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 Webinar: Getting your data strategy right for smarter sites and safer operations

Discover the crucial role industrial sites are playing in shaping safety, resilience, and service continuity for continued city connectivity.

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.

How IoT can enable sustainable choices in citiesSponsored by Thinkz

Moshe Gazit from Thinkz explains how IoT data in the hands of citizens can promote more sustainable choices, and introduces a new clean air routing tool that will be free-to-use in cities following its launch into Europe.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Shenzhen

SmartCitiesWorld City Profiles explore the city of Shenzhen, designated as China’s first special economic zone and a role model of urban modernisation. Find out more about Shenzhen’s smart city strategy in this 16-page report.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sydney

In 2020, the City of Sydney released a Smart City Strategic Framework to harness the opportunities brought about by digital disruption, to plan for uncertainty and to sustain a global reputation as a leading place to live, work, learn and visit.

Podcasts

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.

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.

Opinions

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.

Cities Climate Action Summit 2024 – meet the exhibitor: SSE Energy Solutions

SSE Energy Solutions will show how by leveraging the power of smart city data, cities have a key role to play in lowering carbon emissions and energy consumption and costs.

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British Columbia launches competitive process for clean power

AI CityXchange02 Feb 2026

The province and BC Hydro have launched a competitive process to manage rising electricity demand and support balanced development of AI and data-centre projects.

Understanding Microsoft’s approach to AI-powered local government

AI and Machine Learning28 Jan 2026

Discover how Microsoft is working to help cities ease pressure on resource and budget with AI, from helping to reshape government processes to helping transform resident experiences.

Fermaca Digital City to accelerate Mexican AI infrastructure

AI and Machine Learning12 Dec 2025

Mexican fibre infrastructure provider Fermaca is working with the Government of Durango in Mexico and Nvidia to create a next-generation data centre campus.

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.

Intelligent data centre networking for a smarter futureSponsored by Huawei

Opinions30 Jul 2025

Discover how Huawei is pushing the boundaries of innovation in data centre switching, and earning worldwide recognition for its work across software and hardware.

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

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.

OnDemand Webinar: Cities Climate Action Weeks: A global movement with local impact

Webinars03 Jun 2025

Inspired by London, find out how Baku, Rio de Janeiro, Bangkok and Prague are creating their own Climate Action Weeks to drive ambitious local change - and are helping to build a powerful global movement.

New truck data aims to improve economics and emissions

AI and Machine Learning17 Mar 2025

Freight planning product introduces industry’s most up-to-date and comprehensive truck activity insights to help power statewide and regional freight plans.

Cities awarded for harnessing data in decision-making

Policymaking26 Feb 2025

Twenty-one new cities, including the first four in Canada, have been awarded the What Works Cities Certification for establishing exceptional data capabilities.

OnDemand Panel discussion: Citizen insights - AI in the smart city

Webinars11 Feb 2025

Watch this panel discussion with Sand Technologies OnDemand to explore the relationship between AI and city communities, and how these technologies can transform urban living.

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.

UK announces £22m in new smart data services

Open data23 Oct 2024

It will help provide the first national smart data donation service, a pioneering satellite imagery service, and geographic and sustainable places data services.

How innovation in the City of Mesa prioritises citizen outcomes

Citizen engagement07 Oct 2024

Harry Meier, deputy CIO for Innovation with the City of Mesa Department of Innovation and Technology, explains how the city sets out to explore what’s possible with each new generation of technology that comes along.

Skills, technical support and data spaces: redefining openness in smart cities

Data management & software05 Sep 2024

Andrea Battaglia, CEO at FIWARE Foundation, explains how he’s helping to usher in a new era of innovation for FIWARE and its ecosystem by truly embracing the open source mindset.

New generative AI chatbot seeks to transform public sector

AI and Machine Learning03 Apr 2024

Chatbot is designed around a family of expert domain fine-tuned models that have unique access to government databases and generates responses and explanations.

Mayor unveils comprehensive One Seattle Data Strategy

Open data22 Dec 2023

It is designed to optimise City’s use of data for more informed decision-making, enhanced collaboration and protecting privacy and standardising best practices.

OnDemand Panel Debate (11 Dec): Going behind the scenes of Dallas’ smart city initiatives

Webinars10 Dec 2023

SmartCitiesWorld gets up close and personal with the City of Dallas and its innovative smart city strategies. Panellist from City of Dallas, National League of Cities and Ubicquia. Watch OnDemand

Monaco turns to the cloud to bolster data security

Cloud and edge computing16 Oct 2023

Monaco Cloud aims to deliver the principality with digital infrastructure and services that meet the highest international security and compliance standards.

Denver bolsters data disaster recovery plans

Data privacy and security10 Oct 2023

Denver implemented a number of improvements to improve data disaster recovery following an audit in 2021, including more collaboration with other agencies.

How the City of Coral Gables is making data more meaningful

Digital twins29 Jun 2023

Raimundo Rodulfo, director of IT and CIO at the City of Coral Gables, explains how digital twin technology is taking its smart city vision to the next level.

How can city data spaces transform data-sharing?

Data management & software26 Jun 2023

FIWARE Foundation and SmartCitiesWorld have collaborated on a whitepaper to show how city data spaces are paving the way for a new era of data-sharing in smart cities.

Industry data partnership formed to tackle societal issues

Open data07 Dec 2022

Big names such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise, LinkedIn and Microsoft are committing to advance more open and accessible private sector data for societal good.

Advisory board to create data strategy for London

Data management & software22 Nov 2022

The group of data and technology experts, corporate leaders and civic society will help deliver mayor’s commitment to harness data and emerging technologies.

Informatica launches govtech data platform

Data management & software01 Nov 2022

The cloud-based platform unifies data from different departments and agencies and helps government agencies deliver timely and efficient public services.

AWS launches infrastructure region in Thailand

Cloud and edge computing18 Oct 2022

As well as bring advanced cloud computing services to more organisations and support the drive to Thailand 4.0, it will allow customers who want to keep their data in the region to do so.

Data-driven local government standard expands to beyond US cities

Data management & software12 Aug 2022

Bloomberg Philanthropies and Results for America are extending What Works Cities Certification to Canada, Central America, and South America and updating the criteria in line with best practice.

Singapore launches personal data privacy technology sandbox

News25 Jul 2022

Sandbox aims to provide a safe environment and testing ground to pilot projects that will help businesses identify the appropriate privacy enhancing technologies to address data sharing objectives.

Reno to experiment with blockchain for building records

Data privacy and security08 Jun 2022

Once the technology launches later in the summer, the public and all relevant city departments will be able to access the same record through an online platform, providing clarity and transparency.

Singapore builds digital trust and strengthens data governance

Data privacy and security01 Jun 2022

The Digital Trust Centre will lead research and development efforts for “trust technologies”, which include those that preserve data privacy while the data is being analysed.

Insight Report: Boosting operations in smart places with cooperative data ecosystems

White Papers19 May 2022

How such ecosystems can break down silos, enabling data to be shared safely and securely across boundaries to confront today’s critical challenges.

Stocking the urban data pond

Special Reports21 Jan 2022

Urban data platforms are vital in many smart city initiatives but cities sometimes struggle to build a business case for them. Tobias Brandt, Ting Li and Rasmus Ramm put forward a metaphor for success.

OnDemand Webinar: How 5G in smart cities accelerates innovation

On-Demand Webinars01 Dec 2021

The latest webinar from SmartCitiesWorld and Cloudera takes an in-depth look at how 5G is accelerating urban innovation, and the role of data analysis as part of that acceleration.

Webinar: How 5G in smart cities accelerates innovation

Webinars04 Nov 2021

The latest webinar from SmartCitiesWorld and Cloudera takes an in-depth look at how 5G is accelerating urban innovation, and the role of data analysis as part of that acceleration.

OnDemand Webinar: The IoT is rapidly overhauling how logistics and transportation industries operate

On-Demand Webinars05 Oct 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a vital role in the development of smart transportation and logistics. Smart transportation has facilitated huge development in the field of smart cities.

OnDemand Webinar: Connected intelligent assets: overcoming the data management challenge

On-Demand Webinars22 Sep 2021

Realising the benefits of connected intelligent assets and digital twin and predictive maintenance platforms relies on advanced data management and analytics. This webinar will look at the challenges faced in this area and how to overcome them.

OnDemand Webinar: The IoT is rapidly overhauling how logistics and transportation industries operate

Webinars08 Sep 2021

The Internet of Things (IoT) is playing a vital role in the development of smart transportation and logistics. Smart transportation has facilitated huge development in the field of smart cities.

Embracing the connected life and intelligent future, RINGA Launch 2021

Webinars08 Sep 2021

Nascent technologies like smart devices and the IoT simplify our day-to-day operations. Smart devices provide our homes and workspaces with automation, advanced security, and a host of other benefits. The IoT gives us new business insights while reducing our operating costs.

Webinar: Connected intelligent assets: overcoming the data management challenge

Webinars12 Aug 2021

OnDemand WEBINAR: Becoming truly smart – how can new cities add value to fibre with sensing?

On-Demand Webinars09 Aug 2021

The webinar examines the unique opportunity for architects, designers and planners offered by fibre installation in greenfield sites.

White paper: Understanding Resiliency : What it means to be a resilient city and tools to support

White Papers09 Aug 2021

This whitepaper will provide a better understanding of the necessity for resiliency strategies, the challenges of implementing resiliency and digital tools to support cities and territories to build more resilient, sustainable and safe places to live.

Building smarter partnerships

Special Reports23 Jul 2021

Gordon Feller examines how two cities in Nevada are benefiting from being able to plug into their technology partner’s existing infrastructure and platforms to ignite smart city innovation.

White Paper: Artificial Intelligence Within Cities – The Next Stage in Societal Digital TransformationSponsored by Fiware

White Papers16 Jul 2021

In collaboration with Matthew James Bailey (leading authority, pioneer, and consultant in innovation, AI and AI Ethics, Smart Cities, IoT, and a renowned author), this brand new white paper focusses on the role played by artificial intelligence (AI) in shaping the future experience of Smart Cities.

Singapore to invest S$50m in building digital trust

News16 Jul 2021

Singapore IMDA said efforts will focus on addressing industry needs and unlocking new opportunities enabled by emerging digital trust technologies.

Report reveals critical gaps in governance of smart city tech

News13 Jul 2021

Research carried out by the World Economic Forum of the 36 “pioneer cities” identifies shortcomings in a number of areas, including data privacy, cybersecurity and accessibility.

On Demand Webinar: Becoming truly smart – how can new cities add value to fibre with sensing?

Webinars08 Jul 2021

Optimally installed fibre with Distributed Acoustic Sensing technology can vastly expand the range of applications that both improve quality of life for citizens and bring opportunities for other parties in the smart city ecosystem and greenfield sites

Sidewalk Labs launches low-cost, “privacy-preserving” parking sensor

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