When the electric light was introduced in cities at the end of the 19th and beginning of 20th centuries, cityscapes were transformed into a stellar constellation on earth. However, city lighting also had incredibly practical uses, from added safety to travel efficiency during nighttime. Salvi Lighting developed the pioneering urban lighting project SMARTEC, which allowed cities to monitor and control outdoor lighting remotely. To talk with us about the impact this technology has had in cities is none other than Salvi Lighting’s CEO, Javier Elizalde.trategy.

Most of us are familiar with issues of online privacy, and how online movements are often tracked and collected as data. This is often used by companies to increase sales, target advertising, or improve user experience. But what about when it comes to tracking our movements in our physical environments? Here to talk to us about Flow, a spatial intelligence solution that monitors people’s mobility, is Robin Lefrant, General Manager of Flow.

How can we both honor tradition and culture, and pursue the desire to innovate and incorporate new technologies? This is a challenge facing many historic urban areas seeking to preserve culture while harnessing innovation. Here to talk to us about how the holy city of Medina in Saudi Arabia is doing just that, is Mr. Abdulrahman Ibrahim, Chief Data and Innovation Officer for the Madinah Smart City Strategy.

Across the globe, cities are struggling to respond to both new and old challenges including climate change, rapid urbanization, and social exclusion. However, integrating data from critical city infrastructure systems such as traffic, streetlights, emergency services, and utilities can help cities identify and implement new solutions more efficiently. To discuss some of these exciting Smart City technologies, we’re joined by Mr. Matthew Britt, General Manager of Smart Cities & Communities at Honeywell, whose City Suite Software is already being implemented in 75 cities worldwide.

City streetlights have proved to be incredibly useful tools for urbanites, providing safety in seeing surroundings, and boosting productivity by allowing transport to operate at night. We seem to be entering a new era in street lighting, however, as our typical lampposts begin to expand their capabilities. One of the companies leading the charge in this innovation boom is Omniflow, which has focused on transforming streetlights into carbon neutral and smart 5G infrastructures.

Mobility is key for any urban area, and sustainable, efficient modes of public transport have long been the measure of a well-developed city. As the pressure to reach carbon neutrality mounts, electric vehicles stand out as one of the most popular routes for the future of transport. Alongside electrification, the 5G network is also expected to shape the transportation systems of tomorrow. Here to talk with us about an innovative and sustainable mobility solution is Francisco Sánchez Pons, Director of Electronics and Smart Mobility at the Automotive Technology Centre of Galicia.

Today, most of the world’s population already lives in urban areas. With this figure set to grow, cities are often the best places to implement large-scale solutions for societal challenges. Scalable Cities, a city-led initiative supported by the European Commission, works to identify and promote innovative policies and business models that can be scaled up and replicated elsewhere. Here to speak about how our cities can help mitigate issues such as climate change is Veronika Cerna, Head of Strategy at Scalable Cities.

We’re seeing a rapidly evolving digital world, from the advent of metaverses to the developing capabilities of artificial intelligence. Harnessing the great potential of these new technological horizons will prove key to helping improve our cities. Someone with first-hand experience on this matter is Yo Sik Kang, President of the Seoul Digital Foundation, which has helped build the global competitiveness of the city Seoul through digital transformation.