Chelsea Collier convenes people across sectors to focus on how technology can be applied to civic and social challenges. She is the Founder of  Digi.City, a forum for supporting the co-creation of smart(er) cities and more connected communities. She also serves as the editor-at-large for Smart Cities Connect, which provides news, networking, and educational opportunities in the area of smart cities. Collier is a University of Manchester (UK) Simon Industrial & Professional Fellow (2019), a Marshall Memorial Fellow (2018), and an  Eisenhower Fellow (2016). She is also the co-author of the Smart Cities Playbook and the creator of the Digi.City Smart(er) Cities Toolkit.