Featured Events

December 2nd 2:00-5:00pm, Zoom | Austin Civic Solutions 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.
December 11th 2:00-5:00pm, Zoom | Funding Workshop (Members Only)
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.

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!
 ​November Events:
November 11th, 2020 | Member Meeting, 12pm-1pm CST 
(Members Only)

November 18th, 2020 | Smart Cities Series Lunch & Learn, 12pm-1pm CST 
Contact Tracing in the Smart City: 
The Need For An Ecosystem of Trust, Visibility & Safety Through Public/Private Cooperation
Presenters: Olivia Derr, Slalom & Mathew Yarger, Iota Foundation
The Coronavirus pandemic has presented U.S. communities with a convergence of specific disease characteristics and privacy trust issues that have resulted in less engagement in traditional contact tracing. Instead, technology solutions and individual preference have shifted to risk exposure tools that seek to inform people but do not drive the community protections of public health programs.  Additionally private entities are building and buying solutions that drive workplace safety, but are designed with privacy concerns as primary.  In review of this situation, we propose that this default approach of avoiding personal data results in problem-avoidance instead of problem-solving.  Instead, communities should leverage data structures, transparent policy and citizen education to achieve a true contact tracing solution based on a data ecosystem of trust, visibility and safety. Smart communities can meet the safety needs of their citizens and protect privacy when tackling the need in a combined fashion vs. only solving for the privacy issue.


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