February 2-5, 2026 | San Diego, CA

Smart Cities

The Smart City uses technology to monitor everything from air quality to water efficiency to parking, public safety, and more. This topic highlights smart city best practices and utility/city collaboration on a broad range of topics from smart streetlights to resiliency and sustainability.

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Smart Cities Living Lab in the West End Walking Tour

March 24 | 8:15-10:00 AM & 10:30 AM-12:15 PM | Lower AB Lobby

As the fastest-to-market smart cities initiative in the US, come see how the Living Lab came to be, what's been learned, and what's next! To attend this tour, you must add it to your registration.


 

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Smart cities and sports: LA and SCE prepare the grid for the World Cup, Superbowl and Olympics
 

March 26 | 11:00-11:50 AM | C155

The presentation highlights the need for advanced planning, coordination with city planners, event organizers and utility providers to meet demands of one-of-kind events.  With a focus on the integration of renewable energy, advanced planning, using predictive analytics, and building the infrastructure to support real time operations during events


 

Smart cities educational opportunities

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10:00 AM
  1. C155
    50 mins
    Community resilience hubs in Minnesota are emerging as demonstrations of how stakeholders, particularly in vulnerable communities, can protect themselves in an emergency. The Resilient Minneapolis Pro …
  2. C148
    50 mins
    While the City of San Diego's Climate Action Plan establishes the goal of net zero emissions citywide by 2035, the target for municipal buildings is simply zero emissions. This goal applies to over 40 …
2:00 PM
  1. D222
    120 mins
    ENERGY STAR’s Smart Home Energy Management Systems (SHEMS) certification offers utilities a pathway for integrated grid flexibility and customer engagement. This workshop will cover how SHEMS can be l …
9:00 AM
  1. C155
    50 mins
    In this session, two leading innovation organizations and their city and utility partners will share innovation best practices that have spurred impactful economic development and energy resilience so …
  2. C148
    25 mins
    As LED adoption rapidly increases, with over half of the U.S. outdoor lighting already converted, the potential for energy savings through advanced streetlight controls is vast. With rising energy cos …
9:25 AM
  1. C148
    25 mins
    Smart cities utilize a bag of toolsets to make urban areas more livable, utilizing data-driven communication networks to interface all aspects of city services (such as electricity, water, transportat …
11:00 AM
  1. Technology and the Energy Transition Knowledge Hub- Booth #7121, Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    Energy as a service is a comprehensive platform developed by TCS that pivots around efficient enablement of energy efficiency, appropriate renewable energy mix, and sustainability with reduction of en …
  2. C148
    50 mins
    Utility communication networks are essential for reliable and secure grid operations. These networks facilitate data collection, sharing, and analysis, providing valuable insights for improving grid p …
  3. C155
    50 mins
    This presentation explores the significant impacts that major sporting events such as the Super Bowl, World Cup, and the Olympics can have on the electrical grid. As cities and the electric grid evolv …
2:45 PM
  1. Grid Transformation Knowledge Hub- Booth #1051, Exhibit Floor
    30 mins
    As cities and utilities embrace digital transformation, smart street lighting is evolving beyond simple illumination to become a cornerstone of connected infrastructure. This session will explore the …
9:00 AM
  1. C3
    50 mins
    Utilities and cities have been upgrading their streetlight assets to LED fixtures to realize significant energy efficiency savings.  Along with these projects, adding network controls to the assets ca …
  2. C146
    50 mins
    This session explores first-of-its-kind projects in North Carolina where utilities, community planners, and other key stakeholders are collaborating to develop community and grid resilience projects a …
10:00 AM
  1. C146
    60 mins
    Electric power grids face increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events, which disrupt power supply, jeopardize personal safety, and impact national security. To address this, we propose enhancin …
11:00 AM
  1. C146
    50 mins
    This session will provide two perspectives on collaborative data-driven utility programs to strengthen community choice, transparency, and engagement: SDG&E will discuss its partnership with regional …

 

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