Blog by Karen Norden

Join global experts and SCC Chair Corey Gray for an online session on Decarbonising Singapore’s Built Environment. Learn practical strategies, technologies and pathways to net zero. Register now and be part of the transition to low-carbon cities.

GITEX AFRICA, April 07-09, 2026, Marrakech – Africa’s largest tech and startup event. Meet global innovators, industry giants, and leaders driving digital transformation. Join us to witness Africa’s digital future.

Treelyon joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a climate tech innovator using AI and geospatial data to deliver real-time urban forest intelligence, helping cities protect green assets, manage climate risk, and strengthen sustainability and resilience.

TestInvest joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a skills verification platform using practical, role-based testing to help organisations hire with confidence, reduce recruitment risk, and build stronger digital teams through proven performance data.

SNAAP Transportation joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as an innovator in on-demand, autonomous mobility, delivering affordable, low-emission transport that reduces congestion and connects cities, campuses, and hubs with faster, cleaner travel.

Women in Davos highlights the leadership, vision, and impact of women shaping the future of cities, technology, policy, and investment. Through curated conversations and global engagement, the series showcases how women are driving innovation, influence, and inclusive growth on the world stage.

Reelo Technologies joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a fast-growing B2B wholesale marketplace, unifying suppliers, payments, and compliance into one intelligent platform that helps retailers save time, improve margins, and modernise supply chains.

Reelo Technologies joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a fast-growing B2B wholesale marketplace, unifying suppliers, payments, and compliance into one intelligent platform that helps retailers save time, improve margins, and modernise supply chains.

Kurrier Inc. joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a digital logistics platform making parcel shipping as easy as a ride-share, with instant pickup, transparent pricing, and reliable first-mile delivery for urban businesses and cities.

Helixis Technology joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a pioneer in governable autonomous systems, delivering auditable infrastructure that enables safe, transparent, and insurable smart city and mobility solutions trusted by governments, regulators, and industry.

CompliGenie, Inc. joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as an AI-native compliance platform transforming building plan reviews, cutting approval times from weeks to minutes, and helping cities and developers streamline regulation, reduce costs, and accelerate delivery.

Avvista joins Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week 2026 – Edition III as a leading smart water and energy management platform, helping utilities and councils cut losses, reduce emissions, and boost resilience through real-time data, leak detection, and actionable insights.

Smart Cities Council announces the 2026 Innovation Cohort for Silicon Valley Start-up & Investor Week – Edition III, the first program of the year. Bringing together founders, investors, and city leaders in February, with June dates already confirmed, driving continued global innovation.

From Innovation to Impact: Scaling Climate Intelligence for Resilient Cities As part of SCC’s WEF Davos 2026 delegation, Abby Seneor, Founder of Treelyon, is redefining how cities use climate intelligence to turn sustainability goals into measurable, scalable impact.

As part of SCC’s Women Leading the Way series at WEF Davos 2026, this feature spotlights Stephania Stavropoulos, cofounder and COO of Orchestra, and her leadership in turning city ambition into coordinated, trusted, real-world delivery.

At WEF Davos 2026, SCC leaders challenged how cities define success. This session explored why healthspan—years lived in good health—must become a core SMART outcome, shaping healthier, more resilient, and more investable cities for the future.

As cities face growing pressure to deliver sustainable, inclusive growth, investing in isolated projects is no longer enough. True transformation requires financing readiness—building the systems, skills, and governance needed to turn ambition into lasting impact.

At WEF Davos 2026, Smart Cities Council leaders moved the conversation beyond AI hype to city readiness. The discussion revealed a simple truth: AI only scales when governance, compute, and citizen trust are in place—turning technology from a tool into an accelerator of outcomes.

As part of Smart Cities Council’s WEF Davos 2026 program, global leaders gathered in Zurich to focus on execution over ambition. The discussion made one thing clear: cities don’t fail for lack of vision, but for lack of readiness—and trust, people, and capability are the true competitive advantage.

Smart Cities Council appoints Shaik Hamdan as Middle East Regional Lead, announced by SCC Chair & President Corey Gray at WEF Davos 2026. Strengthening SCC’s fastest-growing region. #SCCWEF26