Global Organization of Smart Cities
GO SMART, an international network of Smart Cities. Connecting and facilitating communication between government and industry. Promoting collaboration between Smart Cities through Inter-City PoCs (Proof-of-Concept).
Many cities around the world are currently facing the challenges caused by the ongoing urbanization process happening worldwide. In their quest to more sustainability and livability, these cities and their academic and industry partners have developed their Smart City strategy. GO SMART will accelerate Smart City developments by providing the platform for Smart Cities and their stakeholders to exchange knowledge and by facilitating collaborations.
Any organization working on urban innovation aimed at developing sustainable and livable cities are invited to join GO SMART!
What GO SMART will do
1. Knowledge exchange
Exchange knowledge and initiate collaborations with other Smart City stakeholders through GO SMART.
2. Global City connections
Develop inter-city proof-of-concept projects to scale and validate the effectiveness of Smart City policies and initiatives.
3. Stimulate the Smart Economy
Establish an open and cross-border market for Smart City solutions.
2022 GO SMART Award Winners
Solution Description
2022 GO SMART Award (GSA), entering its 4th year. Over the past 3 terms, more than 120 outstanding projects have been submitted from more than 30 cities (e.g. Amsterdam, Da Nang, Gdynia, Moscow, Prague, Taipei, etc.). This year GSA attracted 42 projects from over 20 cities. Here are the 4 categories of criteria for GSA panelists’ assessment: Cross-domain, Impact, Functionality and Innovation. This award aims to highlight the success of teamwork through collaboration, especially for teams that demonstrated diversity with stakeholders’ engagement from different domains. GO SMART Award invites several international smart city experts to serve as judges. After diversified and professional review, projects were selected to the second-round evaluation of the online pitching.
This year GSA have 3 winners, and 2 special awards. The “I3 Systems and the City of Los Angeles" from the US; "Taipei Urban Intelligence Center" from Taiwan and "Qlue Smart City Project: Alam Sutera Intelligent Mobility System" from Indonesia are the winners. "New Taipei City Virtual Ward Platform" from New Taipei City Information Management Center gets the Promising City Project Special Award and "Remote Services for Assistive Technology Amidst the Pandemic" from New Taipei City Social Welfare Department wins Human Centric Special Award this year.