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8:00am PDT

Learning Expedition: Making an Impact: Addressing climate change in the city through inclusion and innovationFULL Impact Hub Seattle [Learning Expedition]: Developing a More Creative CityFULL City-wide locations Finding a Way Out: Imagining human-centered responses to homelessness and addiction (Day 2 Learning Expedition)FILLING Impact Hub Seattle - Globe Room [Learning Expedition] Engagement, Empowerment and Diversity: Addressing civic engagement in the cityFILLING Impact Hub Seattle

9:00am PDT

Unlikely Allies: Morning welcome Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage CASE STUDY SESSION: Practical Tips and Tactics for Entrepreneurs and Innovators Who Want to Partner with Local Government Impact Hub Seattle- 4th Floor Learning Studio DISCUSSION: Platforms for Civic Change: Diverse ideas of how Impact Hubs from around the globe are becoming platforms for big changes in their cities Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage THINK TANK: Integrating Refugees in Local Economies: Challenges & Opportunities Impact Hub Seattle- 3rd Floor Learning Studio THINK TANK + DISCUSSION: Maker Cities: Social Impact meets the Maker Movement Impact Hub Seattle- Waterfall Room SIMA Impact Videos: 7 Short Films from Social Impact Media Awards Impact Hub Seattle- Triangle Room

10:30am PDT

KEYNOTE: If technology is the answer, what’s the question?: A deeper look at technology's role in the advancement of our cites Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage

11:15am PDT

Break Impact Hub Seattle

11:35am PDT

KEYNOTE: The Future of Human Habitat and the Emergence of Homo Regenesis Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage CASE STUDY SESSION: Leading Systemic Collaboration in Improvised Cities Impact Hub Seattle- 4th Floor Learning Studio CASE STUDY SESSION: Sharing Cities: The Opportunity to Turbocharge Social and Environmental Transformation Impact Hub Seattle- 3rd Floor Learning Studio MASTERCLASS: Help, the robots are taking over! How to put humans, not technology, at the center of your product & service design Impact Hub Seattle- Waterfall Room

12:25pm PDT

KEYNOTE: The new age of power-sharing, direct engagement, and creation Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage

1:00pm PDT

SIMA Films: Familia Ayara & From Gangs to Gardens: Lunch Screening Impact Hub Seattle - Globe Room

1:05pm PDT

Unlikely Allies Lunch Impact Hub Seattle

2:15pm PDT

SIMA Flims: Silent River + Discussion Impact Hub Seattle - Globe Room The Exchange: Getting Started & Round 1 Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage Case Study: The Wellbeing Project: Connecting inner work / personal development to social change Impact Hub Seattle- 3rd Floor Learning Studio THINK TANK: Who’s Left Out?: Exploring the social infrastructure needed in the era of mass globalization & urbanization Impact Hub Seattle- Waterfall Room

2:30pm PDT

The Exchange - Session 1: Deep Dish - Exploring and Expanding our capacity to have courageous conversation and authentic community building at the intersection of race, class, and the bottom line. Hosts Ashara Ekundayo... Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 2: How do we create the conditions/culture to make the city into an "Impact HUB" rather than try to bring the whole city into a building called "Impact HUB" Host: Martin Montero Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 3: What is restorative Development? Host: Eva Otto Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 4: Ecosystems have been built around transistors, PC's, and software. I'd like to build them around wicked problems instead, to attract impact investors and entrepreneurs. How might we do... Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage

3:35pm PDT

Skill Share - Session 1: I can help with digital tools to enable communities to help each other. Beat Social Isolation in cities. Host: Alex Impact Hub Seattle - 2nd Floor Coworking Space Skill Share - Session 2: Volunteer management and building a vibrant community of volunteers working on different projects and getting rewards for it. I'm a founder of Hub Volunteer Service which is doing a great... Impact Hub Seattle - 2nd Floor Coworking Space Skill Share - Session 3: What is Human Centered Design as it applies to cities? Host: Judi Brown Impact Hub Seattle - 2nd Floor Coworking Space The Exchange - Session 1: How does Impact HUB lead social inclusion in a time of increased polarization and fear? (Trump, Brexit, etc) Hosts: Alex and Khalid Ali Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 2: Sustainable Urban Mobility - Continuing from the case study session with Vancouver's Impact Express. How is mobility linked to quality of life in cities? Host: Axel Bozier Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 3: Mobilized Impact Hubs globally on post-disaster relief areas. Host: Sam Bloch Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 4: Impact Virtual Reality and VR for Good - What is the next phase of this content creation and how can the Impact Hub community play a part? Host: James Hanusa Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange - Session 5: Supporting and developing marginalized communities (specifically communities of color). Host: Stephanie Duncker Impact Hub Seattle- Triangle Room The Exchange - Session 6: Community Asset Mapping. What is it? How do you do it? What are the tools and processes for effective mapping? Host: Lawrence Grodesta Impact Hub Seattle- Triangle Room The Exchange: Round 2 Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage

4:40pm PDT

Skill Share - Session 1: Multi-Stakeholder Engagement and Organizational change via gaming and simulation Host: Maarten Robben-Giraud Impact Hub Seattle - 2nd Floor Coworking Space Skill Share - Session 2: Water for Resilient Cities & Green Developments Host: Morgan Brown Impact Hub Seattle - 2nd Floor Coworking Space The Exchange Session 1: From Moments to Movements | Hosts: Imandeep Kaur and Konda Mason Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange Session 2: Info & Best Practice Sharing w/ Sudan & other Countries | Host: Hana Awad Babikar Ahmed Elkaris Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage The Exchange Session 3: Creating Access to Angel and Venture Capital | Host: Keith Ippez Impact Hub Seattle- Triangle Room The Exchange: Round 3 Impact Hub Seattle - Mainstage

5:30pm PDT

We Are The City: Festival Closing: ALL Unlikely Allies Unite To Create Final Solutions Impact Hub Seattle

6:30pm PDT

We Are The City: Celebration Impact Hub Seattle

7:00pm PDT

Allies Auction Impact Hub Seattle- 3rd Floor Learning Studio