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OnDemand Trend Report Panel Discussion: AI for resilient infrastructure – sustainable operations for future-ready cities

OnDemand Trend Report Panel Discussion: AI for resilient infrastructure – sustainable operations for future-ready cities

Delve into how artificial intelligence is reshaping urban infrastructure to meet the rising pressures of climate change, ageing systems, and rapid urban growth.
OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships

OnDemand COP30 Webinar: Unlocking climate finance: building city capacity and partnerships

Discover how cities can expand their fiscal and institutional capacity to attract and manage climate finance. This session explores the role of digital tools for tracking and reporting, data platforms for transparency, and innovative approaches that allow cities to unlock new sources of investment.

Special Reports

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

A clean and efficient future: energy in focus at Cities Climate Action Summit 2024

Discover how this year’s Cities Climate Action Summit puts the spotlight on the switch to clean and renewable energy, and the importance of energy-efficiency.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

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.
SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile 2024 – City of Madrid

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.

Podcasts

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

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

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.
Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Urban Exchange Podcast Episode 31 – Resilient Sydney: 33 local governments, one resilience strategy

Join us for a journey of collaboration on the Urban Exchange Podcast, where we discover how Resilient Sydney is aligning more than 30 local councils on a single resilience plan.

Opinions

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

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.

Special Reports

Here at SmartCitiesWorld, we produce Special Reports on a weekly basis. If you would like to contribute to any special report or opinion pieces please contact our editor Luke Antoniou on lukea@smartcitiesworld.net
City attractiveness as a new measure of urban success
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City attractiveness as a new measure of urban success

Special Reports30 Jan 2026
As cities compete in an increasingly mobile talent economy, Professor José Antonio Ondiviela, director, Citizen-Centric Intelligent Cities Research Institute, Universidad Francisco de Vitoria, explains why urban success factors must now consider how magnetism, liveability and affordability shape where people choose to live and work.

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Dublin

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.

Latest Trend Report

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

Trend Report: 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.

Latest Webinar

Webinar (3 Mar): Preparing for AI - understanding the data groundwork with Sunderland

Webinar (3 Mar): Preparing for AI - understanding the data groundwork with Sunderland

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Discover how Sunderland is turning a strong, city‑wide data foundation into real‑world impact by using secure, scalable AI to transform planning, services, and community outcomes.

Latest Podcast

Latest Urban Exchange Podcast

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

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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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.
Beyond illumination: the new ROI of streetlighting for modern cities
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Beyond illumination: the new ROI of streetlighting for modern cities

Special Reports09 Jan 2026
Chris Lucero, director of design and technology at The Connective, explains how the evolution of smart streetlighting can provide previously unseen ROI for multiple city departments.
How Europe’s cities can lead the climate transition
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How Europe’s cities can lead the climate transition

Special Reports05 Dec 2025
Policymakers and city leaders must act to unlock vital sources of private capital and cities must engage investors at a much earlier stage, says Delphine Queniart of Bankers Without Boundaries.
Australia's national climate risk assessment – what does it mean for cities?
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Australia's national climate risk assessment – what does it mean for cities?

Climate action15 Sep 2025
The Australian government’s long-anticipated climate risk assessment has arrived, but what’s the outlook and what does it mean for city governments and communities?
How data and digital can propel UK cities and industry to new heights
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How data and digital can propel UK cities and industry to new heights

Special Reports15 Aug 2025
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.
Dialogue, partnership, community: putting people first in urban innovation
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Dialogue, partnership, community: putting people first in urban innovation

Special Reports31 Jul 2025
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. 
How London’s action on clean air has inspired cities on a global scale
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How London’s action on clean air has inspired cities on a global scale

Climate action26 Jun 2025
Jane Burston, CEO, Clean Air Fund and Mark Watts, executive director, C40 Cities, explain that when equipped with the right tools, strong community engagement, and political will, cities can clean the air quickly and ensure their residents reap the benefits.
How smart building retrofit gives Milan’s Porta Nuova business district a sustainable edge
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How smart building retrofit gives Milan’s Porta Nuova business district a sustainable edge

Commercial buildings19 Jun 2025
SmartCitiesWorld Advisory Board Chair, Paul Wilson, reports from Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure Italian Press Tour on the green transformation of Milan’s Porta Nuova business district.
Trieste’s enduring freedom and agility – with a little help from AcegasApsAmga and Siemens 
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Trieste’s enduring freedom and agility – with a little help from AcegasApsAmga and Siemens 

Digital twins16 Jun 2025
SmartCitiesWorld chair Paul Wilson, a guest on Siemens’ Smart Infrastructure Italian Press Tour June 2025, tells the story of Trieste, its changing port in an era of electrification, and how digital twin technology is supporting management of the city’s energy grid. 
Building a greener future: Sunderland’s smart city approach to sustainability
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Building a greener future: Sunderland’s smart city approach to sustainability

Special Reports04 Jun 2025
As we mark World Environment Day on 5th June 2025, it’s a timely moment to shine a light on how Sunderland is harnessing smart city innovation to power its journey to a more sustainable future.
Combining inclusion, economy and more for a digital Manchester
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Combining inclusion, economy and more for a digital Manchester

Special Reports22 May 2025
Sherelle Fairweather, digital strategy lead for Manchester City Council, talks through how the city’s digital strategy has progressed in the last few years, covering its four key priorities.
SmartCitiesWorld Pulse Survey: city priorities, technologies and challenges
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SmartCitiesWorld Pulse Survey: city priorities, technologies and challenges

Special Reports14 May 2025
From the rise of AI to evolving expectations around public safety, sustainability, and mobility, cities today are being asked to react quickly to a raft of challenges, often with limited resources and increasing complexity.

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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.

ST Engineering to provide smart city platform for Lusail City

The company will build and operate a smart city platform with citywide network connectivity for the Qatar city using advanced AI and data-driven technologies.

The threat of urban canyons to autonomous vehicles

The continued growth of skyscrapers and urban infrastructure means AVs are at risk of signal black-out in cities across the world, warns UK-based AV software specialist, Oxbotica.

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.

Invisible LEDs light up Beijing landmark

Signify has installed connected architectural lighting into the façade of the China World Trade Centre’s Tower B

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