UTA Café

Smart-city conversations and the pilots behind them

Insights from the UTA Café

Explore the archive of UTA Café webinars hosted by the Urban Technology Alliance. Each session is a focused exchange of expertise, bringing together cities, industry, and academia around a single smart-city theme — from crisis management to digital maturity — and the real-world experience behind it. Every UTA Café pairs a clear framing of the topic with guest speakers who share concrete results, lessons learned, and working methodologies, and closes with an open Q&A. Browse past sessions below to learn from practitioners, exchange knowledge across the community, and follow the ideas shaping smarter, more resilient cities.

UTA Café | EU–Japan Webinar Series
UTA Café | EU–Japan Webinar Series is a three-part online event connecting smart city stakeholders from Europe and Japan. Explore the latest developments in smart cities, AI, digital twins, climate action, and Horizon Europe while discovering new opportunities for international collaboration, research, and innovation.
UTA Café | EU–Japan Webinar Series | Session 3 | Same City Challenges: Can We Solve Them Together?
In the last session of the EU–Japan Webinar Series, we’ll explore what European and Japanese cities can learn from each other. We’ll discuss the challenges they share and how working together can lead to shared solutions.
UTA Café | EU–Japan Webinar Series | Session 2 | Connecting Europe and Japan Through Horizon Europe
In this session, experts from Europe and Japan will share their knowledge, highlight new ideas, and look for ways to work together internationally. Presentations will cover smart agriculture, data-driven urban innovation, and UTA’s project experience. Participants will see how research, technology, and partnerships can help create successful EU–Japan projects and open new chances with Horizon Europe.
UTA Café | EU–Japan Webinar Series | Session 1: From Urban Challenges to Collaborative Solutions in Europe and Japan
At the first of three EU–Japan webinars, the Urban Technology Alliance presented live pilots on urban heat and social isolation and presented itself as a matchmaker for new joint research consortia.
UTA Café Webinar Digital Maturity 29th September 2025
UTA Café Webinar: What is digital maturity and how can it help urban development? Introduction to Urban Technology Association (UTA) – host, Link to MICAD Horizon Europe Project. Presentation from caspera.lab about digital maturity model development and and City of Santander about strategy and digital projects.