute is a Suwon-si think tank established and operated with the will of Suwon citizens . | ||
TESIAC | ||
TESIAC is an infrastructure investment platform company integrating Energy, Mobility, Technology with Innovative Capital Solutions. TESIAC’s focus is to enable and accelerate the transition to sustainable infrastructure in this rapidly growing and changing electrification market. | ||
Technology Association of Oregon | ||
To create an inclusive, world-class innovation economy in Oregon and SW Washington that strengthens our regional technology industry. | ||
The Boring Company | ||
The Boring Company creates safe, fast-to-dig, and low-cost transportation, utility, and freight tunnels
The mission: solve traffic, enable rapid point-to-point transportation and transform cities | ||
The Cirrus Group | ||
The Cirrus Group are members of a smart city community originally formed to respond to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Global City Teams Challenge and now forming an internationally recognized community of smart city trusted advisors. | ||
The Natural Step | ||
A non-profit organization dedicated to advancing sustainability and providing strategic guidance to businesses, communities, and individuals. Founded in 1989, The Natural Step has been a pioneer in promoting sustainability as a key component of organisational decision-making and societal development. | ||
TriMet | ||
TriMet, formally known as the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon, is a public agency that operates mass transit in a region that spans most of the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. | ||
US Department of Energy | ||
In 1942, during World War II, the United States started the Manhattan Project, a project to develop the atomic bomb, under the eye of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. After the war in 1946, the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was created to control the future of the project. The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 also created the framework for the first National Laboratories. Among other nuclear projects, the AEC produced fabricated uranium fuel cores at locations such as Fernald Feed Materials Production Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1974, the AEC gave way to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, which was tasked with regulating the nuclear power industry, and the Energy Research and Development Administration, which was tasked to manage the nuclear weapon, naval reactor, and energy development programs. | ||
US Department of Transportation | ||
The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT or DOT) is one of the executive departments of the U.S. federal government. It was established by the Department of Transportation Act of Congress on October 15, 1966, and began operation on April 1, 1967. It is headed by the Secretary of Transportation, who reports directly to the President of the United States and is a member of the president's Cabinet | ||
US Ignite | ||
US Ignite is a nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C., dedicated to fostering the development and deployment of next-generation applications and services that leverage advanced networking technologies. Founded in 2012, US Ignite operates as a public-private partnership, bringing together government agencies, research institutions, industry leaders, and local communities to drive technological innovation and build smart, connected communities across the United States. | ||
UbiWhere | ||
Ubiwhere is focused on Research, Development and Innovation of software-based solutions in the areas of Smart Cities, Telecom and Future Internet, and New Technologies. As an innovative and technological company, the skills of our team are one of our differentiating factors. Our team (about 50 employees, more than 90% with a Master degree), is one of the pillars of the company’s success and is prepared to face the biggest challenges in the market. | ||
Unique Electric Solutions | ||
Manufactures electric (EV) and fuel cell electric (FCEV) commercial vehicle propulsion systems for commercial fleets, upfitters and select OEMs. | ||
University of Southern California | ||
The USC Price Center for Social Innovation develops ideas and illuminates strategies to improve the quality of life for people in low-income, urban communities. | ||
Urban.Systems | ||
Urban.Systems is a solution provider in the smart city market. They build vibrant communities using technology to facilitate civic engagement, deliver services and share resources. | ||
Valopaa | ||
Valopaa Ltd. is LED lighting company based in Finland. We develop and produce LED light fittings for demanding environments. We have concentrated to lighting solutions which require high energy efficiency, long lifetime and easy maintenance. | ||
Verizon | ||
Verizon is an American wireless network operator that previously operated as a separate division of Verizon Communications under the name of Verizon Wireless. In a 2019 reorganization, Verizon moved the wireless products and services into the divisions Verizon Consumer and Verizon Business, and stopped using the Verizon Wireless name. Verizon is the largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 142.8 million subscribers at the end of Q4 2021. | ||
Vision Architecture | ||
At Vision Architecture, LLC, we are committed to devoting our efforts to helping create successful projects. For commercial clients that may mean designing efficiently to meet a financial goals. For retail and entertainment clients that may mean creating a space that attracts and excites customers. For residential clients that may mean designing to a budget while capturing an aesthetic feel that represents who they are and how they live. The key is to listen and understand what success means for each client. | ||
Volvo | ||
The Volvo Group (legally Aktiebolaget Volvo, shortened to AB Volvo) is a Swedish multinational manufacturing corporation headquartered in Gothenburg. While its core activity is the production, distribution and sale of trucks, buses and construction equipment, Volvo also supplies marine and industrial drive systems and financial services. In 2016, it was the world's second largest manufacturer of heavy-duty trucks. | ||
WSP Global | ||
WSP Global Inc. is a Canadian company with American and British roots, providing management and consultancy services to the built and natural environment. It is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange. | ||
Waze | ||
Waze (formerly FreeMap Israel) is a subsidiary of Google that provides satellite navigation software. It works on smartphones and other computers that have GPS support. It provides turn-by-turn navigation information and user-submitted travel times and route details, while downloading location-dependent information over a mobile telephone network. Waze describes its app as a community-driven GPS navigation app, which is free to download and use. | ||
WeShine | ||
WeShine designs, builds, and operates neighborhood-based micro-villages that provide safe transitional shelter and services, where Portland’s vulnerable unsheltered adults can live as they prepare to become successful tenants in permanent affordable housing. | ||
Wells Fargo | ||
Wells Fargo & Company is an American multinational financial services company with corporate headquarters in San Francisco, California, operational headquarters in Manhattan, and managerial offices throughout the United States and internationally. The company has operations in 35 countries with over 70 million customers globally. It is considered a systemically important financial institution by the Financial Stability Board. | ||
ZGF Architects | ||
ZGF Architects LLP (ZGF) is an American architectural firm with offices in Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Los Angeles, California; Washington D.C.; New York, New York; and Vancouver, Canada. | ||
ZOOX | ||
Zoox was founded to make personal transportation safer, cleaner, and more enjoyable—for everyone. | ||
ZipCar | ||
Zipcar is an American car-sharing company and a subsidiary of Avis Budget Group. Zipcar provides automobile reservations to its members, billable by the minute, hour or day; members may have to pay a monthly or annual membership fee in addition to car reservations charges. Zipcar was founded in 2000 by Antje Danielson and Robin Chase. | ||
Zum | ||
We provide an end-to-end, future-ready transportation solution powered by leading-edge platform technology, and analytics-driven operations, electric fleets to transport kids to and from school, and easy-to-use apps so you know how everything is going. | ||