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OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

Join us for insights from real-world case studies on the use of digital twins and AI as the present and future of urban management.

OnDemand Trend Report Panel Discussion: AI for personalised government services – building trust and inclusivity in cities

Join city and industry experts to explore how AI is enabling more personalised, accessible, and trusted government services, and uncover practical strategies for responsible AI adoption that benefits all citizens. Hear from Manchester City Council and the City of Tampere.

Special Reports

How AI cities shape Malaysia’s digital future – and the role of the region’s first Smart City ExpoSponsored by Smart City Expo Kuala Lumpur

Discover how Malaysia is leading the way in AI-powered urban innovation at the first Southeast Asian Smart City Expo in Kuala Lumpur.

Podcast: How cities can tackle their biggest challenges through partnershipSponsored by Venturous Group

Benson Tam of Venturous Group and Michael Kwok of Arup explain how innovative public and private partnerships are pushing the envelope for the future of cities.

Smart Cities Reports

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How cities can own their data and their future with sovereign AISponsored by PNY Technologies

Tune into the SmartCitiesWorld podcast to understand the world of sovereign AI for cities, featuring PNY Technologies’ Youssef Nadiri as our expert guest.

Podcast: Using mobility data to shape the future of citiesSponsored by TomTom

TomTom’s Ralf-Peter Schäfer discusses the power of real-time data in reshaping city life, and what the future holds for smart urban mobility.

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Beyond video: how cameras as IoT sensors are changing city safety operationsSponsored by Axis Communications

Andrea Sorri of Axis Communications explains how AI can be used to maximise insights from existing infrastructure and enable cities to avoid the costs of deploying new sensors.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite data has to play in helping cities tackle the challenges of climate change.

22 - 26 June 2026: Find out more

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

Smart Cities Reports

Find out how Dublin is innovating to improve experiences and services for its communities in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile, including digital twin projects, traffic reduction, and economic growth.

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Trend Report 2025: Planning and operating thriving cities – innovation for smarter urban living

Trend Series

Download our latest report to uncover how artificial intelligence is being used to support cities in how they plan and operate city services to ensure they are vibrant, sustainable and economically thriving modern spaces.

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OnDemand Panel Discussion: Digital twins and AI as the intelligent operating layer for cities

Webinars

Join us for insights from real-world case studies on the use of digital twins and AI as the present and future of urban management.

Latest Podcast

How cities can own their data and their future with sovereign AI

Podcasts

Tune into the SmartCitiesWorld podcast to understand the world of sovereign AI for cities, featuring PNY Technologies’ Youssef Nadiri as our expert guest.

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 32 – Flood and energy resilience in Quezon City

Urban Exchange Podcast

Tune in for the latest Urban Exchange where we get a first-hand account of city resilience measures from Quezon City following unexpected extreme rainfall.

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The latest news on open data in smart city projects across the world.

EU road safety project moves from concept to action

EU road safety project moves from concept to action

Road travel15 Dec 2025

With five pilot sites, the project aims to transform the way Europe monitors, evaluates and improves safety and maintenance of its urban and secondary roads.

City of Charlotte to host second data conference

City of Charlotte to host second data conference

Data management & software17 Nov 2025

City is inviting proposals from researchers, technologists, community leaders, and public sector professionals with a passion for using data to solve real-world challenges.

AI tool helps boost UK energy system operator’s solar forecasts

AI tool helps boost UK energy system operator’s solar forecasts

Solar power10 Nov 2025

Quartz Solar combines machine learning, live satellite imagery and weather data to generate forecasts up to days ahead, providing superior within-day performance.

Rome crowned Smart City of 2025 at Barcelona Expo

Rome crowned Smart City of 2025 at Barcelona Expo

News06 Nov 2025

Judges at the World Smart City Awards gala said Rome’s visionary strategy is leveraging data, 5G and digital twins to enhance urban governance, improve public services and build resilience.

London launches next-gen city data platform

London launches next-gen city data platform

Open data11 Jul 2025

The Data for London Library, which replaces the Datastore, aims to make it easier to use data to benefit Londoners and power smarter, AI-enabled public services.

San José launches citywide data strategy to promote equity and innovation

San José launches citywide data strategy to promote equity and innovation

Data management & software09 Jun 2025

Foundational principle of data-as-a-service makes it easier for departments to access, share, and use high-quality data to improve service coordination.

Rabat to host 11th FIWARE Global Summit

News14 May 2025

The Moroccan capital is staging the two-day, open-source event, which aims to highlight the potential of smart and sustainable territories beyond Europe.

Which US cities are emerging as leading tech hubs?

Which US cities are emerging as leading tech hubs?

Smart Cities News29 Jan 2025

The research was conducted to benchmark the leading metropolitan statistical areas based on their capacity to generate and embrace emerging technologies.

Nasa and IBM Research apply AI to weather and climate

Nasa and IBM Research apply AI to weather and climate

Climate action23 Sep 2024

The model seeks to offer a flexible, scalable way to address a variety of challenges related to short-term weather as well as long-term climate projection.

How open source tech can build a more sustainable future

How open source tech can build a more sustainable future

Open data04 Sep 2024

The FIWARE Global Summit will unite innovators to share knowledge and use cases deployed for smart cities, energy, mobility and other emerging sectors.

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SmartCitiesWorld launches AI CityXchange to support cities at every stage of AI adoption

A dedicated platform and series of workshop events focused on how AI is being applied across cities from experimentation to large-scale, embedded deployment.

What is ‘Smart City’ and why do we need them?

Smart city is the framework based on Information and Communication technologies that enable the development of sustainable practices to address the urbanisation challenges. Leveraging the technology is one of the foremost pillars of ‘smart cities’ in order to increase efficiencies and improve the quality of resident’s life and the city’s services.

AI used to monitor and optimise Swedish road infrastructure

Computer vision and machine learning specialist, Univrses, will work with the Swedish Transport Administration to digitise and manage roadside infrastructure.

UK train station harvests kinetic energy from commuters’ footsteps

The project at Leighton Buzzard station aims to show how untapped footfall energy at transport hubs represents a real opportunity to provide sustainable energy sources.

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 11 – Gareth Morgan, Cape Town – Mainstreaming and institutionalising urban resilience

Gareth Morgan, executive director of future planning and resilience for the City of Cape Town, joins the Urban Exchange to talk about his efforts to put resilience front and centre of all aspects of the city’s work.

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Our editorial newsletter pulls together our latest news items into one email, direct to your inbox. We also feature our latest city interviews, Special Reports and Guest Opinions.

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Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: Latitudo 40

Latitudo 40 sits at the convergence of satellite imagery analysis and AI and will demonstrate the vital role satellite ...

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS)

ESA’s Business Applications and Space Solutions (BASS) will be showcasing the potential for space applications to ...

The road ahead for machine learningSponsored by Cloudera

Michael Ger, managing director, manufacturing and automotive, Cloudera, explains why the data-intensive processes ...

Watch: Cloudera and IBM Storage discuss how cities can unlock the true value of their dataSponsored by Cloudera & IBM

SCW talks to Cloudera and IBM Storage on the power of big data and machine learning

Podcast: The data tech unlocking new value in smart cities

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Graeme Neill speaks to Alexander Zschaler, regional sales director at Cloudera ...

How can public services break silos to get smarter?Sponsored by Cloudera & IBM

Covid-19’s unprecedented digital transformation calls for an approach that breaks down silos.

Reviving smart cities with edge computing and 5G

How can edge computing and 5G help cities rebuild post Covid? Two executives from Wipro explain how.

The future of smart city technologySponsored by Huawei

Imagination and vision is required to enable successful digital transformation in our cities, writes Huawei’s Nadim ...

Jointly building a smart city helps us all enjoy better urban livesSponsored by Huawei

Closed ecosystems mean limited choices, limited innovation, limited success, writes York Yuekun.

Think Tank: collaboration, as much as tech, will rebuild smart cities

In the first of a new series, SCW board members will write about the burning issues facing smart cities. First is ...

Q&A: Huawei's Hong-Eng Koh on the value of digital transformationSponsored by Huawei

Hong-Eng Koh discusses how data is central to a smart city and the value technology offers.

With AI, Yanbu has become smarter and saferSponsored by Huawei

Yanbu has used Huawei’s Intelligent Traffic Management system to make a smarter, safer and better city, writes Thamer ...

The 14 pillars of a smart city

Strategies must take a holistic approach encompassing people, institutions, structures and operations, say Clint Vince, ...

Research

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

White Paper: A blueprint for using AI to create smarter cities

This white paper maps the end-to-end journey from data discovery to implementing complex AI models that can provide customised insight. It puts forward a blueprint for cities to use artificial intelligence to become smarter and more liveable by taking an outcomes-focused approach.

eBook: Harnessing open data to create smart communities

eBook: Harnessing open data to create smart communities

This eBook, illustrated with a range of case studies, brings together best practice from multiple open data projects and industry experts. It demonstrates The report includes examples from Town of Cary (USA), Bristol City Council (UK), Morrisville (USA), Kingston (UK), City of New Jersey (USA), Western Parkland Councils (Australia), Southern Grampians Shire Council (Australia).

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

White Paper: Building truly sustainable cities

This white paper covers how connected systems can help cities build sustainability and wellbeing into their indoor and outdoor spaces. We look at the scale of the decarbonisation challenge faced by cities, how cities can use connected technologies to create greener buildings and the vital role of retrofitting. We includes detailed analysis of the energy and cost-savings that energy efficiency programmes can bring in cities.