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SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2026 | NATIONAL HARBOR, MD |
We convene the teams building and deploying solutions inside cities. We invite you to shape that conversation.
Submit a panel proposal, or bring us an idea. Whether you have a fully formed session or an early concept, we’re building the program with you.
Submit a Full PanelHave a strong concept and confirmed speakers? |
We prioritize panels that:
- Pair city leaders + industry partners
- Share real deployments, not concepts
- Show measurable outcomes and lessons learned
- Reflect active or recent projects
Submission notes:
- Panels with confirmed participants will rank higher in review
- Only include speakers who have agreed to participate
- Selected panels receive registration waivers for all panelists
Come ready to tell the story behind what worked and what didn’t.
Submit a Proposal Deadline: May 29
Submit an IdeaNot fully formed yet? That’s fine. |
We’re actively looking for:
- Early-stage concepts
- Emerging challenges cities are facing
- Ideas that need the right voices at the table
Our team will:
- Help shape the session
- Identify and recruit panelists
- Position it for the strongest impact onsite
If it’s worth discussing, it’s worth submitting.
Submit an Idea Deadline: May 29
We’re especially interested in sessions that show how cities are implementing solutions today, including:
- AI actually being used in live city environments
- Digital twins supporting planning, resilience, or infrastructure decisions
- Data integration across departments (and what broke along the way)
- Grid resilience, distributed energy, and electrification at the city level
- Broadband, 5G, and network infrastructure enabling services
- Water, waste, and utilities modernization with measurable outcomes
- Transit innovations with adoption data
- EV infrastructure rollout challenges and solutions
- Curb management, parking, and multimodal coordination
- Emergency response coordination across agencies
- Cybersecurity in municipal systems
- Climate adaptation and disaster readiness in practice
- City + private sector partnerships that delivered results
- Funding models (federal, state, private, blended)
- Procurement, policy, and governance lessons learned
What Makes a Strong Session
The best Smart Cities Connect Conference panels:
- Are grounded in real projects
- Include both city and partner perspectives
- Offer specific takeaways others can apply
- Go beyond vision into execution
Have a panel ready? Submit it.
Have an idea worth exploring? Send it.
We’ll help take it from concept to stage.
