Coventry city council is breaking new ground by opening up a special online discussion with local people to discuss the future of their city.
Chief executive Martin Reeves said that the three-day exercise (which started on Tuesday), named CovJam and carried out with the support IBM, is the first of its type for a city.
"It's been used in the White House and by big corporations, but not in a city with its partners as we are doing," he said.
Facilitators are online from 8am to 8pm, although it will remain open between sessions for comments from the public. GC News reported that by early afternoon of the first day approximately 800 people were logged in and that about four times that number had registered to take part.
"We are using technology and online consultation to do two main things: get an idea about how we develop the city in the future and how we work together; and how stakeholders can get on and do it. It's about how we can collaborate," Reeves said.
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