%0 Journal Article %J Open Source Business Resource %D 2010 %T OpenOttawaLibre: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Building Creative Cities %A Michael Ayukawa %A Julie Dupont %X OpenOttawaLibre (OOL) is a multidisciplinary approach that is being developed to strengthen Ottawa's position as a creative city. Faced with stiff competition from globally dominant mega-centres, smaller cities like Ottawa can compensate for their size by actively bringing together people to exchange ideas, share perspectives, and form new partnerships to solve existing and emerging problems. OOL will make it easy to organize these events and lower the risk by developing an ecosystem with experienced facilitators, physical resources, and proven processes. OOL is anchored by Ottawa's cultural planning group and aims to make Ottawa a global magnet for creative industries and talent. %B Open Source Business Resource %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %8 08/2010 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/371 %N August 2010 %9 Articles %1 Cornerportal Michael Ayukawa is founder of Cornerportal, a company making it easy and low risk to organize your own cultural event. Michael is also a Master's student in the Technology Innovation Management program at Carleton University who has embraced the paradigm of the business ecosystem. %2 City of Ottawa Julie DuPont is a Cultural Planner for the City of Ottawa, she has a degree in fine art and a diploma in fine metals. Julie has been working in project management of Public Art for the last 20 years. She has a keen interest in digital technology and creative ideas.