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How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilienceSponsored by Vaisala

Cities around the world are trying to improve air quality, which in turn can help to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Sue Weekes explains the vital role played by compact air quality sensors and how using them in tandem with weather stations and other smart city devices can maximise their value.

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

We hear from Sonya Shorey at Invest Ottawa as she discusses the innovation, its impact on the community and global markets, and the importance of the ecosystem approach.

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Chicago

Chicago is looking to smart city technology to solve issues including poverty, inequality and racial segregation.

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Adelaide

In this edition, we focus on Adelaide - a city that needs more people, not less, to stimulate economic growth. Find out what smart infrastructure is planned to attract the population.

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Podcast: How distributed acoustic sensing can give greater insight into your smart city, with Fotech

In the latest SmartCitiesWorld podcast, Sarah Wray talks to Chris Shannon, CEO of Fotech Group and Stuart Large, Product Line Director & Business Development.

Opinions

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart citiesSponsored by Accenture

We hear from Sonya Shorey at Invest Ottawa as she discusses the innovation, its impact on the community and global markets, and the importance of the ecosystem approach.

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.

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Beyond illumination: the new ROI of streetlighting for modern cities

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.

22 - 26 June 2026: Find out more

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SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

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Find out how Sunderland is repositioning itself as a leading smart city – using digital infrastructure and low-carbon innovation to build a resilient, future-focused economy in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile.

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Trend Report: The impact of AI and data on transportation operations and services

Trend Series

Delve into how cities are addressing the challenges of building intelligent transport systems and using AI and data to transform operations and user experience.

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Panel Discussion (30 Jun): Unlocking value in cities from buildings, data and AI

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Explore how AI, building data and connected urban infrastructure can help cities improve sustainability, resilience and operational performance.

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Lord Marvin Rees OBE

Former Mayor

Bristol City Council

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Julie Foley OBE

Director of Flood Risk Strategy & Adaptation

Environment Agency

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Sherelle Fairweather

Digital Strategy Lead

Manchester’s Digital Strategy

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Jaromir Beranek

Deputy Mayor for Transport

City of Prague

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Liz St Louis

Smart City Director

Sunderland City Council

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Cllr Susan Aitken

Leader

Glasgow City Council

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Mark Wheeler

CIO

Montgomery County

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John Moran

Mayor

Limerick City and County Council

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Matjaž Rakovec

Mayor

City of Kranj

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Erin Mendenhall

Mayor

Salt Lake City

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Julia King

The Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE FREng FRS

House of Lords

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Latest Podcast

Cities Thriving on Lighting, Episode 3 – What global cities are learning from smart lighting

Podcasts

Join the final episode of Cities Thriving on Lighting to discover how global cities are approaching smart lighting and the related cybersecurity risks today.

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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Unlocking the potential of edge AI for smarter cities

Unlocking the potential of edge AI for smarter cities

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Youssef Nadiri, product and business development manager of Smart Cities & Spaces at PNY Technologies, explains where cities could get started with edge AI, and the importance of working with a partner who knows the city ecosystem as well as the technology itself.

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4G and 5G31 Jan 2025

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Petro Olenych (CDTO), Oleg Polovynko (CIO), and Denys Nazarenko (CIO Advisor) from the Kyiv City Council explain how technology is being used to build resilience in the city, as well as to keep residents engaged and informed.

How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilience

How air quality and weather data help cities boost resilience

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Cities around the world are trying to improve air quality, which in turn can help to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Sue Weekes explains the vital role played by compact air quality sensors and how using them in tandem with weather stations and other smart city devices can maximise their value.

Building a sustainable and resilient future: a tech-driven plan

Building a sustainable and resilient future: a tech-driven plan

Special Reports26 Jan 2022

How can cities and businesses plan for sustainability and resilience in the face of mass urbanisation, climate change and Covid-19? Is technology and innovation the answer?

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.

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.

The role of artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19

The role of artificial intelligence in the fight against Covid-19

Special Reports16 Jun 2021

Cities have been putting data at the heart of treating coronavirus.

City of Ottawa: Driving the future of mobility and smart cities

Special Reports02 Jun 2021

We hear from Sonya Shorey at Invest Ottawa as she discusses the innovation, its impact on the community and global markets, and the importance of the ecosystem approach.

Cities look to climate-friendly greenbacks to fund smart projects

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Special Reports07 May 2021

With technology set to play a key part in the global recovery from the pandemic, we explore evolving funding methods that are helping cash-strapped cities get smart.

Cybersecurity: a smart city imperative

Special Reports30 Apr 2021

Attacks on state and local governments went up dramatically in the pandemic as cybercriminals sought to take advantage of the crisis but have city leaders learned the lessons?

On the right side of the game: how open source is making digital laggards catch up

On the right side of the game: how open source is making digital laggards catch up

Special Reports25 Mar 2021

FIWARE CEO Ulrich Ahle speaks to Graeme Neill about how the Smart Cities for Germany programme is helping the country’s poor track record on digitising services and how the battle for public opinion on open-source has been won.

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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.

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