MONDAY INTEREST GROUPS
9:30 – 10:30

BEQUEST AND LEGACY GIVING EDUCATION
Fellowships Room 
BOOK DISCUSSION:  The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
Heritage Room
HANDWORK/ CRAFTS: Knitting
Dining Room
HOT TOPICS
Founders Room
TRAVEL: China Tour 2014
Presidents’ Hall
WRITERS’ GROUP
Library

TECH SAVVY:  How Big Data Helps Citizens
10:45 – 11:45
Presidents’ Hall 

Speaker: Otto Doll, Chief Information Officer (CIO), City of Minneapolis, minneapolismn.gov/it/ The city of Minneapolis is using big-data tools to analyze and predict trends throughout the city, from predicting crime to determining which parcels of vacant land are more attractive to developers. “The intention of this program is to help coordinate information between and among the various departments to help make our public services more efficient and more useful to the residents of Minneapolis,” so says Betsy Hodges.

 ANNOUNCEMENTS
11:45 – 12:00

LUNCHEON
12:00 – 1:15

AS THE WORLD CHANGES:  Urban Transformation in Times of Bankruptcy
1:15 – 2:15
Presidents’ Hall 

Speaker: Michael Goldman, Associate Professor of Sociology and Institute for Global Studies, University of Minnesota
Why are so many cities around the world in debt and facing bankrupcy? What are the new rules dictating? What effect do these crises have on the vitality of city life and on long-standing concerns of poverty, inequality, and democracy?