It occurred to me that the scope of SOeC now resembled the origins of the now world famous Comic-Con forty years ago.
SOeC and Comic-Con: From Grassroots to Mainstream
This week San Diego is inundated with the cultural phenomenon which is Comic-Con. In a similar grassroots fashion to Securing Our eCity (SOeC), Comic-Con started nearly forty years ago and began to infuse mainstream culture.
- Both events initially stemmed from an enthusiastic ‘insider’ effort.
- Both gained momentum with multi-generational appeal.
- Where Comic-Con began to grow mainstream within twenty years of its inception,Securing Our eCity’s public-private cooperation has grown from five to twenty to over two hundred stakeholders in its first two years, including the likes of DHS, SPAWAR, SAIC, SDSU, UCSD, many Tribal councils, Baja California’s Secretary of Public Safety and many more.
Thoughts?
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This years Comic-Con was my eigth consecutive. Just over the last couple years, I have personally seen it grow dramatically, as more and more big companies bought into the event. The geek culture is king at Comic-Con and the world of technology is a huge part of the fuel of its popularity. I hope this same concept continues to fuel SOeC as technology becomes even more popular to the general public.