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Schedule – Register for first session will be March 31 @ 11 am ET.Weekly sessions on April 7 again at 11 am ET.Weekly session on Apri 14, again at 11 am ETSession at Smart Cities Week in San Diego on April 21Final session on April 28 at 11 am...
Article - 02/26/2020
Active Region(s): North America
Register here.Cities helping cities to kick start your planning processThe Smart Cities Council will lead an online collaborative planning process for cities that seek to implement device and asset management using their digital infrastructure.This...
Article - 02/26/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America, Smart Cities Activator
IDC recently identified the US as one of the top smart city markets for 2020. This forecast is reinforced by the policy proposals of the 2020 US Presidential candidates. In fact, we found a strong focus on not only infrastructure; but...
Article - 02/07/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Readiness Cities
With the launch of the 2020 global Readiness Challenge, we are receiving questions from cities large and small about participating. Here is a short recap of key terms – The Challenge is open to all cities globally. The Council made a conscious...
Article - 02/05/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
From Managing Director Philip Bane: "Jarrett Campbell from AVEVA and I have taught smart city workshops together. Jarrett is a great story teller and holds our audience interest's when he talks about how he made his home smart and...
Article - 02/02/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Recent Contract AwardsGovWin IQ tracks government projects through their entire lifecycle, including contract award announcements. Here’s three examples of the kinds of “smart” projects that have recently been awarded to vendors by cities...
Article - 02/02/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
THANK YOU for your interest in the 2020 Smart Cities Readiness Challenge.
Sign-up now using this contact us form.
Applications for 2020 will open January 22!
Application deadline for the Spring Round of Winners is March 16, 2020...
Article - 01/15/2020
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The 2020 Global Readiness Challenge is the result of many years of hard work including analysis of city needs, challenge design, outreach campaigns and over 45 workshops in North America alone. In this process we learned that face to face...
Article - 01/15/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America
Recent Contract AwardsGovWin IQ tracks government projects through their entire lifecycle, including contract award announcements. Here’s three examples of the kinds of “smart” projects that have recently been awarded to vendors by cities across the...
Article - 01/14/2020
Active Region(s): North America
Ask for Help:Use our CONTACT FORM to get in direct contact with an SCC Technical Support individual. Watch a Video:2020 North American Readiness Challenge How to Apply and Maximize Impact to Your Community ( 30 minute Webinar) ...
Article - 01/01/2020
Active Region(s): India, Main, Readiness Guide, Australia - New Zealand, Europe, North America, Compassionate Cities, Readiness Guide Online
Author: Chungha ChaRe-!magining Cities, a Seoul, Korea -based NGO and Council partner, recently published a research report on implementing digital twin technology. The report highlights benefits for both property developers and cities.What is a...
Article - 11/25/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
As we say goodbye to another year of the Barcelona based Smart Cities Expo World Congress, we reflect on what we saw, said and heard at what is clearly the world’s leading gathering of smart cities policy makers, practitioners and solution providers...
Article - 11/21/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
by Jason NelsonFor years, the Smart Cities Council has been advocating smart, shared infrastructure. We urge cities to install systems that can eventually be used for many city functions, even if they initially serve only one department. No...
Article - 11/19/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
by Nick SchifflerAt the Smart Cities Council, we work to keep our cities and our industry partners ahead of the game. As part of that effort, we’ve partnered with GovWin, a marketing intelligence solution that covers the federal, state and local...
Article - 10/23/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
by Adam BeckAs the Executive Director of the Smart Cities Council Australia, I work with cities throughout the Asia-Pacific region. I wanted to share with readers in other regions an issue that has become top-of-mind in Australia… and one that...
Article - 10/23/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Smart Cities Council helps cities all over the world to build smart city action plans. For instance, I’m writing this post from Korea, where we are collaborating with the World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization, an international association...
Article - 10/23/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
What smart cities were buying and planning in September 2019 by Nick Schiffler, Analyst, GovWin IQ As the smart cities movement continues to expand, municipal governments can learn from their peers about what they are buying, why they are...
Article - 09/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
A free work/play trip to Dublin: Enterprise Ireland to host North American smart cities for knowledge exchange Enterprise Ireland (EI) and the Smart Cities Council are partnering to bring North American smart cities to Dublin this December to...
Article - 09/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Europe, North America
All over the world, resiliency is moving to the top of the urban agenda. In response, the Smart Cities Council is partnering with leading organizations and governments to form a global network to accelerate community resilience. Individuals,...
Article - 09/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, Australia - New Zealand, North America
If you are a city in North America, you are invited to provide information about your smart city projects in the Council’s Smart Cities Activator. You may have gotten an email inviting your city to participate. If so, follow the...
Article - 09/18/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Enterprise Ireland is partnering with the Smart Cities Council to accelerate Irish smart city progress. The Smart Cities Council is inviting North American cities to nominate projects from which Enterprise Ireland will select cities with bold...
Article - 09/18/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Inside Look: What cities were buying and planning in August 2019Companies looking to supply smart cities with products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the country. As more government agencies begin investing in the smart...
Article - 08/22/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
WeGO Partners with Smart Cities Council WeGO selects Smart Cities Activator to manage city engagement Seoul, Korea. August 7, 2019. World Smart Sustainable Cities Organization (WeGO) and Smart Cities Council (Council) have partnered to improve...
Article - 08/11/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
If you’ve read the recent criticisms of Baltimore by Donald Trump, you might be tempted to write the city off. In reality, Baltimore is on the brink of becoming a smart, sustainable city. Read on to learn the lessons it can teach others. And how you...
Article - 07/30/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Companies looking to supply smart cities with products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the U.S. As more governments begin investing in the smart cities movement, companies in the business-to-government (B2G) marketplace...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
“We have spent a lot of time in Texas this summer, helping plan to make Texas communities resilient to natural disasters. Now, Texas needs to consider how to make its communities resilient to cybersecurity disasters as 22 small towns were recently...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Steve Crout, Director, Policy & Resilience Program, Smart Cities Council Resilience – the ability to recover easily and quickly from difficulties – has been in the headlines this year for all the wrong reasons. More natural...
Article - 07/29/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Chief Data Officer, (CDO), for the Commonwealth of Virginia, Carlos Rivero announced a state-wide survey of cities and counties in Virginia to support development of a statewide data governance policy. Recognizing the critical role of data...
Article - 07/18/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By: Kok-Chin (KC) Tay, ASEAN Lead, Smart Cities Council After heading the Jakarta Smart City Office for four years and winning many accolades, Setiaji, Head of ICT, West Java Digital Province, Indonesia, recently took on the role as Head...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
One of our Readiness Challenge Winners was Montgomery, AL. You can find information about their upcoming Readiness Workshop here (See Opportunity Calendar). The workshop will be held August 20, 2019.For the past several years, Montgomery has been...
Article - 06/27/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
The Philippines Smarter & Sustainable Cities (SSC) Taskforce is partnering with the Smart Cities Council and others to build a national initiative to bring the Council’s Readiness Program to the country’s cities.The coalition is co-chaired by...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
It’s not hard to find smart city rankings based on past accomplishments. But market intelligence firm GovWin+Onvia has released a report that ranks U.S. cities (and counties) by their actual buying behavior from 2015-2019. SMART CITIES AND...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Nick SchifflerCompanies looking to supply smart city products or services have plenty of opportunities available across the United States. As more government agencies begin investing in the smart cities sector, companies in the business-to-...
Article - 06/26/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Readiness Cities
In many cities, one of the biggest sources of water waste is the city’s own water infrastructure. Aging infrastructure is often leaky infrastructure — an especially expensive problem since the water that’s lost is water that the city has already...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
One of the best ways to see what’s happening in cities is to look at the projects they are planning and implementing. Our monthly Inside Look series does just that. Here’s a wrap-up of some of March’s biggest projects, compiled by GovWin from Deltek...
Article - 05/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
It is becoming increasingly clear that smart, digital cities will have an economic advantage over old-fashioned, analog communities. If you’re looking to accelerate your progress, there’s no better place to look than your local power utility.There...
Article - 05/16/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
By Nick Schiffler, DeltekHere are 10 smart city projects from the past month that were awarded to a vendor, recently put out to bid or included in an agency’s future spending plan:Recent Contract Awards GovWin IQ tracks government projects through...
Article - 04/25/2019
Active Region(s): North America
By Mueller SystemsManually connecting and disconnecting water service for the transient “snowbird” residents has been a longtime administrative hassle for the Charlotte County Utilities (CCU), but far more costly and labor-intensive have been the...
Article - 04/25/2019
Active Region(s): North America
We hope that you were able to join us for Smart Cities Week San Diego, April 15-17. If you want copies of infographics created during sessions you attended or just want to see what you missed, we’re providing high-resolution versions for you to...
Article - 04/25/2019
Active Region(s): North America
The Smart Cities Council has named the winners of its annual Smart Cities Readiness Challenge, honoring five communities across North American for ambitious smart cities visions that are impactful, collaborative, inclusive and sustainable.The...
Article - 04/17/2019
Active Region(s): Main, North America
Category: Readiness Cities
The Smart Cities Council has named the winners of its annual Smart Cities Readiness Challenge, honoring five communities across North American for ambitious smart cities visions that are impactful, collaborative, inclusive and sustainable.The...
Article - 04/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
By IESThe built environment currently accounts for 40% of the world’s energy use, meaning buildings and cities have the potential to make the biggest impact in reducing carbon emissions globally.Climate reports over the last 6 months have made clear...
Article - 04/13/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Most people, upon hearing the words “smart city” will think of some of the large-scale projects that have recently been announced from such cities as New York, Boston, Barcelona and Singapore. However, thinking that the smart city phenomenon only...
Article - 04/13/2019
Active Region(s): North America
One of the best ways to see what’s happening in cities is to look at the projects they are planning and implementing. Our monthly Inside Look series does just that. Here’s a wrap-up of some of March’s biggest projects, compiled by GovWin from Deltek...
Article - 04/04/2019
Active Region(s): North America
By most measures cities are thriving. A new report from the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program finds that of the 100 largest cities in the U.S., almost all of them have growing economies.But while their economies might be red hot, the benefits...
Article - 04/04/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Our 2019 North American Smart Cities Readiness Challenge was our biggest yet. More than 100 cities throughout the U.S., Canada and Mexico participated and three dozen delivered very strong applications detailing numerous smart cities projects they...
Article - 03/24/2019
Active Region(s): North America
It’s no secret that we’re stronger together. In fact, in this year’s Smart Cities Readiness Challenge we found a strong number of cities partnered with their neighbors to magnify their impact.But Chula Vista, the second-largest city in the San Diego...
Article - 03/14/2019
Active Region(s): North America
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Not only is it a city’s right to steal good ideas – it is a city’s responsibility to harvest best practices on behalf of its citizens.Where are the best places to harvest innovations? One great source comes from “mini-cities” such as stadiums,...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Electric vehicles still make up a very small segment of the overall cars on the road, but their ranks are rising fast. And while they can be a component of efforts to reach climate goals, the gap between demand for the cars and the infrastructure to...
Article - 02/28/2019
Active Region(s): North America
By Nick Schiffler, GovWin+OnviaHere are 10 smart city projects from the past month that were awarded to a vendor, recently put out to bid or included in an agency’s future spending plan:Recent Contract Awards GovWin+Onvia tracks government projects...
Article - 01/31/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Predicting what's to come in a new year is at worst guesswork and at best a well-reasoned forecast based on the evolution of trends and developments, things we already know about, that look like they'll have a trajectory well into the future. The...
Article - 01/17/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Policy and leadership, Financing and procurement tools
Accelerate your smart city progressThe third annual Smart Cities Readiness Challenge has closed for applications. Winners will be announced at Smart Cities Week San Diego in April. Register now.In the Smart Cities Readiness Challenge, what...
Article - 01/11/2019
Active Region(s): North America
Reflecting on the year that has just passed is a time-honored tradition. And for those of us involved in smart cities that reflection provides an opportunity to evaluate the events and trends that could influence the decisions we make as we move...
Article - 12/31/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Shelter, Transportation, Connectivity, Security and privacy
When it comes to smart cities projects, there’s what people are saying and what people are doing. Our monthly Inside Look series tracks the latter by examining what cities are planning, soliciting and buying. Below, you’ll learn about some of the...
Article - 12/20/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Finance and procurement
How prepared is your city for a natural disaster? Disasters are taking increasingly large tolls on communities — and it’s the cities that are often relied on for first response.The Smart Cities Council, in partnership with the Consumer Technology...
Article - 12/20/2018
Active Region(s): North America
When EVs were first introduced the adoption rate wasn't nearly as fast as anticipated, even in California which is now home to half of the county's registered hybrid and battery-electric vehicles. However, the EV adoption rate is accelerating...
Article - 12/13/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Transportation
Electric utilities have made progress in how they forecast what their energy demand will be at any given time, in the short-term and long-term. Weather, price and economics all feed into the energy demand equation as does the integration of...
Article - 12/13/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Energy
Last week we were in Puerto Rico, a humanitarian grant winner in our 2018 Smart Cities Readiness Challenge. A year after Hurricane Maria, there’s still much to do, but there’s also optimism for the future. Puerto Rico is now determined not only to...
Article - 12/13/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Calgary, Alberta already has a track record for innovation, thanks to its commitment to a long-term vision for a communication infrastructure that connects as many assets as possible to improve city services. And that commitment is yielding...
Article - 12/06/2018
Active Region(s): North America
Category: Economic development, Telecommunications, Analytics, Connectivity, Data management