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Panel Discussion: Unlocking value in cities from buildings, data and AI

Panel Discussion: Unlocking value in cities from buildings, data and AI

Explore how AI, building data and connected urban infrastructure can help cities improve sustainability, resilience and operational performance.
OnDemand Webinar: Cities Climate Action Weeks: A global movement with local impact

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

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.

Special Reports

SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation

SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation

As cities confront the combined pressures of climate change, infrastructure resilience and digital transformation, the SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 will bring together urban leaders and partners during London Climate Action Week to explore how these agendas intersect – and how cities can translate strategy into practical action.

Smart Cities Reports

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Singapore

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Singapore

Find out how the island city-state of Singapore is further building its reputation as one of the smartest nations in the world in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile.
SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Sunderland

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.

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.

Opinions

Lessons from Italy: Why smart city projects can bridge the urban development gap

Lessons from Italy: Why smart city projects can bridge the urban development gap

Digital Leaders CEO Giuliano Liguori highlights Italy as an example and warning that pushing ahead with smart city plans should ensure access for the worst off, on an individual and municipal level, as top priority.

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
Cayala: Guatemala’s private 15-minute city
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Cayala: Guatemala’s private 15-minute city

Special Reports21 Aug 2026
Juan Carlos Lopez, CTO and Chief of the Value Management Office at Cayala, explains how agile transformation, digital infrastructure and community-led services are supporting the expansion of one of Central America’s largest private cities.

Latest City Profile

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Singapore

SmartCitiesWorld City Profile – Singapore

Smart Cities Reports
Find out how the island city-state of Singapore is further building its reputation as one of the smartest nations in the world in the latest SmartCitiesWorld City Profile.

Latest Trend Report

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

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.

Latest Webinar

Webinar (29 Sept): How data and AI support better decisions to bolster city operations

Webinar (29 Sept): How data and AI support better decisions to bolster city operations

Webinars
SmartCitiesWorld webinar will explore how local authorities can strengthen workforce decision-making by combining unified data, agentic AI and secure digital foundations.

Latest Summit Speakers
(22-26 June)

Latest Podcast

Podcast: Tracking the journey from smart cities to AI cities (part two)

Podcast: Tracking the journey from smart cities to AI cities (part two)

Podcasts
Re-join our in-depth conversation with Professor Jung Hoon Lee, exploring how AI is moving from pilots to real-world impact in cities worldwide.

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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SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

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.
SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: why cities are the architects of the future
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SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: why cities are the architects of the future

Special Reports07 Jul 2026
From climate finance and resilient infrastructure to AI-enabled public services and systems thinking, the SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 demonstrated that the future of cities will be defined by the ability to connect people, data, infrastructure and investment into coherent, place-based strategies.
Reconnecting Kansas City: the streetcar’s role in growth, place and mobility
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Reconnecting Kansas City: the streetcar’s role in growth, place and mobility

Special Reports15 Jun 2026
Tom Gerend, executive director of the Kansas City Streetcar Authority, explains how the return of rail has reconnected downtown, unlocked riverfront development and reshaped the city’s growth story.
More with less: designing lean cities to bolster resilience
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More with less: designing lean cities to bolster resilience

Special Reports08 May 2026
Woods Bagot’s Heinz von Eckartsberg and Impact Future’s Pablo Sepulveda discuss designing cities for upstream resilience and downstream benefit.
How a small mountain town is creating a model for urban growth
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How a small mountain town is creating a model for urban growth

Special Reports27 Mar 2026
Katerina Danekina, CEO of Green Rock, explains the operating model and delivery logic behind the structured growth of the mountain town of Dilijan in Armenia.
SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation
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SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026: connecting climate action, resilience and urban innovation

Special Reports06 Mar 2026
As cities confront the combined pressures of climate change, infrastructure resilience and digital transformation, the SmartCitiesWorld Summit 2026 will bring together urban leaders and partners during London Climate Action Week to explore how these agendas intersect – and how cities can translate strategy into practical action.
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.
Sunderland: the building of a smart, inclusive and sustainable city
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Sunderland: the building of a smart, inclusive and sustainable city

Special Reports30 Oct 2025
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.
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.
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.
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.
Curitiba: how digital transformation and revitalisation go hand in hand
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Curitiba: how digital transformation and revitalisation go hand in hand

Special Reports07 May 2025
Eduardo Pimentel, mayor of Curitiba, details the initiatives that are reinvigorating public services, business and economy in the city named the world’s smartest in 2023.

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Sensor networks are driving the creation of connected city ecosystems

Analysis by Frost & Sullivan reveals how digitisation and advancements in Internet of Things are driving the large-scale adoption of sensor technologies for the development of smart cities.

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.

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.

Programme connects Australia’s First Nations communities

Wireless Broadband Alliance’s OpenRoaming programme will provide seamless, free connectivity to Indigenous Australians through Easyweb’s community wifi project.

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.

SmartCitiesWorld Newsletters (Daily/Weekly)

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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