Full Certifications

Coral Gables, Florida, USA
Located just west of Miami and with a population slightly under 50,000, Coral Gables has started a series of Smart City programs in recent years and is already reaping the rewards. With its Smart Districts Expansion project, Coral Gables has implemented a robust and resilient technology infrastructure, through multiple innovation districts providing connectivity, visibility control and automation of city services. Their city theme, “A World Class City with a Hometown Feel” embodies the high quality of life their citizens get both from their technological innovations and more traditional quality of life considerations like walkability and weather.

Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
The Regional Municipality of Durham, known informally as Durham Region, was founded in 1974 to address the needs of this rapidly expanding area. Today, Durham Region provides shared services and program coordination to eight local area municipalities consisting of cities, towns and townships in Ontario, Canada. These services support diverse communities and a range of economic sectors from agriculture to clean energy. With 80% of Durham Region zoned as protected green space or agricultural lands, agriculture is a major sector in the region. Durham Region is the Clean Energy Capital of Canada, providing about 30% of the province's energy needs.

Hilliard, Ohio, USA
A small city in the Columbus metro area, Hilliard is building strong foundations for a tech-driven economy that creates high-quality employment while sustaining its vibrant society and rich local culture. A dark-fiber project is driving high-speed broadband into every corner of the city, while a City Lab incubator generates startup companies, internship and career opportunities for local students and innovation solutions to public-sector challenges. Already home to Amazon Web Services, Foresee Power and Advanced Drainage Systems, Hilliard is boosting its attractiveness with a $105 million Wellness & Recreation Center funded by its citizens.

Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Kingston is a midsize city that is home to over 172,000 residents on the shores of Lake Ontario. Its diverse and skilled workforce is maintained by strong universities and colleges training graduates in health professions, biological sciences, engineering, chemistry and creative industries to meet employer needs and drive entrepreneurial innovation. The result is a city that not only ranks first among the 15 top Canadian cities for industrial and academic R&D but is also a premier hub for life sciences innovation and sustainable manufacturing. A thriving downtown, vibrant art and theater scene and high-class restaurant and bar district attract visitors and new residents from around the world.

New Taipei City, Taiwan
New Taipei City (NTPC) was created in 2010 from the county surrounding Taiwan’s capital city of Taipei. Massive investment has gone into high-speed roads and rails to unite the doughnut-shaped city, which also applies digital technology to re-imagine the delivery of services to citizens. While a Knowledge-Bridge project has driven industry-university collaboration projects and provided talent and job matchmaking. Just three of NTPC’s business parks, each focused on a different industry cluster, have attracted US$1.5 billion in investment and created 22,400 jobs.

Provisional Certifications

Binh Duong Ward, Vietnam
In the heart of Vietnam’s southeastern Binh Duong Province is a brand-new city in development. Binh Duong Smart City is being created by the Smart City Office, Becamex, the state agency overseeing the project, the academic and entrepreneurial sector and the Standing and the Peoples’ Committees of the government all working in concert to design a modern, environmentally friendly city that already includes Eastern International University, a world-class academic institution, as well as six industrial parks and the region’s first accelerator.

Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
The combination of smart strategy, hard-working private entrepreneurship and cooperative public investment in information and communications technology have completely transformed the economy of Fredericton over the past fifteen years. More than 70% of New Brunswick's knowledge industries call Fredericton home and, on a per capita basis, the city hosts the largest engineering cluster in North America.

Yunlin County, Taiwan
Yunlin County, comprised of 19 townships and the county seat of Douliu on the western coast of Taiwan, is known as an agrarian center, is home to fishing ports and possessed of land prized for its beauty as well as its bounty. It is also a prime example of how rural regions can leverage technology, education, community engagement and innovative practices to foster comprehensive growth and development while maintaining the strength of their cultural heritage and traditional industries.