(May 15, 2025 – New York, NY, USA) - The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) is pleased to welcome Dependbuild as its newest member, strengthening a shared commitment to advancing smart and sustainable infrastructure development worldwide.

Based in Atlantic Canada, Dependbuild is a leading provider of automated risk and knowledge management solutions for infrastructure projects, and with this membership brings its expertise to ICF’s global network of over 200 cities and regions across five continents.

(New York City – May 5, 2025) – The Intelligent Community Forum announced today the Full Certification of Coral Gables, Florida, USA, providing objective validation of policies, programs and accomplishments that create inclusive prosperity, a vibrant society and rich local culture. These combine to make this growing suburban city, located west of Miami, a highly desirable location for innovative businesses, institutions and people.

Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that a community has high-quality connectivity, effective workforce development, a business innovation ecosystem and meaningful community engagement, digital inclusion and sustainability programs in place. These qualities combine to support the growth of innovative businesses, meet their talent needs and provide inclusive prosperity and a high quality of life.

Communities from nine nations over five continents named as semi-finalists in ICF’s annual Intelligent Community of the Year Awards Program

(March 6, 2025 – New York, NY, USA & Hamilton, ON, Canada) – At the conclusion of a conference hosted by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), Artefact Social and the Hamilton Technology Centre, ICF today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2025. The announcement was made at a special evening event after the Communities in Transition conference in the host city of Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

The selection of the Smart21 Communities of the Year begins the semi-finalist phase in ICF’s annual Awards Program. In June, ICF will announce the Top7 Intelligent Communities as finalists in the Awards program at the Top7 Conference & Announcement in Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain. The program will conclude when ICF names the 2025 Intelligent Community of the Year at the ICF Global Summit in Binh Duong, Vietnam in October. One of these twenty-one communities named today will succeed Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, the 2024 Intelligent Community of the Year.

(New York City – November 18, 2024) – The Intelligent Community Forum announced today the Full Certification of Durham Region, Ontario, Canada as an Intelligent Community with policies, programs and projects that create inclusive prosperity, a vibrant society and rich local culture. These combine to make this region of eight municipalities made up of cities, towns and townships, a highly desirable location for innovative businesses, institutions and people.

Meeting ICF’s Certification standard provides objective validation that a community has high-quality connectivity, effective workforce development, a business innovation ecosystem and meaningful community engagement, digital inclusion and sustainability programs in place. These qualities combine to support the growth of innovative businesses, meet their talent needs and provide inclusive prosperity and a high quality of life.

The Intelligent Community Forum Names its First Brazilian City for Development Excellence

(November 4, 2024 – New York City, NY, USA & Barcelona, Spain) – For the first time in its 25-year history, the Intelligent Community Forum honored a Brazilian city with its top award today when it named Curitiba as the 2024 Intelligent Community of the Year. Curitiba, located in the state of Paraná, had been previously named a Smart21 Community eight times and to the prestigious list of Top7 four times since 2021. The announcement was made during the annual Intelligent Community Awards Dinner at Can Travi Nou in Barcelona, the culminating event of this year’s ICF Global Summit conference. (www.icfsummit.com) The Intelligent Community Awards Dinner was sponsored by Becamex IDC.

(New York City - October 22, 2024) – The Intelligent Community Forum announced today the Full Certification of Hilliard, Ohio, USA, providing objective validation of policies, programs and accomplishments that create inclusive prosperity, a vibrant society and rich local culture. These combine to make this growing suburban city, located in the Columbus metropolitan region, a highly desirable location for innovative businesses, institutions and people.

Hilliard is the first city in the United States to be Certified as an Intelligent Community. It is also a two-time Top7 Intelligent Community and currently a finalist in the 2024 Intelligent Community Awards.

Communities from Brazil, Canada, Taiwan and the United States become finalists for Intelligent Community of the Year to be named at the ICF Global Summit in November in Barcelona

(New York, NY, USA & New Taipei City, Taiwan – June 19, 2024) – In an announcement today at the end of a live conference in New Taipei City, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2024. The 22nd annual Top7 list includes cities and counties from Brazil, Canada, Taiwan and the United States. One of these seven finalists in the think tank’s annual awards program will be named the Intelligent Community of the Year at the ICF Summit in November. (www.icfsummit.com)

In alphabetical order, the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2024 are:

• Assaí, Paraná, Brazil
• Coral Gables, Florida, USA
• Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
• Durham Region, Ontario, Canada
• Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
• Hilliard, Ohio, USA
• Yunlin County, Taiwan

ICF Global Summit and Smart City Expo World Congress to Collaborate in Barcelona, 4-7 November

NEW YORK, NY, USA and BARCELONA, SPAIN - 18 June 2024 – The Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) and Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) announced today a partnership aligning two upcoming events in the smart city and Intelligent Community sectors. The ICF Global Summit will take place on 4 November 2024, immediately followed by the Smart City Expo World Congress from 5-7 November, both hosted in Barcelona, Spain.

The ICF Global Summit brings together the world’s foremost leaders, innovators, and thinkers dedicated to the future of intelligent communities and smart cities, who will exchange best practices and gain inspiration from panel discussions, keynotes, and workshops. Also showcased throughout the event will be the achievements of the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2024, one of whom will be announced as the Intelligent Community of the Year. Through this partnership, Summit registrants will be invited to extend their stay in Barcelona to attend Smart City Expo World Congress.

Becamex IDC and ITRI sign memorandum of understanding for technical exchanges and joint projects in 5G, open innovation and industry 4.0

(April 24, 2024 – New York City, NY, USA) – At the March 2024 Smart21 Conference hosted by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) and Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) in Taipei, Becamex, the leading industrial and urban real estate development group in Binh Duong, Vietnam, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), Taiwan’s world-leading applied technology developer.

Becamex IDC, together with Binh Duong Government, develop Binh Duong Smart City, a Certified Intelligent Community that ICF named as 2023’s Intelligent Community of the Year. It was through ICF that Becamex entered into dialogue with ITRI that led to the signing of the MOU. ITRI is headquartered in Hsinchu City, which ICF named as one of its Top7 Intelligent Communities in 2014, and the organization has supported innovation in most of the 17 Taiwanese cities and counties honored in ICF’s Intelligent Community Awards program.

Communities from seven nations over five continents named as semi-finalists in ICF’s annual Intelligent Community of the Year Awards Program

(March 20, 2024 – New York, NY, USA & Taipei, Taiwan) – At the conclusion of a conference hosted by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), the ICF Taiwan organization and the ICF Institute in Taiwan, ICF today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2024. The announcement was made at the conclusion of the Smart Cities and Intelligent Communities conference, conducted as part of the Taiwan Smart City Summit & Expo in Taipei.

The selection of the annual Smart21 Communities of the Year marks the semi-finalist phase in ICF’s annual Awards Program. The program will conclude when ICF names the 2024 Intelligent Community of the Year at the ICF Summit in November. One of these 21 communities named today will succeed Binh Duong, Vietnam, the 2023 Intelligent Community of the Year.