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17/11/2020
How Companies and Innovators Can Work Together to Build Smart and Sustainable Cities
17/11/2020
People-focused Smart Cities: Urban Digital Transformation Working for the Benefit of All
17/11/2020
How the COVID Response and Recovery Are Driving the Evolution of Digital Cities Now, Faster than Ever Before
17/11/2020
Adopting Technologies Responsibly: a Global Policy Roadmap for Ethical Smart Cities
Featured Partners
Amazon
Empowering the City Being with Intelligence and Vitality
Dell Technologies. Digital Cities of the Future. Built Today. Leading the industry with an outcomes-based process for computer vision.
Microsoft explores the theme of empowering people, enhancing government, enabling societies, were we will highlight how Microsoft can help cities with their economic recovery
CISCO
Making Tech Work For People Across the Globe
EmPowering the smart city revolution: Electrification and Digitalization as keywords to drive decarbonisation, unlock funding and pave the way for sustainable city models
Smart Ports: Piers of the Future 2020
SEAT MÓ: heading towards electric urban mobility
CISCO. Between envisioning a better world and creating one, there’s a bridge.
Un-Habitat. A better quality of life for all in an urbanizing world
China Electronics Technology Digital & Smart Technology Co., Ltd., is engaged in providing integrated services such as consultancy, planning and digitalized solution for smart cities’ initiatives.
RACC Mobility Club: Working towards a sustainable mobility, consistent with the economic and social progress of the cities
DELOITTE driving sustainable urban transformation
How the combination of 5G and AI will empower smart city development？
The Best of Smart City Live 2020
Rethinking Urban Planning in Developing Economies
Energy & Environment
Envisioning our urban future together
Energy & Environment
How the COVID response and recovery are driving the evolution of digital cities now, faster than ever before
Enabling Technologies
CARLO RATTI: Reinventing the Post-pandemic World
Living & Inclusion
Making Tech Work For People Across the Globe
Living & Inclusion
How will the combination of 5G and AI empower smart city development？
Enabling Technologies
How can Micro-Mobility Support a Green and Sustainable Recovery?
Mobility
SASKIA SASSEN: Urban Fragilities in a Post-pandemic World
Living & Inclusion
Electrification and Digitalization to Empower the Smart City Revolution
Energy & Environment
Empowering the City Being with Intelligence and Vitality
Enabling Technologies
Urban Mobility Trends Post-Lockdown
Mobility
The Port as an Economic Driver of the City
Energy & Environment
PARAG KHANNA: Cities Reshaping the World Order
Mobility
New infrastructure enabling new Governance
Enabling Technologies
2020 World Smart City Awards Ceremony
Enabling Technologies
Mobility of tomorrow: faster, safer and cleaner
Are air taxis the future of urban transport?
Mobility
Mastering mobility: The untapped potential of urban waterways
Mobility
Mastering mobility with inclusiveness by design
Mobility
Mastering mobility: public space and public health
Mobility
Woven City: when car manufacturers design smart cities
Mobility
Milton Keynes is testing driverless buses as part of its efforts to enhance urban mobility
Mobility
How Cities Are Placing People at the Center of Urban Mobility Transformations
Living & Inclusion
From Streets to Society: How Urban Planning is Shaping a Human-Centered Future
Infrastructure & Building
Fiat factory to mixed-use building: an architectural history of the iconic Lingotto
Infrastructure & Building
The case for congestion pricing: the benefits beyond the controversy
Mobility
Cities at the forefront of climate fight
What exactly is climate resilience, and why is it such a red-hot topic right now?
Energy & Environment
Paris has already cut its air pollution by half, but this is only the beginning
Energy & Environment
Cleaner, quieter, more affordable: How pneumatic waste collection works
Energy & Environment
The water scarcity problem (and how cities are preparing to tackle it)
Energy & Environment
Are power grids ready for zero-emission mobility?
Energy & Environment
How technology is being used to optimize city landfill sites and reduce emissions
Energy & Environment
Pornainen (Finland) plans to store solar and wind energy during the harsh Nordic winter
Energy & Environment
Beyond decarbonization: How direct air capture seeks to drive the energy industry
Energy & Environment
Unexpected risks of urban wildfires: How smoke and soot threaten cities
Energy & Environment
The mobility pyramid: a roadmap for a future of sustainable urban transport
Energy & Environment
Everyone counts: making cities more inclusive
Can good urban planning reduce obesity?
Living & Inclusion
Beyond the playground: how cities are reimagining spaces for kids
Living & Inclusion
How Cities Are Placing People at the Center of Urban Mobility Transformations
Living & Inclusion
How underutilized urban spaces are being repurposed for sports
Living & Inclusion
How can cities help visually impaired people?
Living & Inclusion
Makerspaces for economic development and social cohesion
Living & Inclusion
How cities around the world are tackling poverty
Living & Inclusion
Is it possible to save suburbs from themselves?
Living & Inclusion
Singles and urbanism: towards cities with fewer couples
Living & Inclusion
Can we combat poverty with an app?
Living & Inclusion
Tech for the better
Startups to Watch in Latin America’s Smart City Ecosystem
Enabling Technologies
How AI and IoT will transform cities in 2025
Enabling Technologies
Five smart city trends expected for 2025
Enabling Technologies
Internet of forests’ technology introduced to protect rainforests in Colombia
Enabling Technologies
How generative AI is shaping today’s cities
Enabling Technologies
How AI-powered LiDAR technology is rapidly gaining momentum, playing a transformative role in enhancing life within smart cities
Enabling Technologies
Will We Live Better?
Enabling Technologies
AI and small countries: How Rwanda and Singapore aim to achieve remarkable results despite their limited geographic size
Enabling Technologies
Technology, AI and Governance: The Era of Smart Collaboration
Enabling Technologies
Navigating Urban Challenges with GovTech Solutions
Enabling Technologies
The Tech Answers Making Cities Go Green
Enabling Technologies
Neighborhood Transformation: Co-creating Solutions in Europe
Enabling Technologies
Digital Transformation Strategies and Tools for Urban Innovation
Enabling Technologies
Connecting for Greener Cities
Enabling Technologies
A Digital Revolution Designed for All
Enabling Technologies
Pathways to Digital Democracy: Lessons from the global south
Enabling Technologies
Wellbeing-Based Smart City Policy Design
Enabling Technologies
Enabling Technologies to Enhance Quality of Life in Hail City
Enabling Technologies
How Cities are Digitally Transforming: Preliminary Findings from 2024 Smart Cities Index Report
Enabling Technologies
Driving Public Sector Innovation through GovTech
Enabling Technologies
People-Centred Smart Cities towards a Inclusive Global Digital Future
Enabling Technologies
Navigating the Digital Age of PropTech and Real Estate
Enabling Technologies
Delivering an Inclusive Urban Digital Transformation
Enabling Technologies
‘Building tomorrow: Sunderland UK, City of Smart’
Enabling Technologies
Reimagining Tomorrow: Cutting-Edge Tech in Urban Design
Enabling Technologies
How cities are leading the development of local digital twins
Enabling Technologies
Empowering Urban Resilience through Digital Twins
Enabling Technologies
From Idea to Product: Cities’ Digital Twins Empowered by R&I
Enabling Technologies
Partnerships in the Digital Age: Transforming Operations with Intermodal Data and Digital Twin Technology
Enabling Technologies
AI Enabling Urban Decision-Making
Enabling Technologies
AI Beyond Chatbots: Meaningful Use Cases that Drive Real Impact
Enabling Technologies
Drones to the rescue: How these devices are easing the impact of hurricanes and other disasters
Enabling Technologies
Digital Rights In Our Cities: From Challenges To Solutions
Enabling Technologies
Predicting Tomorrow through Data-Driven Management
Enabling Technologies
Safeguarding Elections in the AI and GenAI Era
Enabling Technologies
Building Vision AI Pipelines using Nx Tookit
Enabling Technologies
Shaping the Digital Future Ethically
Enabling Technologies
Technology, Equity, and the Future of Digital Inclusion
Enabling Technologies
Centering “Smartness:” the Challenges and Opportunities of Doing Ethics for “Smart” Environments
Enabling Technologies
Tech-Forward Construction Shaping the Future of Building
Enabling Technologies
Innovative Solutions for Smart Urban Infrastructure
Enabling Technologies
Transforming City Life with Advanced Digital Services
Enabling Technologies
Madrid’s AI-Driven Approach to Transforming Tourism
Enabling Technologies
Beyond Access: Emerging Tech for Inclusive City Living
Enabling Technologies
Lean Innovation: The Way Forward for Urban Mobility?
Enabling Technologies
Cutting-Edge Tech Empowering a Greener Future
Enabling Technologies
AI’s Sustainability Challenge
Enabling Technologies
2024 World Smart City Awards Ceremony
Enabling Technologies
Leadership in Action: Crafting Safe and Tech-Forward Cities
Enabling Technologies
Urban Technologies Shaping the City’s Skylines
Enabling Technologies
Data privacy & security in smart cities
How Valencia and Tallinn are using entrepreneurship to mitigate disasters
Safety & Security
Drone in a box: a solution for emergency response
Safety & Security
Drones to the rescue: How these devices are easing the impact of hurricanes and other disasters
Enabling Technologies
Digital Rights In Our Cities: From Challenges To Solutions
Enabling Technologies
The Role of Public Transport Companies
Mobility
How AI and Smart Technologies are Transforming Urban Infrastructure
Enabling Technologies
Fire protection technology: how New Orleans improved its safety by providing free smoke detectors
Safety & Security
Are illuminated pedestrian crossings effective in preventing accidents?
Safety & Security
This is how emergency systems work in a smart city
Safety & Security
How Japan managed to avoid the costly price of earthquakes
Safety & Security
Smart cities. Smart villages. Smart territories
What makes a city attractive to talent?
Governance
Columbus, the smart city leading by example
Governance
Fukushima after the catastrophe: What’s the current situation and how do its residents live
Governance
How are YOU Supporting Women in Technology?
Governance
Navigating Urban Challenges with GovTech Solutions
Enabling Technologies
Leveraging Collective Intelligence for Local Solutions: a CEMR Perspective
Governance
Co-design in citizen science & software development for the Blue Economy
Governance
Collectively Moving Cities Forward
Governance
Joint Horizons—Partnerships for a Smart Recovery in Ukraine
Governance
How Cities Are Cooling Neighborhoods and Buildings to Protect Residents
Energy & Environment
Reinventing Cities: Public-Private Collaboration for Sustainable Urban Regeneration
Energy & Environment
Sustainable Urban Evolution & World Cup 2026
Governance
AI Chatbots in City Governance: Enhancing Public Services and Citizen Engagement
Governance
Smart City Expo and Tomorrow Editions Abroad: A Global Conversation Throughout the Year
Governance
Trasforming Rome. Meet the Mayor Gualtieri
Energy & Environment
Calling all Cities to Action: Tackling the Climate Emergency
Energy & Environment
Elevating Urban Living: Engaging Communities and Integrating Services for a Net Positive Smart City
Governance
The momentum of smart cities in Latin America
Governance
Open data: how can they improve citizen engagement and the economy?
Governance
Can citizens design their own streets?
Governance
How private companies are exerting a growing influence on urban planning processes
Governance
AI urbanism: risks and benefits of a seemingly unstoppable movement
Governance
George Burciaga, U.S. Mayoral Roundtable: Connected City Game Changers
Governance
Metropolis: Creating a global network for urban collaboration with Jordi Vaquer
Governance
CEMR: Advocating for European Municipalities and Regions with Fabrizio Rossi
Governance
Nova Cidade – Shaping the Narrative of Modern City Living
Governance
Nvidia – Cities the collection of Smart Spaces
Governance
How is the UK driving the smart urban revolution?
Governance
Right to time: new rights for new times
Governance
Michael Hancock, City of Denver: Smart is a value of us, not a program
Governance
John Roberson, City of Chicago: Smart is about using tech to ensure each citizen has access to everything they need
Governance
Shawyn Patterson-Howard, City of Mount Vernon: Diversity makes our community rich
Governance
Farrah Khan, City of Irvine: The park as a learning tool
Governance
George Burciaga: Build profitability, scale it, create the change long-term
Economy
The power of digital tools in the unpredictable age of technology
Enabling Technologies
How US Mayors and City Leaders are Collaborating to Create Economic Vitality
Economy
Human Rights in the Digital Era: Lessons From Cities in Europe and Latin America
Governance
Risk and Resilience Governance: Sub-national Government Is the Glue
Governance
Muti-level Governance for Smart Cities and Communities
Economy
Spanish Cities Leading the Testing of Urban Advances
Economy
Managing Smart City Governance – A playbook for Local and Regional Governments
Governance
Innovative urban governance models designed to overcome smart city challenges
Governance
Governance-in-Partnership to Achieve an Inclusive Green Transition
Energy & Environment
Up-to-date Policies for Cities in Motion
Economy
Open Innovation for Liveable Cities: The Case of Amsterdam Smart City
Economy
Portugal’s Smart City Odyssey: a Cruise to Data-Driven Excellence
Economy
New paradigms for Urban Innovation and Sustainable Growth
Economy
Barcelona Declaration: European Cities for European Policymaking and Democracy
Governance
Innovate or Die: The New Urban Imperative
Economy
Smart Cities Around the World
Governance
Welcome to The New Urban Era
Governance
Economic recovery & future-proof business models
Empty offices are costing cities a fortune (and how some are fighting to change this disastrous situation)
Economy
Ports Open to the City: How Smart Ports Bring Value to BCN & L.A.
Economy
OPENING SESSION: LIVE, MOVE & BUILD BETTER
Economy
The Rise of Lovable Cities at Global Race for Talent
Economy
CopenPay: How Copenhagen wants to be greener with responsible tourism
Economy
Brazilian Startups: Overcoming the Decline in Investments with Efficient Public Policies
Economy
What is the blue economy and how it may save our oceans
Economy
What are the imminent remote working trends that will affect cities?
Economy
Microsoft – Spearheading a revolution in the tech landscape with Kirk Arthur
Economy
Tak Nagumo, Japan: How can we solve the problem of aging population?
Economy
From intelligent buildings to intelligent infrastructures
Europe’s Smartest Moves – Top Climbers in the IMD Smart City Index 2025
Infrastructure & Building
The Shard, the building at the forefront of innovative construction in London
Infrastructure & Building
Les Espaces d’Abraxas: the unique brutalist housing complex that has inspired Hollywood for over 40 years
Infrastructure & Building
Sydney Opera House: some interesting facts about its architecture
Infrastructure & Building
Trees-as-Infrastructure: Ensuring Cool, Green and Resilient Cities
Infrastructure & Building
Exercise and urban gyms: the solution for staying fit in cities
Infrastructure & Building
Habitat 67: a brutalist icon where suburban home meets urban apartment
Infrastructure & Building
From Streets to Society: How Urban Planning is Shaping a Human-Centered Future
Infrastructure & Building
Are prefab homes the solution to housing access in the UK?
Infrastructure & Building
Fiat factory to mixed-use building: an architectural history of the iconic Lingotto
Infrastructure & Building
A new age for retail and brands
The best urban design of 2021
Infrastructure & Building
The rapid rise of the urban consumer class
Infrastructure & Building
Honeywell Forge: A Enterprise Performance Management Software-as-a-Service
Infrastructure & Building
Beabloo: Digitization Solutions for Urban Retail
Infrastructure & Building
How the pandemic jumpstarted “omnichannel” commerce
Infrastructure & Building
MIT’s newest robot can help elderly people get dressed
Infrastructure & Building
4 ways how digitization can help unorganized retail to flourish, during the pandemic
Infrastructure & Building
Smart Retail Market Size and Share 2021 | Global Industry Analysis By Trends, Future Demands, Growth Factors 2027
Infrastructure & Building
How Indonesian neighborhood retailers can accelerate into the digital economy
Infrastructure & Building
Algorithmic assembly lines: Digitalization and resistance in the retail sector
Infrastructure & Building
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Test People (Profiles)
Inés Sánchez de Madariaga
Women's New European Bauhaus, UPM & Professor, UNESCO Chair on Gender