Taipei City Government

Today, on March 26^th, a total of 128 city leaders and representatives from around the world participated in the “2019 Smart City Mayors’ Summit” held at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center. Taipei City Government’s efforts in the implementation of Living Labs for smart city solutions has successfully established a globe image for itself, winning the recognition of other city leaders on the international stage.
 
At the meeting, Mayor Ko Wen-je shared Taipei’s experience in setting up a citywide “Living Lab” to promote the development of an economy based on urban innovations. The achievement was echoed by the participants at the conference and winning optimistic feedbacks from other city leaders. The participants are committed to establishing an organization for cross-city exchanges, in the interest of interacting on possible future developments and innovations in the area of smart cities. 
 
The Taipei City Government (TCG) and the Taipei Computer Association (TCA) jointly hosted the 2019 Smart City Summit and Expo, which took place at the Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center from March 26^th to 29^th. In the afternoon of the 26^th, Mayor Ko has stressed the achievements of “Smart Taipei, One City” during his speech at the summit.
 
Deputy Mayor Teng Chia-ji delivered a presentation on "Taipei Smart City", which impressed the leaders and representatives from 42 countries or regions around the world. Many of the city leaders have come to Taiwan for two consecutive years to participate in this expo. Through a series of seminars and conferences, they actively interact with Taipei and other cities, successfully laying a good foundation for city-to-city diplomacy and pioneering smart city endeavors.
 
Director Lu Hsin-ke of TCG’s Department of Information and Technology remarked that the two round table sessions – highlighting the topics “Smart Technology for Sustainable Cities” and “Innovations and Startups in Cities” – aim to facilitate insight exchanges among municipal representatives from different parts of the world. Participants include the mayor of Prague (Czech Republic); the mayor of Fukuoka (Japan); the deputy mayor of Sapporo (Japan); the deputy mayor of Utrecht (Netherlands); the deputy mayor of Los Angeles (US), and more, as well as the representatives of Taiwanese cities such as New Taipei, Taoyuan, and Kaohsiung. These heads of municipalities all offered presentations and shared their valuable experiences on smart city issues.
 
According to TCG, the Smart City Summit & Expo has become one of the most important smart city communication platforms in the world. The summit invited city leaders at home and abroad to share their experiences, deepen cooperation, and encourage them to visit smart city solutions of information communication vendors.
 
The mayor of Prague, Zdeněk Hřib, was not only impressed with Taipei’s MRT system, but also reiterated his hope to find more collaborative opportunities tapping upon Taipei City's smart city solutions. The mayor of Fukuoka shared his experience on successfully creating a new economic city focusing on innovation and startup. Moreover, this is the first time for top-ranking officials from first-tier US cities to personally take part in the summit, such as the deputy mayor of Los Angeles. There are also city leaders and representatives from municipalities in the UK, France, Australia, Russia, and Argentina. The participants shared the experience of urban intelligence and innovation of government during the summit.
 
To create further valuable for this international event, the CTalk side event covers four topics, including “Smart Mobility”, “Smart Management”, “Smart Solutions” and “City Revitalization.” The talks take place on the 27^th and 28^th . Both global city leaders and professional Taiwanese companies will deliver presentations to allow furthur understanding and create opportunities for cooperation.