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INTERNATIONAL DAY
Roundtable Discussions
International Day 2015 highlights developments, trends, and opportunities across five industry tracks, responding to challenges posed by the Brooklyn Borough President.
The World to NYC Global Industry Challenge Delves into New Manufacturing
In 2014, New York International and the New York City Economic Development Corporation( NYCEDC) organized the World to NYC: Global Industry Challenge on New Manufacturing. The development of 3D printing, the Internet of Things, and connected devices has made New York a worldwide hub in this field. Yet there are still challenges of starting up in the city, and last year’ s roundtable discussions tackled these challenges head on, with a variety of representatives from big and small companies in NYC. The participants focused on what needs to change to ensure the future of NYC’ s new manufacturing, covering a range of challenges of starting in NYC. See page 13 for an overview of the challenges posed and outcomes from the 2014 roundtables.
New Manufacturing New Media FinTech
HOST: Tomorrow Lab HOST: Made in NY Media Center by IFP HOST: Partnership for NYC
@ TomorrowLabNYC
Tomorrow Lab is a product design and engineering consultancy with a focus on prototyping new hardware technology and turning those prototypes into market-ready products.
@ NYMediaCenter
The Made in NY Media Center by IFP, located in Brooklyn, is a unique collaboration between the Made in NY business initiative, celebrating entrepreneurial innovation and content creation in New York City, and the Independent Filmmaker Project, the nation’ s oldest and largest organization of independent filmmakers, we are a new kind of co-working space and exhibition venue designed to connect and incubate the next generation of artists and creators.
@ Partnership4NYC
The Partnership for New York City is a nonprofit membership organization comprised of a select group of CEOs with a mission to engage the business community in efforts to advance the City’ s economy as the center of world commerce, finance, and innovation. The Partnership Fund for New York City, a $ 135 million evergreen fund, invests in initiatives that create jobs, improve economically distressed communities, and stimulate new business creation.
Industry Overview
New manufacturing stands at the intersection of the physical and the digital, finding new ways to create using digital technologies, with 3D printing as the largest example. These new and local methods allow companies creating connected devices to test new prototypes more easily, faster, and cheaper than before.
Industry Overview
New Media takes all forms of traditional media( text, photographs, and video) into the digital age, digitizing content creation and distributing that content more rapidly than ever before. New York City is home to boundary-shattering creative types from all around the world. It’ s also a booming epicenter for the media, entertainment and digital technology sectors.
Industry Overview
Financial technology, also known as fintech, uses software to disrupt the existing financial services industry. In New York, the capital of finance, fintech startups get faster consideration for their products from the wide consumer market as well as the expertise from Wall Street and beyond.
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