Smart 50 Awards

Honoring the 50 most transformative smart projects each year.

Smart 50 Awards, in partnership with Smart Cities Connect, Smart Cities Connect Foundation, and US Ignite, annually recognize global smart cities projects, honoring the most innovative and influential work. This year, primary categories included community engagement, digital transformation, smart mobility, urban infrastructure, and urban operations.

Strong applicants will represent innovative projects with current or future municipal-scale impact and application. Applications should clarify their connection with a municipal or municipal-similar partner such as a county, region, campus, installation, base, or facility complex.

A fee of $300 is due for each application submitted. Entry fees support city leader travel to Smart Cities Connect events and are managed by Smart Cities Connect foundation, a 501c6 nonprofit. Finalists receive one (1) full registration waiver to Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo and (2) gala awards tickets.

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Primary categories include:

Community Engagement

Policy, Funding, Commerce, Inclusion, Governance

Digital Transformation

Data, AI, Sensors, IoT, Cyber Security, Privacy, Blockchain

Smart Mobility

Transportation, Autonomous, Public Transit, Ride Share

Urban Infrastructure

Networks, 5G, Utilities, Energy, Grid, Lighting, Water/Waste

Urban Operations

Public Safety, Planning, Emergency Response, Sustainability

Strong applicants submitted innovative projects with current or future municipal-scale impact and application. Project clarified their connection with a municipal or municipal-similar partner such as a county, region, campus, installation, base, or facility complex.

2020 Award Recipients:

2019 Award Recipients:

Community Engagement

Intelligent Transportation for Smart Cities, Washington, DC
Water-Centric Citizen Engagement, Lafayette, Louisiana
Alex, Open Data Portal, Gilbert, Arizona
GOVegas Mobile App, Las Vegas, Nevada
Richmond Urban Heat Island Study, Richmond, Virginia
Advantage Power Pricing in Simcoe County and York Region, York Region and Simcoe County, Canada
311SA, San Antonio, Texas
Bhopal Plus, Bhopal, India
Customer Water Leak Prediction and Notification in Tallahassee, Tallahassee, Florida
You Can Benefit, Edmonton, Canada
Sanitation "Trash Talk" App, Marietta, Georgia
River Edge Smart Park, Aurora, Illinois
Using AI to Understand Residents' Real Concerns and Build Public Trust in Ashdod, Israel, Ashdod, Israel
VB Connect: Engaging Citizens Through the Power of Voice, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Soofa Solar Powered Digital Community Bulletin Board in Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia
Air Quality Community Action Network (AQ-CAN), Denver, Colorado

Digital Transformation

City of Aurora Smart City Initiative, Aurora, Illinois
Lisbon Intelligent Management Platform, Lisbon, Portugal
Pioneering Customer Experience with Digital Transformation, Smart Police Station, Dubai Police, Dubai, UAE
Municipally-Owned IoT Wireless Network in Calgary, Calgary, Canada
Lead Safe API, Chicago, Illinois
Creating Carnival's IoT-Enhanced Guest Experience and Smart City at Sea, Carnival Cruises
How Hayward Uses Off-The-Shelf Hardware, Street Sweeper Routes, and Machine Learning To Create A Smart City Ready Google Street View Of Its Own, Hayward, California
Using AI to Transform Urban Video Surveillance Cameras Into IoT Sensors , Antibes, France

Mobility

Automated Road Assessments Using Artificial Intelligence, Montgomery, Alabama
Automatic Vehicle Monitoring (AVM) System, Brampton, Canada
Improving the Fan Experience, Atlanta, Georgia
Link On Demand - Powered By Uber, Lone Tree, Colorado
Traffic Light Assistant In Darmstadt, Germany, Darmstadt, Germany
Connected Vehicle Integration in Kansas City, Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri
City of San Diego Mobility Modeling Tool: A Quick Response Tool to Estimate Mode Share, San Diego, California
DALI: A Smart, Collaborative Traffic Signal Timing System for Alleviating Urban Traffic Congestion, Richardson, Texas
EVs For Schools in Austin, Texas, Austin, Texas
Curiosity Lab at Peachtree Corners, Peachtree Corners, Georgia

Urban Infrastructure

Smart Fusion Pole, Los Angeles, California
Next Gen Transportation Technology, Lafayette, Louisiana
Smart City Project Between Korea Post and Sejong City, Sejong, South Korea
Sterling Ranch Wireless Control and Mass Notification System, Sterling Ranch, Colorado
Smart Water Management with BI and IoT In Antibes, France, Antibes, France
Smart PRVs in Park City, Utah with Sensus, Park City, Utah

Urban Operations

Eilat water resource management, Eilat, Israel
Smart Public Safety in Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Fleet Tracking – AVL/GPS Solution, Brampton, Canada
Montgomery Public Works Employs Smart City Technology for Garbage Trucks, Montgomery, Alabama
San Antonio Technology Center (SATC) Building Energy Monitoring and Control, San Antonio, Texas
The Way We Green - Open Space Autonomous and Electric Equipment Pilot, Edmonton, Canada
Waycare Platform Deployment, Southern Nevada
Safe City Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
Denver Smart City Federal Showcase, Denver, Colorado

Horizon

Horizon awardees demonstrate foundational and inspiring groundwork for future smart cities projects.

Building Community with Solar Power, Ypsilanti, Michigan
Chattanooga Smart Community Collaborative (CSCC), Chattanooga, Tennessee
City of Sisak Sustainable Urban Mobility Plan, Contractor University of Zagreb Faculty of Transport and Traffic Sciences, Croatia

Applications are reviewed by members of our global city leader community. Awardees are encouraged to attend the Smart 50 Awards Gala in April 2021 with at least two attendees of the project team.

For more information, please contact Laura Benold, Smart Cities Connect at