Let’s Innovate for Vegas

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Oct 2026

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Our audio program about the Innovate for Vegas Foundation, our volunteers, our projects, our ideas, and how what we are working on will ideally impact our communities in and around Las Vegas in positive ways, while at the same time empowering our volunteers to make a difference, for their friends and neighbors and for themselves.

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October 27, 2026Episode 19359 min

Episode 0193: AI 2027

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Tuning up our AI policies for the upcoming calendar year (and beyond?) as the world continues to evolve with us… Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation PodLink for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

October 20, 2026Episode 19247 min

Episode 0192: Websites

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Our websites and web-based undertakings have been in dire need of attention, design, and development in various combinations for far too long and as Merlin might tell you, the future has taken root in the present. Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation PodLink for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 Smart-City.Vegas https://smart-city.vegas AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

October 13, 2026Episode 19132 min

Episode 0191: Foundation and Cohort

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: We mention the two homepages and the reason for having two entrances to our organization, let’s go into some detail for the curious… Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Pod.link for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

October 6, 2026Episode 19053 min

Episode 0190: Smart City Sprint 2026

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Smarter Smart City Challenge approaches on the January 2027 horizon, but what about Global Entrepreneurship Week in November 2026? A good time to spend a week of Ideating around Civic Innovation possibilities that could elevate your community and maybe turn into a startup… Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Pod.link for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 Smart-City.Vegas https://smart-city.vegas AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

September 29, 2026Episode 18959 min

Episode 0189: Hacktoberfest 2026 is Different

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Another year, another Hacktoberfest, the format has changed drastically so some of the issues have magically disappeared, but is it right for what we’re doing? Maybe not… Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Pod.link for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 Hacktoberfest https://hacktoberfest.com/ AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

September 23, 2026Episode 18857 min

Episode 0188: Challenge Code of Conduct

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The upcoming Smarter Smart City Challenge is right around the corner, and we always want our activities and undertakings to be a good and safe experience for all, so let’s take a look at Code of Conduct requirements and expectations. Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Pod.link for Let’s Innovate for Vegas https://pod.link/1832591327 Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct v2.1 https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/2/1/code_of_conduct/ Contributor Covenant Code of Conduct v 3.0 https://www.contributor-covenant.org/version/3/0/code_of_conduct/ Contributor Covenant FAQ https://www.contributor-covenant.org/faq/ AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

September 15, 2026Episode 18739 min

Episode 0187: The Challenge Approaches

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: The Smarter Smart City Challenge 2027 will be upon us soon enough, and while it is to last through the entire year, it also needs to be ready to start on the start date, so the Meta Planning continues, again… Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Smart City Vegas https://smart-city.vegas/ AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

September 8, 2026Episode 18656 min

Episode 0186: Visibility Transparency Observability

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: We literally just talked about Age Verification in the previous episode of this program, and the world then learned about many millions of identity records held by a third party stolen in a security breach. Or why open systems are a better idea. Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation PII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_data Pseudonymous https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudonym Visibility (sort of) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual_perception Transparency https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transparency_(behavior ) Observability https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Observability AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

September 1, 2026Episode 18555 min

Episode 0185: Age Verification

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Online age verification is coming, and in some cases has already been here for quite some time, our Global Innovation Hub should take the lead here where checking ID is par for the course in Greater Vegas. Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation Wikipedia info (ongoing) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_media_age_verification_laws_in_the_United_States Nevada DMV (ID section) https://dmv.nv.gov/nvdl.htm Wikipedia Real ID Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/REAL_ID_Act Nevada Real ID https://dmv.nv.gov/realid.htm COPPA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Protection_Act AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.

August 25, 2026Episode 18447 min

Episode 0184: Back to Work

Show Notes Host: Dan Hugo Summary: Directors seated, taxes filed, LinkedIn deprecated, one or two more things on the to-do list, it is time to get back to work to enable the Civic Volunteer Spring and, of course, the upcoming Smarter Smart City Challenge come January 2027. Links Innovate for Vegas Cohort https://innovateforvegas.org Innovate for Vegas Foundation https://innovateforvegas.foundation AI Disclosure Unless otherwise specified, ALL writing and speaking contained in this episode of Let’s Innovate for Vegas is 100% Human. Cover art, a single frame image, may be constructed with a combination of generative AI, clip art, real photographs, visual elements, various type faces, and other miscellaneous elements. A single cover art image may be converted to Video, to which the same disclosures apply.