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Smart Cities Innovation Challenge

 

Call for City Innovations

Announcing the 2019 Smart Cities: Innovation Challenge (6th annual), delivering transformational solutions to global progressive cities and regions world-wide.

Submit your technology, company, or project for review by investment, city, and industry leadership. Top ranked submissions will be offered an opportunity to showcase and present your solution to investment, city, and industry prospectors.

Challenge Details

Smart Cities represent the global vanguard communities addressing the growing resiliency pressures and opportunities presented by climate, population, energy and resources. This Challenge delivers vetted solutions to accelerate smart development of urban communities world-wide.

Submission into this Challenge is Free. If selected to participate, there is a $1250 display fee which includes one full-registration waiver, one showcase space, inclusion in the Smart Cities Opportunity Report and Innovation Networking System.

due Dec. 7
 
showcase and panel photos
showcase and panel photos

Topics Include:

Digital Transformation:
  • Data, AI, Blockchain
  • Sensors, IoT
  • Cyber Security, Privacy
Urban/Municipal Operations:
  • Public Safety, Planning
  • Emergency Response
Urban/Municipal Infrastructure:
  • Networks, 5G
  • Energy, Utilities, Grid
  • Lighting, Water/Waste
Smart Mobility:
  • Transportation
  • Public & Shared Transit
Community Engagement:
  • Policy, Funding, Commerce
  • Inclusion, Governance
 
 
 
 
 
 

Past Challenge Finalists Include:

  • 51, San Francisco, CA, US
  • 7AC technologies, Beverly, MA, US
  • 7AC Technologies, Beverly , MA, US
  • Acumentrics SOFC Corp., Westwood, MA, US
  • Agiltron, Woburn, MA, US
  • Algae Systems , Daphne, AL, US
  • Allylix, San Diego, CA, US
  • Alphabet Energy , Hayward, CA, US
  • AlphaGuardian Networks , San Ramon, CA, US
  • Altranex Corporation, Kingston, ON, CA
  • APDM, Portland, OR, US
  • Apex Wind Energy, Charlottesville , VA, US
  • Applied DNA Sciences, Stony Brook, NY, US
  • Aqua Engineers, Honolulu , HI , US
  • Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, US
  • Ascent Solar Technologies, Thornton, CO, US
  • Associated Energy Developers , Plymouth , MA, US
  • Australian National University, Canberra, AU, AU
  • Autonomous Marine Systems, Arlington, VA, US
  • Avaya, Ontario, NY, US
  • Battelle, Columbus , OH, US
  • Blast Control Systems, Kilgore, TX, US
  • Bloom Energy, Sunnyvale, CA, US
  • Bloomgi, Austin, TX, US
  • Bluerise BV , Delft, , NL
  • Booz Allen Hamilton, Arlington, VA, US
  • C-Motive Technologies, Madison, WI, US
  • Calm Energy, New York , NY, US
  • Cambrian Innovation, Boston, MA, US
  • CarbonCure Technologies, Halifax, , CA
  • Caterpillar, Mossville, IL, US
  • Caterpillar , Mossville, IL, US
  • Cella Energy US , Exploration Park, FL, US
  • Charles River Analytics, Cambridge, MA, US
  • Chemica Technologies, Portland, OR, US
  • CODA Energy , Monrovia , CA, US
  • Columbia Power Technologies, Charlottesville, VA, US
  • Commonwealth Scientific & Industry, Newcastle, , AU
  • Community Cars, Pflugerville, TX, US
  • Concepts NREC , Chelmsford, MA , US
  • Cougaar Software, Vienna, VA, US
  • CURB, Austin, TX, US
  • Current Motor Company, Ann Arbor, MI, US
  • University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, US
  • Cythereal , Lafayette, LA, US
  • Design Flux Technologies , Maple Heights, OH, US
  • Digit Group, Collierville, TN, US
  • DPRA, Knoxville, TN, US
  • Dragos Security, San Antonio, TX, US
  • DryWired Defense, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • E3 Clean Technologies, Athens , OH, US
  • E3 Water, Austin , TX, US
  • Eco Waste Solutions, Burlington, ON, CA
  • Edisun Heliostats, Pasadena, CA, US
  • Efficient Drivetrains, Milpitas, CA, US
  • Electrocell Technologies, Colchester, VT, US
  • Electrovaya Corp., Mississauga, Ontario, CA
  • Enel Green Power , Andover, MA, US
  • Energy Solutions, Baton Rouge, LA, US
  • Energy Technologies, Mansfield, OH, US
  • Energy Xtreme, Austin , TX, US
  • Energyfolks, San Jose, CA, US
  • Enervalis, Leuven, , BE
  • EpiBiome, South San Francisco, CA, US
  • EthosGen, Dallas, PA, US
  • EVIK Diagnostic Innovations, Ottawa, ON, CA
  • Farmatic , San Francisco, CA, US
  • FastCAP Systems, Boston, MA, US
  • Fastec Ltd, Wellington, , NZ
  • FireFly LED Lighting, Austin, TX, US
  • FireFly Power , Charleston, SC, US
  • Framergy, College Station, TX, US
  • Gehrlicher Solar America, Annapolis, MD, US
  • Gel4Med, Brighton, MA, US
  • Geli, San Francisco, CA, US
  • GeneFluidics, Irwindale, CA, US
  • General Nano, Cincinnati, OH, US
  • Georgia Tech, Atlanta, GA, US
  • Go Electric, Anderson, IN, US
  • GS Engineering, Houghton, MI, US
  • Halotechnics , Emeryville, CA, US
  • HDT Global, Fredricksburg, VA, US
  • HEVT, Chicago, IL, US
  • Highwave , Oxnsrd, CA, US
  • Honeywell, St. Petersburg, FL, US
  • HyCarb, Orlando, FL, US
  • Hydro Tasmania, Hobart, TA, AU
  • Hypori Federal, McLean, VA, US
  • IAP Worldwide Services, Alexandria, VA, US
  • Ibis Networks, Honolulu, HI , US
  • Ibis Power, Miami , FL, US
  • Igor, Johnston, IA, US
  • IMET Corp, Southhamptom , PA , US
  • Infra-Tect , Chandler, AZ, US
  • INI Power Systems, Morrisville, NC, US
  • Inkscreen, Austin, TX, US
  • Innocorps Research Corp., Saskatoon, SK, CA
  • Inovi Green, Honolulu, HI , US
  • Inscope Medical Solutions, Louisville, KY, US
  • Integran Technologies, Mississauga, ON, CA
  • Integrated Power, Lake Forest, CA, US
  • Intel Corporation, Dallas, TX, US
  • Intelligent Automation, Rockville, MD, US
  • Intelligent Optical Systems, Torrance, CA, US
  • Intrepid Robotics, Houston, TX, US
  • InvivoSciences, Madison, WI, US
  • ISSAC Corp, Colorado Springs, CO, US
  • ITC, Richland, WA, US
  • ITN Energy Systems, Littleton, CO, US
  • Jamaica BioEnergy , Kingston, , JM
  • Joulebug, Raleigh, NC, US
  • K2 Energy Solutions, Henderson, NV, US
  • Keen Technical Solutions, Reisterstown, MD, US
  • Kelvin Storage Technologies, Poway, CA, US
  • Kinection, Napa, CA, US
  • Kisensum, Oakland, CA, US
  • KAIST, Yuseong-gu, , KR
  • Lamda Guard, Halifax, NS, CA
  • Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, berkeley, CA, US
  • Leidos, Framingham, MA, US
  • Leviathan Energy, Stony Brook , NY, US
  • Linnean Solutions , Cambridge, MA, US
  • Lionano, Ithaca, NY, US
  • LLB Consulting, Florence, AL, US
  • Lockheed Martin Corp., Palo Alto, CA, US
  • LuminAID Lab, Houston, TX, US
  • Mackinac Technology Co., Grand Rapids, MI, US
  • May-Ruben Thermal Solutions, Calgary, AB, CA
  • Mercurius Biofuels, Bellingham, WA, US
  • Midas Green Technology, Austin, TX, US
  • Mide Technology Corp., Medford, MA, US
  • Modula S, San Francisco, CA, US
  • MSW Power Corporation, Acton, MA, US
  • MTPV Power Corporation, Austin, TX, US
  • National Instruments, Austin, TX, US
  • National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO, US
  • Natural Power Concepts, Honolulu, HI, US
  • Navitas Systems, Woodridge, IL, US
  • NEOVEL Technologies, New York, NY, US
  • Neural Analytics, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • Neuro Kinetics, Pittsburgh, PA, US
  • Nextek Power Systems , Detroit , MI, US
  • Nexus eWater, Canberra, , AU
  • Neya Systems, Wexford, PA, US
  • NicheVision, Akron, OH, US
  • Nitrozyme , Los Angeles, CA, US
  • PanTher Therapeutics, Boston, MA, US
  • PeakNRG, Carlsbad, CA, US
  • Penn State University, University Park, PA, US
  • People Power, Redwood City, CA, US
  • PerkinElmer , Shelton, CT, US
  • Piedmont Biofuels, Pittsboro, NC, US
  • Plugwise BV, Sassenheim, , NL
  • PolyDrop, Seattle, WA, US
  • Pono Home, Honolulu, HI, US
  • Poseidon Water, Houston , TX , US
  • Power Practical, Salt Lake City, UT, US
  • Pragma Systems, Austin, TX, US
  • Primus Power, Hayward, CA, US
  • ProsumerGrid, Atlanta, GA, US
  • Protonex, Southbroough, MA, US
  • Pvilion, Brooklyn, NY, US
  • QRA Corp., Halifax, NS, CA
  • Quantum Digital Solutions Corp., Marina del Rey, CA, US
  • Radiator Labs, New York, NY, US
  • Real-Time Innovations, Sunnyvale, CA, US
  • RealGreen Power , Honolulu, HI, US
  • REbound Technology, Boulder, CO, US
  • REhnu, Tucson, AZ, US
  • Renovagen, Harpenden, , UK
  • Rentricity, New York , NY, US
  • ReSource BioEnergy , Walnut, CA, US
  • Retroficiency, Boston, MA , US
  • root9B , Colorado Springs, CO, US
  • RTI International, Research Triangle Park, NC, US
  • Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, US
  • Sacred Power , Albuquerque, NM, US
  • Saft America, Highland, MD, US
  • Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM, US
  • Santec, Southern Pines, NC, US
  • Saskatchewan Research Counil, Saskatoon, SK, CA
  • SBM Solar, Concord, NC, US
  • SDL Citadel, Dallas, TX, US
  • SEaB Energy Limted, Southampton, , UK
  • SecureWaters, Tullahoma, TN, US
  • Sefaira, New York, NY, US
  • Semantic Designs, Austin, TX, US
  • SensorMetrix, San Diego, CA, US
  • Sharklet Technologies, Aurora, CO, US
  • Sheer Wind , Chaska , MN, US
  • Sheetak, Austin , TX, US
  • Siemens, Edgewater, MD, US
  • Sierra Energy , Davis, CA, US
  • Sierra Nevada Corp., Centennial, CO, US
  • Signature Science, Austin, TX, US
  • SiNode Systems, Chicago, IL, US
  • Sirnaomics, Gathersburg, MD, US
  • Smart Sustainability Consulting , Honolulu, HI, US
  • Smarter Grid Solutions, Brooklyn, NY, US
  • Solar Stik, Saint Augustine, FL, US
  • Solergy , Piedmont , CA, US
  • Solid Power, Louisville, CO, US
  • Southern Research Institute, Durham, NC, US
  • SparkCognition, Austin, TX, US
  • SparkCognition, Austin, TX, US
  • Stanford University, Stanford, CA, US
  • Stryke Industries, Fort Wayne, IN, US
  • Suneris, Brooklyn, NY, US
  • Sunfolding , San Francisco, CA, US
  • Sweet Lighting , San Mateo, CA, US
  • Telkonet , Milwaukee, WI, US
  • Terragon Environmental Tech, Montreal, QC, CA
  • Terrajoule Corporation, Redwood City, CA, US
  • Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, US
  • Thermal Storage Systems, Los Angeles, CA, US
  • ThermoLift, Stony Brook, NY, US
  • ThermoVolt Solar, Holmdel, NJ, US
  • TM3 Systemsorporated, Royal Oak, MI, US
  • TNO, Delft, , NL
  • Transformative Wave, Kent, WA, US
  • Ultrasonic Technologies, Wesley Chapel, FL, US
  • UMass Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, MA, US
  • Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy, IT
  • University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, US
  • University of Florida, Gainsville , FL, US
  • University of Miami , Miami, FL, US
  • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, US
  • University of the South Pacific, Suva, , FJ
  • University of the Sunshine Coast, Sunshine Coast, , AU
  • UV Cleaning Systems , Beaverton, OR, US
  • Varentec, San Jose, CA, US
  • Vigilent, Oakland, CA, US
  • Virtual Technology , Rio Rico, AZ, US
  • VivaLnk, Santa Clara, CA, US
  • Warrior Biojet, Portland , OR, US
  • WegoWise, Boston, MA , US
  • Western Energy Systems, La Mesa, CA, US
  • Williams International, Walled Lake, MI, US
  • Xergy, Seaford, DE, US
  • Yan Engines, Austin, TX, US
  • Younicos AG, Berlin , DE, US
  • Zenogen, Eveleigh, , AU
  • ZeroBase, Ferndale, MI, US
  • Zincair Power Technologies , Squamish, CA, BC

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