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Smart cities are about people – the citizens that live in them and the people leading the way to improve quality of life for residents and visitors.

We go behind the scenes and meet the city employees working to bring smart city strategies to life across the world.

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Featured Stories

City Lights: Laura Robertson-Collins, Climate Champion, Liverpool

30 Jul 2019

Laura Robertson-Collins, Liverpool’s first ’Climate Champion’, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about her new role and its remit.

City Lights: Sabrina Dorsainvil, Director of Civic Design, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics, Boston

10 May 2019

SmartCitiesWorld finds out more about the role of a civic designer and Boston’s Office of New Urban Mechanics.

City Lights: Khal Asfour, Mayor, City of Canterbury Bankstown, New South Wales

25 Apr 2019

Khal Asfour, Mayor for the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about the importance of consulting the community at the start of a smart city journey.

City Lights: Dr Andy Grayland, CISO for the Digital Office, Scottish Local Government

28 Mar 2019

Dr Andy Grayland, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Digital Office, Scottish Local Government, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about his vital role.

City Lights: Gary Brantley: CIO, City of Atlanta

14 Mar 2019

Gary Brantley, Chief Information Officer, City of Atlanta, talks to SmartCitiesWorld about his role in making Atlanta smarter.

City Lights: Jane Gilbert, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami

27 Feb 2019

Jane Gilbert, Chief Resilience Officer, City of Miami, explains what the role entails and why more cities are hiring for this position.

City Lights: Amy Lamé, Night Czar, London

24 Jan 2019

In 2016, London appointed Amy Lamé as its first Night Czar. SmartCitiesWorld talks to Amy about this intriguing job title and its role in the smart city.

City Lights: Alby Bocanegra, New York

11 Dec 2018

Alby Bocanegra, the City of New York’s Interim Chief Technology Officer, talks to Smart Cities World about the challenges of keeping up with new technologies, ensuring equitable smart cities and more.

City Lights: Pirkko Laitinen, Tampere

07 Nov 2018

We talk to Pirkko Laitinen, Smart City Marketing Specialist at the City of Tampere, about the importance of telling the smart city story effectively.

City Lights: Hanna Niemi-Hugaerts, Forum Virium Helsinki

29 Oct 2018

Hanna Niemi-Hugaerts, Director of IoT at Forum Virium Helsinki, tells Smart Cities World about her mission to make Helsinki “the most functional smart city in the world”.

Special Reports

Podcast: Take off your tech goggles, with Ben Green, author of The Smart Enough City

Green offers insights into why technology is not an end in itself and how cities can be “smart enough,” using technology to promote democracy and equity.