Since 2011, VERGE events have circled the globe, organizing the emerging ecosystem of innovators and entrepreneurs at the intersection of sustainability and technology.
VERGE San Francisco 2012 kicked off with HackCity, where developers turned big data and big ideas into mobile apps that solve energy and sustainability challenges.
More than 75 developers, coders, and designers (a.k.a. “hackers”) from as far away as Germany and Japan participated in HackCity.
“The future of sustainability is about data.” Watch this 2-minute video about HackCity.
GreenBiz Executive Editor Joel Makower opens HackCity, at Code for America headquarters in San Francisco.
HackCity contestants compete for $7,000 in prizes offered by Johnson Controls, OnStar, and PG&E.
Candid camera: Behind-the-scenes action in the moments before the SF conference launch, narrated by Joel Makower.
Showtime! Joel Makower and GreenBiz Group CEO Eric Faurot open the VERGE 2012 conference at the InterContinental San Francisco.
Strong foundation: USGBC founding chairman Rick Fedrizzi on the bond between GreenBuild and VERGE.
More than 600 people packed the InterContinental Hotel to hear a world-class line-up of tech and sustainability executives, thought leaders, policy makers, and entrepreneurs.
Shout out to VERGE sponsors!
Facebook’s Bill Weihl tells why “integrating social” is a means of offering your customers more value.
