About CityWorks(X)po

(BIG) ideas! (small) cities!

(X)po is a collaborative, co-creative, and multi-disciplinary idea exchange and festival conference. By day attendees will be immersed in thought provoking presentations, riveting performances and engaging dialogue. By night the conference continues with networking opportunities at amazing parties, street fests, and spectacular live music. Your registration includes admittance to all (X)po activities.

(X)po’s Purposes & Invitees

(X)po seeks to enhance connectivity within and between smaller cities and to explore exponential impact across six major themes: Capital & Social Entrepreneurship, Leadership & Good Government, Arts & Design, Knowledge & New Media, Outdoors & Recreation, and Food & Drink. (X)po’s speakers, panelists, and participants will include innovative leaders from each of these spheres.

(X)po convenes an annual placemaking summit focused on deeply and broadly strengthening small cities and towns. Attendees will represent communities from across the United States.

(X)po is a great opportunity to examine and enhance how America’s small cities share worthwhile ideas, projects, expenses, and perspective. This conference presents one of the nation’s best opportunities for placemaking idea exchanges focused on small cities.

(X)po’s vibe

(X)po is a celebration of small cities and the people, creativity and ideas that can make them great.

(X)po is a curated “Best of” experience with amazing speakers, music, and opportunities for relationship development. For those who are serious about placemaking and stronger communities, (X)po is one of the best events of the year.

(X)po is a supernova of change agents, placemakers, capital, arts and design, live music, worthwhile ideas, action plans, new colleagues, connectivity, technology, and locavore fare.

(X)po Themes & Representive topics

Knowledge & New Media

No University? No Problem

Creating the College Town Vibe Where There Is No College.

People Power

Social Web for Social Change, Crowdsource Funding and Resources to Make Ideas Happen.

Leadership & Good Government

Bad Apples

Dealing with Rogue Bureaucrats, Bad Cops, Self-Absorbed Creatives, and Other Obstacles.

Haystacks & Needles

Smart Ways to Find, Develop, and Empower Place Making Leaders.

Relationships & Progress

Exponential Impact through Trust, Candor and Vulnerability.

Arts & Design

The Physiology of Urban Planning

The Mind and Body of Cities.

One Empty Room

Using Human Capital and Empty Space to Create Extraordinary Places.

Bombing Your City...In a Good Way

Tactical Methodologies for Driving Vibrancy in Forgotten or Mistreated Urban Areas.

Food & Drink

Dig It!

Gaining Tradition from Farms, Locavore, Urban Gardening, Coffee, Spirits, and Beer.

Food Trucks

Mobile Food Builds Community.

Fueling Interaction

Craft Beers, Regional Wines and Sustainable Coffee.

Social Entrepreneurship & Capital

Overcoming the Building Owner Blockade

Getting Landlords on Board.

Cheap Tricks

25 Cool Ideas for Impact on a Low Budget.

It’s FREE

Pop Up Stores and Coffee Bars That Give It Away.

Outdoors & Recreation

The Amazing Bicycle

Maximizing the Broad and Deep Impact of Bicycles on Your City.

Hanging Out

10 Easy Ideas to Turn Dead Public Space into People Space.

Get Outside

Turning the Built Environment into a Jungle Gym for Urban Dwellers.