Glad to hear that! It's what I told the main organisers too: That they should not limit themselves to an audience from tech companies, academia and municipalities, but also look to make it fun to attend for "normal" citizens. Seeing how the future of cities might look, and partaking in a open dialogue on how developments ought to be, should not just be someone's job, it should be everyone's engagement.
Yup, as I mentioned briefly, I think a blockchain-like solution would be best. I can also imagine the SMT system being used to get citizens to participate in open innovation, and to discuss how and where the city can improve. But that's content and discussion for another post entirely ^^
Oh definitely, the people who aren't as likely to usually go to it need the appeal so they can go and enjoy.
SMT would be a good way to involve them and I can't wait to see how SMT changes things.