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European smart city stakeholders and representatives gathered in Utrecht on the 1st-2nd of June to understand what the hidden factors behind the successful implantation of climate friendly solutions.

Nothing strikes fear in commuters more than the thought of spending the morning commute stuck in a traffic jam. Spare a thought then for the commuters of Sant Cruz de Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands’ two capitals.

At a Webinar held on May 17, 2022, IRIS Lighthouse Cities Utrecht, Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, and Gothenburg presented how they use the local City Innovation Platforms (CIP) in the journey toward smart cities.

In the upcoming webinar, the three IRIS Lighthouse Cities Utrecht, Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur, and Gothenburg will present through concrete use cases how they use the local City Innovation Platforms (CIP) in the journey toward smart cities. The cities will share lessons learned regarding technologies, onboarding process and governance, and standard data models.

Around 40km from the Turkish border, the Greek city of Alexandroupolis is an important city for Greece that serves as one of its main gateways to the Asian continent. In recent years the city has also benefited from local authorities’ renewed vision for the city; they want to transform Alexandroupolis into a sustainable city for its citizens by using new, efficient and user-friendly technologies and services.

The Scalable Cities community event “Moving from solutions to system change” hosted by the IRIS Smart Cities project will take place on the 1st and 2nd of June in Utrecht.

The city of Focşani in Romania’s South-East region is quickly becoming a hidden gem for Romanian tourists. It also serves as the capital of Vrancea County, famous for producing some of the country’s best wines since the 15th century. Apart from its tourism credentials, the city has been working on becoming one of Romania’s best examples of a ‘smart city’ – that is, using digital technology to make traditional networks and services more efficient.

Finland has a lot to be proud of in terms of innovation. This year the country ranked 8th in the world in Bloomberg’s innovation index of world economies. Now many of the country’s big cities aim to become ‘smart cities’- those which use digital technology to make traditional networks and services more efficient. Mauritz Knuts from VASEK, presents the city’s ambition to implement smart city solutions from the IRIS project.

The Netherlands is home to one of the most accomplished start-up cultures in the world and Dutch researchers are now sharing their recipe for success hoping it can help other smart city businesses emerge.

The city of Vaasa in Finland aims to become carbon neutral until the end of this decade.