Smart City Expo USA 2022 | Smart City Expo World Congress | 14 September 2022 | Miami Beach Convention Center, 1901 Convention Center Dr, Miami Beach, FL 33139, USA

A White House Summit for Democracy Year of Action Initiative

Smart City Expo USA is the country's leading event for cities. We are solving urgent issues of today while preparing cities for tomorrow.

2022 Speakers

Chris Adamo
Co-Founder, Flamingo Capital

Gabe Amo
Special Assistant to the President; Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs, The White House

Hardeep Anand
Director, One Water Strategy, Miami-Dade County

Clarence Anthony
CEO, National League of Cities

Luke Antoniou
Senior Editor, SmartCitiesWorld

Kate Atwood
CEO, LoCo+

Sandra Baer
CEO, Personal Cities

Karla Ballard
CEO, YING

Ashley Bell
Founder & CEO, Ready Life

Story Bellows
Partner, Cityfi

Steve Benjamin
Former Mayor, City of Columbia

Andy Berke
Special Representative for Broadband, NTIA, U.S. Department of Commerce

John Bernard
Head of Strategy and Innovation, Travel & Transportation, IDEMIA

Justin Bibb
Mayor, City of Cleveland

Dr. Robert Blaine
Director, Institute for Youth, Education, and Families, National League of Cities

Michael Blake
CEO, Atlas Strategy Group

Jonah Bliss
Founder, Curbivore

Alby Bocanegra
VP, Global City Partnerships | Creator, 24-Hour Cities Network, Mastercard

Kirby Brady
Chief Innovation Officer, City of San Diego

Brandon Branham
CTO and Assistant City Manager, City of Peachtree Corners

Justin Braun
Director, Marketing and Public Affairs, Orlando Economic Partnership

Margaret Brisbane
CIO, Miami-Dade County

Nicole Brisbane
Project Director, Center for Public Research and Leadership, Columbia University

Igor Calvet
President, Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development

LaToya Cantrell
Mayor, City of New Orleans

Ellie Casson
Head of City Policy, Waymo

Alejandra Castillo
U.S. Asst Sec for Economic Development, U.S. Dept of Commerce

Jane Castor
Mayor, City of Tampa

Ana Chammas
Director of Innovation, Office of the Mayor, Miami-Dade County

Dana Chermesh
CEO, inCitu

Congresswoman Yvette Clarke
Co-Chair, Smart Cities Caucus

Eulois Cleckley
CEO, DOT, Miami-Dade County

Roy Coley
Director, Water and Sewer Department, Miami-Dade County

Tom Cooper
VP, Public Sector, NoTraffic

Lilian Coral
Director, National Strategy + Tech Innovation, Knight Foundation

Carlos Cruz-Casas
CIO, DOT and Public Works, Miami-Dade County

Teresa Grandal Cusse
Assistant Executive Director, Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation

Ralph Cutié
CEO, Miami International Airport

Meg Daly
CEO, Friends of The Underline

Lauren Dandridge
Founding Principal, Chromatic Lighting Design

Hardie Davis, Jr.
Mayor, City of Augusta, Chair, Smart City Expo USA

Francesca de Quesada Covey
Partner, TheVentureCity

Antonio Delgado
VP of Innovation and Technology Partnerships, Miami Dade College

Kim Desmond
Chief Race & Equity Officer, City of San Diego

Phyllis Dickerson
CEO, African American Mayors Association

Julia Kumari Drapkin
CEO, ISeeChange

Kimberly Driggins
Executive Director, Washington Housing Conservancy

Michael Dunaway
Associate Director for Innovation, Smart & Connected Systems Division, NIST

Claudia Duran
Managing Director, Endeavor Miami

Joshua Edmonds
Director of Digital Equity and Inclusion, City of Detroit

Taj Ahmad Eldridge
General Partner, Include Ventures

Amir Elichai
CEO, Carbyne

Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins
CEO, Promise

Jorge Elorza
Mayor, City of Providence

John Paul Farmer
President, WeLink Cities

Erskine “Chuck” Faush
Director of Community & Economic Development, Nicor

Kevin Fomengia
Director, HBCU Smart Cities Challenge

Chris Foreman
CEO, Marketplace.city

Wendy Garcia
Deputy Commissioner, Equity & Inclusion, NYPD

Dan Gelber
Mayor, City of Miami Beach

Jane Gilbert
Chief Heat Officer, Miami-Dade County

Alisha Powell Gillis
Senior Editor, Route Fifty

Marcus Glover
Co-Founder, Lockstep Ventures

Keith Grossman
President, TIME

Michael B. Hancock
Mayor, City of Denver

Sarah Hannah-Spurlock
Nighttime Economy Manager, City of Ft. Lauderdale

Brian Hansen
Regional Chief Security Officer, LatAm and Caribbean, Mastercard

Keith Hanson
CTO, City of Shreveport

Ian Harris
Business Development Associate, BlocPower

Ali Hasan
WWPS for IoT and Smart Cities, AWS

Danny Hendren
Sr. Director, Local Government Sales, Cyclomedia

Davida Herzl
CEO, Aclima

Dyshaun Hines
Founder, METRODAO

Meredith Hodgman
Policy Lead, Internet of Things Alliance Australia

David Holt
Mayor, Oklahoma City

Eric Hornsby
CEO, SmartPoint.IO

Saif Ishoof
Founder, Lab22c

Tayler James
Director of Research, The Plug

Lan Jenson
CEO, Cybertrust America

Kelly Jin
VP, Community and National Initiatives, Knight Foundation

Tishaura Jones
Mayor, City of St. Louis

Jordan Justus
CEO, Automotus

Maha Jweied
Chief Strategy Officer, Responsible Business Initiative for Justice

Keith Kerman
Chief Fleet Officer, City of New York

Kimberly W. LaGrue
CIO, City of New Orleans

Nico Larco
Director of the Urbanism Next Center, University of Oregon

Winston Lazar
CEO, Spread Networks

Ben Levine
Senior Advisor for Research and Technology, U.S. DOT

Daniella Levine Cava
Mayor, Miami-Dade County

Reta Jo Lewis
President and Chair of the Board of Directors, Export-Import Bank of the United States

Karen Lightman
Executive Director, Metro21: Smart Cities Institute, Carnegie Mellon University

Luis Lozada
CEO, Democracy Works

Bill Lucia
Executive Editor, Route Fifty

Chokwe Lumumba
Mayor, City of Jackson

Mahesh Lunani
Founder and CEO, Aquasight

Vi Lyles
Mayor, City of Charlotte

Raheem Manning
Director, Night Time Economy, City of Philadelphia

Laura Maristany
VP, External Affairs, Bitwise Industries

Joel Martin
VP, Swiftmile

Michael Mazur
COO, Colu

Dorothy McAuliffe
Special Representative for Global Partnerships, U.S. Department of State

Monica Medina
Assistant Secretary for Ocean, Environment, and Science, U.S. Department of State

Raul Moas
Senior Director, Miami, Knight Foundation

José Morey
Co-Founder, Ever Medical Technologies

Kyle Morrand
CEO, 302

Arul Murugan
Chairman, Borderless Capital

Michael Paul
Manager of Nightlife and Culture, Mayor's Office of Film, Entertainment and Nightlife, City of Atlanta

Michael Pegues
CIO, City of Aurora

Madeline Pumariega
President, Miami Dade College

Aftab Pureval
Mayor, City of Cincinnati

Andrew Quarrie
Founder, Urblandia

Anjana Rajan
Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Cornell Tech

Steven Reed
Mayor, City of Montgomery

George Reed
SVP, Sales and Marketing, Siradel, an Engie Group Company

Michael Regan
Administrator, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Raimundo Rodulfo
CIO, City of Coral Gables

Jennifer Sanders
Co-Founder, North Texas Innovation Alliance

Miguel Sangalang
Executive Director, LA LIGHTS

Jason Sankey
CIO, City of Atlanta

Mike Sarasti
Former CIO, City of Miami

Katie Savage
Deputy Chief Digital and AI Officer for Digital Services, Department of Defense

Hillary Schieve
Mayor, City of Reno

Paul Scialla
Founder, International WELL Building Institute

Frank Scott, Jr.
Mayor, City of Little Rock, President, African American Mayors Association

Michael Sherwood
CTO/CIO, City of Las Vegas

Jon Shieber
Chief Editor and Venture Partner, Footprint Coalition

Ayinde Simon
Director, HBCU Smart Cities Challenge

Grace Simrall
Chief of Civic Innovation and Technology, City of Louisville

Sandy Skelaney
Adjunct Lecturer, Center for Women's and Gender Studies, FIU

Kimberly Slaughter
CEO, SYSTRA USA

Nathaniel Smith
Founder, Partnership for Southern Equity

Francis Suarez
Mayor, City of Miami, President, U.S. Conference of Mayors

Adrianne Todman
Deputy Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Tiffany Troxler
Director, Sea Level Solutions Center, FIU

Clara Tsao
Founding Director, Filecoin Foundation

Earl Turner
Director of Research, HBCU Smart Cities Challenge

Ashley Turney
Chief Innovation and Experience Officer, City of Reno

Solana Vander Nat
Director, Mayor’s Office of Nightlife and Culture, District of Columbia

Jordi Vaquer
Secretary General, Metropolis

Mauricio Vila Dosal
Governor, State of Yucatán

Darren Ware
SVP Government Engagement, LatAm & Caribbean, Mastercard

Hydi Webb
CEO, PortMiami

Mark Wheeler
CIO, City of Philadelphia

Randall White
Nighttime Economy Advocate, 24HourNation

Mary Ellen Wiederwohl
CEO, Accelerator for America

Vince Williams
Mayor, Union City, President, National League of Cities

Victoria Woodards
Mayor, City of Tacoma

Zack Wyatt
Executive Director, Carolina Farm Trust

Stephanie Young
Executive Director, When We All Vote

Ricard Zapatero
CEO, Fira Barcelona International

2022 Partners

BROUGHT BY:
• SmartCity
• Fira Barcelona

IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
• AAMA
• NLC

SPONSORS:
• Knight Foundation
• Filecoin Foundation
• City Possible
• Upside Tech Alliance
• Miami Dade County
• Verizon
• Waymo
• International Well Building Institute
• IDEMIA
• Promise
• Bitwise Industries
• Bloc Power
• Aclima
• Orbit Holdings
• Cross River
• Fintech Future
• Grupo Expansion
• LSN Partners

COUNTRY PARTNER:
• Invest in Canada

SUPPORTING INSTITUTIONS:
• APCO
• eMerge
• web3 equity
• Black Ambition
• Aire Ventures
• Refresh Miami
• The Miami Foundation
• Miami Dade College
• Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation
• When We All Vote
• Route Fifty
• Smart Cities World
• Cities Today
• Curbivore
• StateScoop
• LoCo+
• North Texas Innovation Alliance
• Urblandia
• The Plug
• Goodie Nation
• Global Impact Initiative
• Global Startup Ecosystem
• Cityfi
• NREL
• WSCF
• XnTree