Peter Hirshberg

Peter Hirshberg

President at City Innovate Foundation

Peter Hirshberg has been at the forefront of innovation and disruptive change in emerging media and technology for the past 25 years. He is passionate about the intersection of technology and civic engagement and has been instrumental in creating two urban innovation hubs from the ground up.

He is president of the City Innovate Foundation, an organization formed with the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, UC Berkeley and the MIT Media Lab to promote a network of global civic innovation centers.

President and founder of San Francisco’s Gray Area Art and Technology Theater, he is co-author of ” Maker City , which examines economic development. He is the founder of the Reimagine Group helping brands with strategy.

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