World Smart City Awards 2025

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About World Smart City Awards

The World Smart City Awards are back!

These internationally acclaimed prizes recognize and support innovative city strategies, projects and ideas that can make an impact on citizens’ lives and turn our cities into better places to live.

Winners will be announced in front of a large, global audience of smart city professionals at SCEWC25, providing an unparalleled opportunity to share your work with the world by placing it in the spotlight on globally-renowned platform.

We’re looking for game-changing projects linked to the following categories:

• City Award:
  • The City Award celebrates cities with a global strategy combining innovation, collaboration, inclusion and sustainability initiatives.
• Innovation Award:
  • The Innovation Award recognizes original initiatives and creative solutions improving communities.
• Leadership Award:
  • The Leadership Award honors individuals who’ve made significant contributions in the last decade. The Hall of Fame of smart urban development
• Project Awards:
  • The different Project Awards consider successful implemented projects developed in a specific area:
    • Enabling Technologies
    • Energy & Environment
    • Mobility
    • Governance & Economy
    • Living & Inclusion
    • Infrastructure & Building

• Sponsor Organisation: Smart City Expo World Congress

Benefits of World Smart City Awards

The winners of the 2025 awards will, during the 2026 edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress, have the right to:

• 1 speaking slot in the Smart City Expo World Congress;
• 5 congress passes (three-day full pass to the expo and congress sessions);
• Publicity of the award via various communication media

 

World Smart City Awards Requirements

The World Smart City Awards are aimed at both public and private sector, cities, businesses, entrepreneurs, start-ups, digital innovators, developers, research centres, universities, civic techs, civil society representatives, non-governmental organizations, cooperatives, consortiums (public-private), social activists and individuals, with innovative ideas, analyses, studies, visions and solutions for the management and development of our cities.

Application Date and Process

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Application Deadline

30 June, 2025

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