2021 TOP7 Intelligent Communities Announced
Communities from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia and Vietnam have become finalists for Intelligent Community of the Year to be named at the ICF Summit in October. To view the video announcing the 2021 SMART21 see: https://youtu.be/PTFHRfWELu8
ICF PRESS RELEASE
(New York, USA – 30 June, 2021) – In an announcement today at the conclusion of a virtual conference, the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF) named the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2021. The 19th annual Top7 list includes cities and counties from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Russia and Vietnam. 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 October, which will once again be a virtual conference as the world recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic. (www.intelligentcommunity.org/summit)
In alphabetical order, the Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2021 are:
- Binh Duong Smart City, Vietnam
- Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
- Langley Township, British Columbia, Canada
- Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
- Moscow, Russia
- Townsville, Queensland, Australia
- Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Two of this year’s Top7 Intelligent Communities have appeared on the Top7 list in previous years: Moscow in 2017, and Winnipeg in 2016 & 2018. Binh Duong Smart City, Curitiba, Langley Township, Mississauga and Townsville are making their first appearance as Top7 Communities. Binh Duong Smart City is the first ever community from Vietnam to appear on the Top7 list, while Curitiba is the second such community from Brazil (Rio de Janeiro was a Top7 Community in 2015).
The announcement was made at the conclusion of a three-day virtual conference with the theme of From Recovery to Prosperity. It featured panel discussions and presentations from mayors, CIOs, futurists, researchers and other experts in the Intelligent Community field. Archives of the sessions can be viewed at intelligentcommunity.org.
“We again welcome a diverse group of cities and towns from around the world to the Top7,” said ICF co-founder Lou Zacharilla. “All have been using the ICF Method and working with other Intelligent Communities as mentors, with a specific goal of achieving this status for years. This list reflects their aspirations, and it very publicly rewards them for their hard work. We also salute the regions, cities and towns who do NOT enter our awards but use the ICF Method continually to improve and set a standard. The Top7 are our celebrated heroes, and the hundreds of others are our quiet heroes and the backbone of the Intelligent Communities movement.”
The ICF Top7 Intelligent Communities of 2021, which are models of economic, social and cultural development in the digital age, will be featured throughout the ICF Summit in October. Representatives from the Top7 will take part in the program’s features – including special Top7 Conversations – and one of the Top7 will be named the 2021 Intelligent Community of the Year. For more information and to register for the ICF Summit, visit www.intelligentcommunity.org/summit.
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