Held annually since 2014, Smart City Day Biel/Bienne is Switzerland's reference Smart City ecosystem event, evolving toward the Swiss Smart Citizen Day. The 2026 edition gathers over 400 municipal and cantonal decision-makers, academics, and businesses to discuss urban digital transition, citizen-centred governance, and AI literacy, offering a central forum for the Swiss Smart City community.
Organised by the Smart Cities & Sport network, the Lausanne summit brings together city leaders, sports organisations, innovators, and researchers to explore how sport and urban innovation intersect. The 2026 edition will address urban digital twins, data-driven decision systems, and inclusive public spaces, with a thematic focus on sport as a social contract and a testing ground for broader urban solutions.
Sustainable Places is an annual European conference dedicated to research and innovation for sustainable built environments, energy, and climate-neutral cities. The 2026 edition at the European Convention Center in Luxembourg will combine auditorium tracks, workshops, and project showcases, providing a key venue for EU-funded projects to disseminate results and explore alignment with upcoming European funding priorities.
Organised by the POLIS network, the Annual POLIS Conference is Europe's leading event on sustainable urban mobility in cities and regions. The 2026 edition at THE EGG in Brussels gathers over a thousand transport professionals from cities, regions, and the public and private sectors for sessions, workshops, and an exhibition on smart, innovative, and sustainable mobility.
Organised by InfraXmedia with the support of the Government of Aragon, the inaugural AI Cities Summit Europe brings together government officials, data centre developers, energy and utility executives, investors and technology providers to explore how cities and regions can benefit from the growth of AI infrastructure. Held at the Palacio de Congresos de Zaragoza, the 2027 edition focuses on economic development and infrastructure investment, regulatory frameworks and sovereign governance, community engagement and energy sustainability, and the future of urban AI applications and compute infrastructure.
Presented by TechConnect, Smart Cities Connect Spring brings together city leaders, corporate executives, investors and technology developers to accelerate the deployment of urban innovation. Co-located with TechConnect World 2027 at the Hynes Convention Center in Boston, the conference and expo cover AI and machine learning, grid and energy management, cybersecurity, mobility, public transit and resilience, with free attendance for municipal employees.
Urban Future, The Better-Cities Event, comes to Istanbul in partnership with Humane Urbanism and the Türkiye Design Council. The 2027 edition is expected to gather more than 2,000 participants, 250 speakers and 150 mayors and city leaders around three themes: Ready Cities, People-Powered Cities and Urban Branding. It connects city governments, planners, designers, entrepreneurs and civic organisations to share proven solutions for more liveable and resilient cities.
Organised by InfraXmedia, the Latin American edition of the AI Cities Summit brings together governments, energy providers, data centre developers, investors and technology vendors from Brazil and across Latin America to explore how cities can capture the economic opportunity of AI infrastructure. Held at the Sheraton Grand Rio Hotel & Resort in Rio de Janeiro, the 2027 edition focuses on economic development and infrastructure investment, regulatory frameworks and sovereign governance, community engagement and energy sustainability, and the future of urban AI applications and compute infrastructure.
Held at the Leonardo Royal Hotel London Tower Bridge, Smart City Expo UK brings together policymakers, council representatives, technology leaders and investors to explore the future of urban infrastructure. The 2027 programme is organised around six tracks: cognitive infrastructure and AI, cyber-resilience, smart transportation and autonomous mobility, clean energy and net zero, FinTech, and PropTech, ConTech and smart urbanism.
Organised by Bitkom and Messe Berlin, the Smart Country Convention is Germany's leading event for the digital transformation of the public sector. It brings together representatives of federal, state and local government, industry, research and civil society to discuss digital government, AI and cloud, digital security, smart cities and regions, mobility, and energy and sustainability, with a strong focus on international best practices.