Hack-a-thon, Urban Innovation and the Summer of Smart

Summer of Smart is an organization that's harnessing the cognitive surplus of San Francisco's geekiest and activist-est by creating "Hackathons" - 48 hour interdisciplinary mashups of "developers, designers, community leaders, urban planners, journalists, artists, and other creative minds will rapidly prototype solutions to some of the city’s most recognized needs. The best of the apps and ideas will be presented to the candidates and city in September."

Summer of Smart is an initiative of the Gray Area Foundation, whose vision statement includes "Unlock unexpected innovation by bringing togther art, design, sound, and technology"

The first one is on June 24-26 in San Francisco