Featured Events

September 16th, 2-5pm, Zoom | Austin Civic Priorities Workshop

Join Austin Smart City Alliance as leaders from the City of Austin and other civic organizations share top issues and priorities for Austin at this public event hosted by the  Austin Smart City Alliance. Civic leaders will share urgent and important challenges to address to help make Austin better for all, then we will discuss how 'smart city’ approaches—collecting data and using analytics to improve operations and decisions—can help address these challenges.  

​This event is free and open to everyone.
October 6th, 6-8pm, Zoom  | Austin Forum on Technology & Society
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Join the Austin Forum on Technology & Society as Chelsea Collier of Digi.City and Rob Silverberg of Dell Technologies for: Edge Computing and Data Analytics for Smart Communities and Cities. Learn why ‘smart’ communities and cities will transform lives for everyone; how the technologies will come together and transform environments, infrastructure and services; and why this will lead to increase quality of life and equitable outcomes for all—if we do our parts and enact these changes responsibility and ethically.

​​This event is free and open to everyone.
October 14th 10am-4pm, Zoom | Texas Smart Cities Summit

The Texas Smart Cities Summit brings together thought leaders, policy makers, designers and developers  to share ideas & experiences, trade lessons learned, and develop plans & priorities for Texas cities. Using urban data, new & emerging technologies, and advanced analytics we aim to accelerate smart city efforts and improve the quality of life in our cities.

​​This event is free and open to everyone.

Upcoming ASCA Events


The ASCA Smart Cities Series is a twice monthly online presentation from technology, business, government, and education leaders sharing about their expertise and experience in smart cities technologies and practices. This online "lunch & learn" series is held on Zoom on the 2nd and 4th Wednesday of each month from 12pm-1pm CST. The speakers include a variety of experts from our own ASCA membership, the Austin community at large, and also national and global smart cities professionals. This series is free and open to the public. 
​Please email us by clicking here to receive the Zoom link for the event.
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Interested in presenting at the the Smart Cities Series about your company, organization, or smart city project?  Contact us!


September Events:
September 2nd, 2020 | Member Meeting, 12pm-1pm CST 
(Members Only)

September 9th, 2020 | Smart Cities Series Lunch & Learn, 12pm-1pm CST 
Topic: Achieving Zero Wildland Fire Deaths: Innovating Smart City Solutions To Wildfire Preparedness.
Join us as Austin Fire Department's GIS Analyst Nate Casebeer and Wildfire Mitigation Officer Justice Jones share their experience and successes in collaborating on creating smart city solutions through the ASCA Wildfire Project, which was first developed from a Civic Priorities Workshop.
Esri technical manager Peter Fitts will present how Location Intelligence can benefit Smart City initiatives- such as the Wildfire Project, where they played a lead role- and will provide trends and patterns we observe in Austin and other cities around the world.
Speakers:
Nate Casebeer, GIS Analyst for AFD's Wildfire Division
Justice Jones, Chris Vetromile, Travis County Fire
Peter Fitz, ESRI
Recording


September 16, 2020 | Civic Priorities Workshop, 2pm-5pm CST

September 23, 2020 | Smart Cities Series Lunch & Learn, 12pm-1pm CST 
Speaker: Jeff DeCoux, Autonomy Institute
Topic: Intelligent and Autonomous Infrastructure will drive the foundations of the 21st-Century & Industry 4.0 The next Industrial revolution is here, fueled by Autonomy, Industry 4.0 requires the bridging of the physical and the digital. The convergence of 5G, IoT, edge computing are widely seen as the technologies that build that bridge. No single industry has a business model capable of enabling the large-scale convergence that will launch the next revolution.
​October Events:
October 7th, 2020 | Member Meeting, 12pm-1pm CST 
(Members Only)

October 14th, 2020 | Texas Smart Cities Summit 10am-4pm CST (Virtual Summit)

October 28th, 2020 | Smart Cities Series Lunch & Learn, 12pm-1pm CST 

Due to Coronavirus, we're conducting our events to educate and support our members virtually. Stay tuned and check your inbox for new events to learn about how smart cities are responding to the pandemic crisis.

Other Local Relevant Events

Austin Forum on Technology & Society
Austin Technology Alliance Calendar
Austin Technology Council Calendar

National and Global Smart Cities Events
IEEE Smart Cities Meetings and Conferences
Smart Cities Connect
Smart Cities Week