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.
Join us to explore how local governments are leveraging AI to improve services, boost local economies, and build public trust – while navigating the challenges of ethics and inclusion.
Kate Wright, executive director of Climate Mayors, details the unique role of mayors in furthering urban climate action, explaining how they’re getting closer to communities to make the most of unprecedented federal funding.
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.
Discover how the city of Madrid is innovating to become a smarter, more sustainable city that’s able to deliver improved services to residents and visitors alike.
Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local council on a single resilience plan.
Lauren Sorkin and Paul Wilson are joined by Jo Da Silva, Global Director of Sustainable Development at Arup, to explore the updated City Resilience Framework and how it can be used by cities.
IVA for Trip Management enables paratransit and demand-response riders to check, change, or cancel trips using natural, conversational language without menus.
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.
Located at Zipcar’s maintenance facility in East Boston, an Environmental Justice community, this project delivers scalable, equitable EV infrastructure.
ACT’s Strategic Economic Development Framework is designed to ensure Canberra remains a place where people can live well, work flexibly, and stay connected.
Winners will receive extended access to a dynamic network of mentors, potential investors and regulatory guidance enabling them to further develop their solutions.
The Human Rights Campaign Foundation has released the 2025 Municipal Equality Index, revealing a record number of cities achieving top marks for inclusion.
Our Roots Chicago is a community-driven initiative to expand tree planting in the city, with a focus on underserved neighbourhoods with low tree canopy cover.
Discover how Manchester is turning its digital ambitions into action through a people-centred approach that blends social purpose with technical innovation.
City is inviting proposals from researchers, technologists, community leaders, and public sector professionals with a passion for using data to solve real-world challenges.
Eight US cities are showcasing public art projects designed to bring their communities together as part of Bloomberg Philanthropies Public Art Challenge.
It aims to enhance the health sector’s resilience to climate change via surveillance systems, capacity building, innovation, and evidence-based policymaking.
Mayor Matt Mahan explains how the city is responsibly deploying AI and leading the discussion on how cities can use it to improve civic engagement, public safety, transportation, and service delivery.
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.
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.
Projects will provide green transport, cut greenhouse gas emissions and introduce nature-based solutions to strengthen climate resilience in four major cities.
Manchester’s Digital Strategy has launched a new Digitalisation Maturity Assessment to accelerate connected placemaking, strengthen digital governance and ensure inclusive growth.
Initiative aims to increase territorial resilience and adaptive capacity, while reducing territorial inequalities and ensuring the right to the city for all.
Announcements at the WEF Summit included news of the first cohort for a global coalition dedicated to advancing high-quality, people-centred urban development.
The seven new hubs have been established in communities with significant digital needs in the UK city, while five existing hubs have been strengthened.
Sunderland City Council chief executive Patrick Melia explains why smart transformation doesn’t have to be driven by scale or budget – it’s about clarity of vision, strong partnerships and community trust.
By using renewable infrastructure to support AI workloads, the town illustrates how municipalities can deploy AI responsibly without compromising climate goals.
Pairing wifi technology with existing city infrastructure unlocks a platform for Los Angeles to further develop smart city assets and public service delivery.
The Global Observance of World Cities Day on 31 October will take place in Bogotá, Colombia, while Shanghai will host the 2025 SDG Cities Global Conference.
Survey represents an opportunity to share what kinds of digital tools and services residents would like, and help shape the future of Tampere as a smart city.
Smart City Expo Doha will be co-located with MWC25 Doha with the first-ever MWC event in the Middle East expected to gather some 200 speakers and 150 exhibitors.
The Tech for Good report outlines a vision for a ‘smarter’ city and economy, where human-centric systems and frameworks are embedded in smart city approaches.
Launch of the service sends a clear message that the future of mobility must consider community health without sacrificing accessibility and inclusion.
iCapital prize is awarded to cities that act as front-runners in leveraging innovation to shape more sustainable, inclusive, and resilient urban environments.
Since launch in 2021, ConnectTO has helped bridge the digital divide by delivering free public wifi to a wide range of locations across the Canadian city.
System upgrade unlocks tap-and-go with fare-capping and account-linked benefits such as concessions, building on the success of account-based ticketing.
$50m investment establishes LSE European City Leadership Initiative to equip local governments with the capabilities to drive progress and deliver results.
Fourteenth edition of the event will bring together more than 600 global experts to share strategies, tech and projects that are driving urban transformation.
Launched by the Digital Cooperation Organisation, AI-Real provides countries with a roadmap to ensuring AI development is ethical, inclusive and sustainable.
Laneshift is a pioneering initiative to speed up the shift toward EV trucks by expanding and strengthening charging infrastructure in Mexico, Brazil, and India.
Partnership with Highland Electric Fleets continues the mayor’s efforts to prepare for the Games and build a greener future that Angelenos will benefit from.
Join us to explore how local governments are leveraging AI to improve services, boost local economies, and build public trust – while navigating the challenges of ethics and inclusion.
First-of-its-kind collaboration connects Atlanta Housing (AH) residents to discounted mobility options and new job pathways in Bird’s Atlanta operations.
Cities set to see green jobs boom by 2040 but report warns up to six million jobs would go unfilled without public policy and private sector interventions.
Working with connectivity firm Purple, the city council is aiming to create a seamless, secure and dense network of connected locations throughout the city.
As part of the Rammaus project, the City and companies will employ young people to build infrastructure and provide services in their own neighbourhoods.
Serving older adults and those with movement or cognitive challenges in the US, SilverRide doubled ridership to 74,000 monthly rides in the first half of 2025.
Designed by Boldyn and part of the Chesapeake Connects programme, it will deliver secure, dedicated wireless services tailored to the City’s operational needs.
Report details past development of Greenways and identifies potential locations for future expansion as well as opportunities for integrating Greenway projects.
It is designed to better understand residents’ needs with results to be used in the City’s work and services planning as well as to support decision-making.
Justin Anderson, Managing Director for Data and Digital at Connected Places Catapult, explains how a new role for him coincides with national and local innovation priorities, and how to make good on the potential of devolution.
Academy aims to provide local people with career routes into AI, digital and data jobs as well as upskilling existing workers to help drive economic growth.
With ageing populations and increased demand for paratransit, Kuban Transit Solutions wants to build new frameworks to unify traditionally separate transit systems.
The Office of Sustainability is seeking community-based organisations to help the city plan for a safe and resilient future in the face of climate impacts.
The model pairs schools with community-based organisations to provide integrated support and services and also aims to connect schools to neighbourhoods.
Public, private and community programme tackles digital exclusion by providing eligible Calgarians with one of the City’s repurposed technology devices.
Raffaele Gareri, founder and partner Urban Innovators Global and former CDO of Rome, explains why innovation in cities must begin with people, and how to deliver the best outcomes to communities through innovation projects.
Liberty Link pilot programme will serve nearly 2,200 households in Section 8 and other affordable housing buildings across the Bronx and Upper Manhattan.
It includes $1.8m towards smart city tech and climate resilience as part of its Future Perth plan that supports growth, wellbeing and sustainable development.
Mayor David Holt of Oklahoma City explains how political agreement and tolerance has helped create a city and community that ensures investment in its future is paramount.
Update to the Philly Stat 360 website deepens the US City’s commitment to government transparency and accountability as well as data-driven decision-making.
