SEPTEMBER 22-24, 2026 | NATIONAL HARBOR, MD
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  SPEAKERS  

Manasa Acharya

Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, City of St. Paul, MN

Alison Alter

AI and Social Impact Advisor, Alter Advising

Ali Asad Hasan

Founder, Technibrium

Cafer Avci

Research Associate-Lecturer, Cornell University

Gavin Baum-Blake

Co-Founder and CEO, City Detect

Mati Bazurto

Director of Business Operations, City of Bowie, MD

Jaipreet Bindra

Senior Advisor, Innovation, University of Ottawa, Canada

Alice Bosley

Innovator in Residence, City of Raleigh, NC

Brandon Branham

VP Connected Solutions, Juganu

Alison Brooks

Research Vice President, Worldwide Smart Cities and Public Safety, IDC

Luis O. Cardona

Director, Maryland Governor's Office of Business Advancement (GOBA)

Mario Castillo

City Council Member, District H, City of Houston, TX

Nicole Coughlin

Chief Information Officer, Town of Cary, NC

Dr. Michelle Cruz

Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, City of Newport News, VA

Marisa Denker

CEO & Founder, Connect the Dots

Russ Ducharme

Director of Neighborhood Services, City of Rancho Cordova

Russell Etherton

Chief of Staff, District H, City of Houston, TX

Bob Flaherty

Vice President of IoT, LEOTEK

Chris Foreman

Chief Executive Officer, Marketplace.city

Frantz Francois

Chief Technology Officer, City of Mableton, GA

Oliver Gao

Director, Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health, Cornell University

Rita Gass

Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, City of Sacramento, CA

Karie Gibson

Clinical & Forensic Psychologist, Twin Oaks Consulting LLC

Ishu Gupta

Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, City of Green Bay, WI

Condell Hamilton

First Deputy Comptroller, City of Mt. Vernon, NY

Melissa Faith Hart

Founder and CEO, eBodyGuard

Cassie Hoeprich

Vice President, Planning & Economic Development, Downtown Houston+

Ryan Huddleston

Director of Intelligent Cities, City of Chattanooga, TN

Ashwini Jarral

President, IS3Ware

Erik Johnson

Founder and CEO, Placemetry

Mike Joslin

Managing Partner; Studio and Managing Director, 1842 Fund; Alloy Partners

TJ Kennedy

CEO, GeoComm and Fractional Source

Jostran Lamontagne

Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Dimonoff

Steven Lanou

Senior Sustainability Project Manager, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cristina Leos

Impact Catalyst, City of Raleigh, NC

Josh Levine

Co-Founder & CEO, Thorian AI

Henry J. Lofton, Jr.

Deputy Chief Technology Officer, Office of the Chief Technology Officer (OCTO), Washington, DC

Shannon Macika

Global Research & Insights Lead, Senior Smart City Advisor, BABLE Smart Cities

Stefanie Mavronis

Director, MONSE, City of Baltimore, MD

Rachel McClure

Assistant Collector of Revenue,, City of St. Louis, MO

Chelsea McCullough, Ph.D.

Strategic Advisor, Smart Cities Connect Media & Research

Heather McDougall

Strategy & Innovation Officer, City of Raleigh, NC

Harvey Miller

Broadband Development Officer, City of Chesapeake, VA

Mike Milstead

Sheriff, Minnehaha County (Sioux Falls, SD)

James Mitchell

Chief Operating Officer, Fractional Source

Ben Moebes

Vice President, Sales, Ericsson

Manny Morales

Former Chief of Police, City of Miami, FL

Jaclyn Olsen

Office for Sustainability, Harvard University

Hillary Orr

Deputy Director for Transportation, City of Alexandria, VA

Teena Piccione

Frm Secretary and State Chief Information Officer (CIO), State of North Carolina

Aathira Pillai

Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, City of New Bedford, MA

Nathalie Rayter

Technology Project Leader, Partners for Public Good

Robb Reid

Chief Revenue Officer, Sourcewell

Lisa Richey

Director, Energy Marketing, Apex Clean Energy

Dr. Christopher Rodriguez

Assistant City Administrator, District of Columbia

Naman Sharma

Bloomberg Harvard City Hall Fellow, City of Trenton, NJ

Meghan Shaw

Climate Strategy & Implementation, City of Cambridge, MA

Natasha Shikari

AM Architect, Throne Labs

Amir Softic

Director of Revenue Technology, City of St. Louis Collector of Revenue

Stephen Sondermann

Technology Liaison, City of St. Louis, MO

Nichole Sterling

Mayor, City of Nederland, CO

Nichole Stewart

Assistant Director, Department of Planning, City of Baltimore, MD

Bradley Styles

Client Success Director, PayIt

Jaime Sucher

Systems Development Specialist, City of St. Louis, Collector of Revenue

Dartanion Swift-Williams

Executive Director, Mayor’s Office of Performance and Innovation, City of Baltimore

John P. Thomas

Chief Innovation and Performance Officer, DC Department of Transportation

Shin-Pei Tsay

Chief Research & Data Officer, City of Boston, MA

Miha Vindis

Director & Professor of Practice, Texas State University

Andrew Watkins

President & COO, Marketplace.city

Alireza Yazdiani

Graduate Research Assistant, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University

Ruthbea Yesner

Group Vice President, Government, Education, Health and Life Sciences, IDC

Additional Speakers

Senior Sustainability Program Manager, Office for Sustainability, Harvard University

AVP of Knowledge Work, Virginia Economic Development Partnership

Head of Public Sector Technology, Partners for Public Good

Principal Digital Transformation Architect, Portage CyberTech

 






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