Smart Cities Connect Spring Conference & Expo
2024-05-07 - 2024-05-10 | Raleigh Convention Center
Smart Cities Connect is where the smart cities community meets. They offer the most comprehensive conference, exposition and accelerator of smart city innovation in North America. We deliver premium networking and educational opportunities with a keen focus on city leaders and their priorities. Working closely with the technology community, we bring together the largest collection of intelligent systems providers for energy, infrastructure, networks, data management, urban mobility, citizen engagement and governance solutions. Community members can receive 25% off by using code “24CSCA25”.

AI4G: AI for Government Event Series
2024-06-20 15:00 - 18:00 UTC
Join us for a three-part series on how AI is being used to advance smarter communities:
June 20: AI Showcase – Register Here
3 pm – 6 pm (MT), In-Person @ Venue – CSU Spur, Hydro Lobby (4777 National Western Drive, Denver)
Registration varies:

Government Attendees: FREE
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance Members: FREE
Business Attendee: $45
Academic, Research, or Non-profit Attendee: $35

Join us in the culminating event of the AI For Government series, which will provide a hands-on showcase illustrating how AI can be used to help government agencies improve services and quality of life in their communities.
The event will bring together innovation leaders from towns, cities, counties, utilities and state agencies from across Colorado to engage with entrepreneurs, solution providers and research organizations on the cutting edge of AI.
Iliff Innovation Lab is our sponsor for the event. Iliff Innovation Lab is based in Iliff graduate school and is at the forefront of research and technology while prioritizing diversity and ethics in the space.
Agenda:

3 pm: Showcase, bar and food begins
4 pm: Remarks from Governor Polis, Colorado State Representative Titone, Ted Vial of Iliff School of Theology
6 pm: Event closes

Sponsorship and exhibitor opportunities available!

Click here to view the Sponsorship/Exhibitor brochure.
Apply to exhibit here.

Past events:
May 16: How it Works (Past)
Before governments can use AI, they need to understand it. Peek inside the “black box” to understand what AI is, how it works, and the many different functionalities it presents for government agencies.
Speakers: Ken Fricklas, Sumanth Channabasappa – read their bios!

May 30: Ethics & Responsible Use (Past)
10 am – 11:30 am (MT), Webinar
Registration is FREE!
Using AI holds tremendous opportunity and significant risk if not handled properly. Discover practical governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) questions and tools you can use to ensure your agency, and your partners, are on the path to using AI in responsible and ethical ways.
Speakers: Scott Blumenreich, Kathleen McInery, Emily Royall – read their bios!

Smarter Parks and Rec Webinar
2024-08-14 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Denver)
Smart Parks & Rec Webinar
Wednesday, August 14 | 1 pm – 2 pm (MST)
Registration is $10!
Colorado Parks & Recreation Association (CPRA) and the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance (CSCA) are partnering to highlight how parks and recreation leaders are using innovative technology to improve user experience and public safety. Join us to explore real solutions transforming how the Parks and Recreation industry operates, and learn something you could take back to your jurisdiction. This webinar will showcase solutions being deployed across Colorado, including:

Improved digital experience platform that meets new accessibility requirements
Early wildfire detection and air quality monitoring
Public Wi-Fi and public safety monitoring with AI

Smart Futures Lab 2024 Demo Day
2024-08-22 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver)
Smart Futures Lab
Demo Day x CU Denver Block Party
Thursday, August 22 | 12 pm – 3 pm
Meet us on Lawrence Street, between 14th and 15th Street
Join Smart Futures Lab as their incubator and accelerator program members give live demonstrations of their innovative Smart City products and prototypes. We have ten startup companies that are in various stages of development, each with a unique solution that seeks to solve problems for Smart Cities, municipalities, and local government.
This event will be hosted outdoors as part of the Annual CU Denver Block Party. Come and learn more about these startups, enjoy some food, and music!
Where: Between Lawrence Street on 14th and 15th Street | 1250 14th Street, Denver, CO 80202
Cost: Free Entry! Let us know you’re coming by registering
Parking: Paid Parking is available on Larimer Street and 14th Street | 1394 Market St, Denver, CO 80202
Incubator Companies

InfraSmart Solutions| Denver, CO | CU Denver Faculty Founder
Founders: Brian Zavareh and Dr. Farnoush Banaei-Kashani
InfraSmart Solutions is innovating in urban infrastructure with AI, focusing on making sewer pipeline defect detection automatic. They plan to bring their advanced solutions to cities across the country, aiming to change how infrastructure maintenance and city development are done.
Addazu | Denver, CO
Founder: Kelly Pickering
Addazu proudly steps into the workforce and entry-level housing sector, leveraging its unique position as a design, engineering, and sales firm with a groundbreaking panelized modular housing system.
https://addazu.com/
Pin Point | Denver, CO | CU Denver Faculty Founder
Founder: Caroline Clevenger
Point-It-Out uses augmented reality to helps assist individuals with cognitive impairments navigate unfamiliar indoor environments
Civic Trust | Boulder, CO
Founder: Matt Harder
Civic Trust provides process design, technology, and strategic communications support that allows your city to execute successful participatory budgeting initiatives. They help cities build, grow and lead civic engagement through participatory budgeting.
www.civictrust.us

Accelerator Companies

Tiami Networks | Elk Grove, CA
Founder: Amitav Mukherjee
Tiami Networks extracts radar sensing information from ambient 5G network signals to track people, vehicles, and objects.
https://www.tiaminetworks.com/
GO See The City | Orlando, FL
Founder: Aneshai Smith
GO See The City is a tech startup dedicated to combating food waste and hunger in municipalities across the nation and beyond. Through their platform and app, they connect eateries of all types, including restaurants, stadiums, festivals, and food trucks with surplus food to customers at a discount, or to nonprofits.
www.GOSeeTheCity.com
N5 Sensors Inc. | Rockville, MD
Founder: Debra Deininger
N5 Sensors provides precise, timely and actionable intelligence to keep people, communities, and infrastructure safe from wildfires and environmental hazards.
https://n5sensors.com/
Ecosystem Informatics Inc | Ontario, Canada
Founder: Shirook Ali
Ecosystem Informatics Inc offers a comprehensive air quality monitoring (AQM) system via a combined hardware and software solution. It is deployed in sectors where accuracy, precision, timeliness, and reliability are non-negotiable.
https://ecosinfo.ca/
Taro AI | San Francisco, CA
Founder: Cynthia Wu
Taro AI helps communities automate monitoring and issue detection for trees and urban infrastructure. They leverage existing imagery, machine learning, computer vision, and engage local residents to map and monitor risks in a built environment.
https://www.taroai.com/
State of Place | Boston, MA
Founder: Dr. Mariela Alfonzo
State of Place helps developers create more just, thriving communities more effectively, cost-efficiently, and inclusively by harnessing the power of AI to produce data-driven, evidence-based approaches that help governments identify optimal environment investments.
https://www.stateofplace.co/

City as a Platform Webinar
2024-12-05 15:00 - 16:00 (America/Denver)
Join the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, City of Longmont, and Globetom for the City as a Platform – Webinar on Thursday, December 5 from 3 pm – 4 pm (MST). Please register to receive joining information for this online event.
Jurisdictions are becoming more digital, which complicates interactions with citizens, residents, and businesses. The City of Longmont recognized this early and partnered with Alliance member Globetom to implement a “City as a Platform” approach, integrating systems for a unified, streamlined experience.
Join us for a webinar to explore the Longmont pilot case study and Globetom’s API-led strategy, showcasing how it supports seamless service access and future scalability in the city’s digital transformation.

Holiday Smart City Sips 2024
2024-12-12 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Vibe Coffee & Wine, 1490 Curtis Street, Denver
Join us at Holiday Smart City Sips on Thursday, December 12 from 4- 6 pm at Vibe Coffee and Wine (1490 Curtis Street)! This is an informal opportunity to network with your smart cities peers and thought leaders in the space.
We will provide the stellar company and the excuse to leave the office a bit early, but attendees will need to buy their own beverages. If you have an interest in advancing communities through technology or just want to learn more about civic innovation, register here.

CSCA 2025 Civic Innovator Forum (*members event*)
2025-01-22 09:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | Smoky Hill Library, 5430 South Biscay Circle, Centennial, CO, 80015, United States
*** Please note that if you are registering as a non-government entity, you must be a member of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance to attend. If you are a government entity in Colorado or a member of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, please proceed ***
Join us for our third Annual Civic Innovator Forum on Wednesday, January 22 from 9:30 am – 5 pm. We will provide light refreshments in the morning and lunch.
We expect representation from each of our members at this meeting so that the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance can better align programming with your needs.
The forum will include informative sessions and collaborative discussion on how to best move our state forward.

February Smart City Sips
2025-02-27 16:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Terminal Bar, 1701 Wynkoop Street, Denver, CO, 80211
Announcing our first Smart City Sips of 2025! Join us for an informal opportunity to network with your smart cities peers and thought leaders in the space.
We will provide the first drink, as well as the stellar company and the excuse to leave the office a bit early. If you have an interest in advancing communities through technology or just want to learn more about civic innovation, this event is for you.

Future of Infrastructure Workforce Forum
2025-04-17 14:00 - 18:00 (America/Denver) | Trimble HQ, 10368 Westmoor Drive, Westminster, CO, 80021, United States
The Future Infrastructure Workforce Forum will showcase the innovative technology transforming how infrastructure is planned, built, operated and maintained. By bringing together technology developers, infrastructure owners, contractors, students and academia, the Forum will discuss practical use cases where technology is changing the state of practice and highlight specific programs and projects across Colorado participants can engage with to be a part of our infrastructure future.
Brought to you by:
Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, University of Colorado Denver, Colorado State University, HDR, and Trimble

Agenda
2:00 pm Welcoming Remarks | Goals and Objectives

Trimble, Colorado Smart Cities Alliance

2:15 pm Industry Trends | What technology, data and policy forces are pushing the future of infrastructure design, building and management?

HDR, Trimble

2:45 pm Workforce Innovation Showcase | What programs are educating our future workforce and evolving our infrastructure?

Colorado State University | Integrating technology into applied education programs
University of Colorado Denver | Infrastructure technology development and workflow optimization

3:15 pm Break
3:30 pm Colorado Project Spotlight | Where are these technologies already changing Colorado infrastructure?
4:15 pm Industry Feedback Discussion| What is needed to evolve our infrastructure workforce, and what should we focus on for our next Forum?
4:30 pm Networking Reception
6:00 pm Adjourn

CSCA 2026 Annual Membership Meeting (*members event*)
2026-02-12 09:30 - 17:00 (America/Denver) | The Space at Arapahoe Libraries, 12855 E. Adam Aircraft Circle, Englewood, CO, 80012
*** Please note that if you are registering as a non-government entity, you must be a member of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance to attend. If you are a government entity in Colorado or a member of the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance, please proceed ***
Previously the Civic Innovation Forum, the Annual Membership Meeting is our annual convening of Colorado Smart Cities Alliance members. Join us to take stock of the innovation that happened across Colorado in 2025 and help us plan what we should be doing together in 2026. We will provide light refreshments in the morning and lunch.
At our Annual Meeting, you can expect:

A celebration of 100 smart community projects in CO
Governments launching new innovations
A keynote presentation by Kristin White (Transportation Industry Executive + Head of Strategy and Partnerships at Google Public Sector) on our infrastructure future
AI panel: what’s working, what’s not?
Feedback sessions: Tell us what we can do better
Lunch and happy hour networking

February Civic Launchpad: Virtual Event Series
2026-02-25 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | Virtual
Join the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance for this virtual event SERIES showcasing civic innovation projects in Colorado that are about to take off!
This event series takes place every other month on the last Wednesday of the month. Upcoming dates include:

February 25, 2026
April 29, 2026
June 24, 2026

The February Civic Launchpad event will highlight CDOT’s use of Intelligent Bridge Management (i-BM), a web-based software tool that leverages advanced machine learning models for predictive bridge and culvert management.

i-BM: A Tool for Bridge and Culvert Deterioration Forecasting and Anomaly Detection using Physics-Informed Deep Learning Description:

Project Manager: Thien Tran, Colorado Department of Transportation
Principal Investigator: Farnoush Banaei-Kashani, University of Colorado Denver
Co-Principal Investigator: Kevin Rens, University of Colorado Denver

i-BM (short for Intelligent Bridge Management), a web-based software tool developed for and deployed at the Colorado Department of Transportation, leverages advanced machine learning models for predictive bridge management. In particular, with i-BM we propose a family of Physics Informed Neural Network (PINN) models for bridge and culvert deterioration forecasting. Toward this end, we have integrated a large suite of data-driven models—ranging from baseline machine learning models to advanced temporal deep learning models—with a physics-based structural deterioration model. Our PINN models are “repair-agnostic”, i.e., they are trained with a historical data where repair cases have been explicitly identified and curated to ensure the data represent natural deterioration for accurate deterioration modeling. Moreover, we have performed rigorous feature selection to identify most predictive features from multi-modal data (including bridge structure, condition and traffic data from National Bridge Inventory (NBI), as well as weather data obtained from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) weather stations) to train our PINN models. In addition to deterioration forecasting, i-BM offers automated anomaly detection tools to identify abnormally deteriorating structures to allow for early detection and prevention of potential bridge accidents.

Each Civic Launchpad gathering offers a dynamic mix of learning and community conversation, and is designed to keep momentum going throughout the year without overwhelming your calendar.
Speakers and content will be announced prior to each event. Please note: registering for one event in the series will enroll you in all email and calendar invites related to this event.

Canadian Smart Cities Pitch and Reception
2026-02-25 14:00 - 16:30 (America/Denver) | Consulate General of Canada in Denver, 1625 Broadway, Suite 2600, Denver, CO, 80202
Join us at the Canadian Consulate to meet 6 promising Canadian smart cities companies looking to expand their business to Colorado. They will be pitching for potential partners and receiving feedback from a panel of esteemed judges that will help them bring promising energy, transportation and housing solutions to Colorado. Following the Partner Pitch presentations, we will be hosting a networking reception to facilitate introductions and conversations amongst the delegation. We hope you can join us to check out these exciting solutions for Colorado and strengthen our economic bridge with Canada!

We’re excited to feature the following companies:

Geosource designs, develops, drills, and installs the geothermal field component of clean thermal energy systems using proprietary, custom-built equipment and geology-driven drilling processes. Founded in Canada in 2004 and expanded into the U.S. in 2022, Geosource has installed over 400 commercial systems, drilled more than 6 million linear feet, and currently provides heating and cooling to over 30 million square feet of building space.
SafeMobility is a predictive analytics platform that helps cities prevent collisions between people and vehicles before they happen. Using only existing data (no sensors required), our proprietary AI models assess the risk level of each street segment and intersection. The platform is grounded in over four years of academic research and is already in use by several Canadian cities.
Jule is a North American clean energy solutions provider specializing in battery energy storage systems (BESS) and EV fast-charging infrastructure. The company designs and delivers fully integrated, grid-friendly solutions that enable high-power EV charging, improve energy resiliency, and reduce grid constraints without costly utility upgrades.
Binoloop helps governments eliminate permit and procurement backlogs by automating the work that slows agencies down. Atlas, its AI platform, is trained on local and state regulations and designed for public-sector security standards, enabling faster, more consistent, and defensible decisions across permitting and compliance workflows.
Dimonoff is a Canadian smart city technology company specializing in the remote control, monitoring, and optimization of connected urban and industrial infrastructure. With more than 575 projects completed in 6 countries and over 850,000 connected lighting assets managed across North America, Dimonoff is a trusted partner in large-scale IoT deployments.
Synapse ITS is a comprehensive transportation technology platform focused on increasing roadway safety, accessibility and efficiency through innovative infrastructure. From intersections to highways, crosswalks to parking areas, their products leverage durable, dependable hardware alongside state-of-the-art software and data collection to provide agencies with intelligent solutions to complex transportation challenges

Civic Launchpad: AI for Communicating with Wildlife
2026-06-24 10:00 - 11:00 (America/Denver) | Virtual
Join the Colorado Smart Cities Alliance for this virtual event SERIES showcasing civic innovation projects in Colorado that are about to take off!
The June Civic Launchpad featuring Flox will highlight several of their smart infrastructure projects in Colorado, including airport deployments, with an emphasis on how their AI technology provides a humane solution for preventing costly wildlife conflicts.
This event series takes place every other month on the last Wednesday of the month.
https://coloradosmart.city/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Civic-Launchpad-_virtual-series_-2026_06_24-09_55-MDT-Recording.mp4
