This is, ultimately, the single most important item on the agenda: how best to bust the barriers that prevent city governments (and their partners in the private sector) from unleashing the power of the cloud in ways that will dramatically improve municipal service delivery, while engaging the broad public-at-large in new and more meaningful ways.

To find out who's already breaking through obstacles, and to see how they're actually doing it, some of the breakthrough innovations will be showcased during the "Meeting of the Minds" from Sept 9-11 in Toronto.