World Smart Cities Awards 2013 call is closed

The World Smart Cities Awards have been established in order to identify the best cities, projects and innovative initiatives in line with the Smart City concept.

Purpose of the award
The aim of the award is to nurture the development of future cities thus enhancing quality of life, sustainability, innovation, creativity, competitiveness, and efficient management and administration.

Who can participate
The World Smart Cities Awards are aimed at cities, businesses and entrepreneurs, research centers, public or non-governmental organizations or consortiums (public-private) with innovative Smart City visions and solutions.

What projects can be submitted for consideration?
All projects and solutions that contribute to any of the areas covered in the Smart City Expo World Congress can be submitted for consideration.

Around the concept of the Smart City Expo World Congress
The Smart City World Congress is built around the concept of a "Smart Society for innovative and sustainable cities", integrating the following underlying themes: Energy, Technology  & Innovation, Collaborative City & the Smart Society, Sustainable Built Environment, Governance & Economy, Mobility, Smart Geo and City Resilience & Security.

Prize categories
Three different categories of proposals will be considered for the competition:
·    City Award
·    Project Award
·    And Innovative Initiative Award

Entry deadline
October 4th 2013, 12pm CET

All proposals should be fulfilled and submitted in English only.