SCNY Urban Tech Summit at Cornell Tech

Roosevelt Island — New York City

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SCNY Urban Tech Summit 2021

As New York emerges from COVID-19, cities around the world are making a new commitment to building a more inclusive, sustainable future through urban tech. After suspending Smart Cities New York last year due to the pandemic, we are excited to return with a three-day convening at the new Jacobs Urban Tech Hub on Roosevelt Island.

On-site capacity will be limited, so every session will be streamed to enable live, virtual attendance. In addition, all of the discussions will be available after the event, with curated programming around key themes like equity, transportation, health, resilience, housing, energy, water, waste, and more.

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A diverse group of urban tech innovators, thought leaders, and advocates from across the city and around the world will explore how breakthroughs and big ideas in urban tech will shape the recovery from the pandemic and the decade ahead.

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About the Organizers

Smart Cities New York (SCNY) is North America’s leading global conference exploring the emerging influence of cities in shaping the future. With the global smart city market expected to grow to $1.6 trillion within the next three years, Smart Cities New York is Powered by People. The conference brings together top thought leaders and senior members of the private and public sector to discuss investments in physical and digital infrastructure, health, education, sustainability, security, mobility, workforce development, and more, to ensure cities are central to advancing and improving urban life.

Cornell Tech is Cornell University’s groundbreaking campus for technology research and education on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Our faculty, students and industry partners work together in an ultra-collaborative environment, pushing inquiry further and developing meaningful technologies for a digital society. The Jacobs Institute, established jointly by Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, embodies the Cornell Tech mission by fostering radical experimentation at the intersection of research, education, and entrepreneurship.

CIV:LAB helps cities and city stakeholders ‘harmonize’ their resources and organizations to tackle challenges they are facing locally but ultimately crises that are facing cities across the globe. Starting locally, CIV:LAB’s collaborative approach to challenges bolsters the resilience of vulnerable communities. Following the success of our model in New York, Detroit and early adoption by London, we are seeing growing demand in cities for more curated and targeted interaction between ‘urban innovation’ ecosystems, cities and their stakeholders on shared urban challenges.