The Smart21 Communities of the Year

The Smart21 Communities of the Year

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The Smart21 announcement is the first stage in ICF’s annual Intelligent Community Awards cycle.  Based on Intelligent Community Index questionnaires submitted by communities large and small from around the world, ICF selects 21 finalists with the potential to become one of the Forum’s Top7 Intelligent Communities of the Year.  The Smart21 list is announced at least 60 days before the selection of the Top7 and promoted to the world’s media by ICF and the communities involved.  Gaining a place among the year’s Smart21 is considered a badge of honor as well as the first step greater recognition as an Intelligent Community positioned to  prosper in the broadband economy.

 

Smart21 of 2017

Astana, Kazakhstan Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Chiayi City, Taiwan Pickering, Ontario, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Grey County, Ontario, Canada Rochester, New York, USA
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Sarnia-Lambton, Ontario, Canada
Keelung City, Taiwan Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Knowle West, Bristol, United Kingdom Tainan City, Taiwan
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Taoyuan, Taiwan
Moscow, Russia Whanganui, New Zealand
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada Yilan County, Taiwan
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Smart21 of 2016

Armidale, New South Wales Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
Brabantse Kempen Region, The Netherlands New Taipei City, Taiwan
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Hsinchu County, Taiwan Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia San Diego, California, USA
Jönköping, Sweden Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Kaohsiung, Taiwan Taitung County, Taiwan
Lambton County, Ontario, Canada Taoyuan, Taiwan
Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Marlborough, Massachusetts, USA Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

 

Smart21 of 2015

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Prospect and the Eastern Region Alliance, South Australia, Australia
Astana, Kazakhstan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Aurora, Illinois, USA Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada
Changhua County, Taiwan Shiojiri City, Japan
Columbus, Ohio, USA Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Dubuque, Iowa, USA Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Taitung County, Taiwan
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Whanganui, New Zealand
Nairobi County, Kenya Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
New Taipei City, Taiwan

 

Smart21 of 2014

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Columbus, Ohio, USA Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Hsinchu City, Taiwan Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Walla Walla Valley, Washington, USA
Montreal Metropolitan Area, Quebec, Canada Whanganui, New Zealand
Nairobi County, Kenya Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
New Taipei City, Taiwan Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Parkland County, Alberta, Canada

 

Smart21 of 2013

Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Castelo de Vide, Portugal Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Columbus, Ohio, USA Taichung City, Taiwan
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Tallinn, Estonia
Hsinchu City, Taiwan Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Jiading New City, China Tirana, Albania
Kingston, Ontario, Canada Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Mitchell, South Dakota, USA Whanganui, New Zealand
Oulu, Finland Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Prospect, South Australia, Australia

 

Smart21 of 2012

Arlington County, Virginia, USA New Taipei City, Taiwan
Austin, Texas, USA Oulu, Finland
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain Prospect, South Australia, Australia
Columbus Region, Ohio, USA Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Riverside, California, USA
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada
Danville, Virginia, USA Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Durango, State of Durango, Mexico Taichung City, Taiwan
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas, Mexico
Heraklion, Crete, Greece Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia

 

Smart21 of 2011

Birmingham, United Kingdom Northeast Ohio, USA
Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
Chongqing, China Riverside, California, USA
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil Shanghai, China
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Sopron, Hungary
Danville, Virginia, USA Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Dublin, Ohio, USA Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Trikala, Greece
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

 

Smart21 of 2010

Arlington County, Virginia, USA Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Ballarat, Victoria, Australia Porto Alegre, Brazil
Besançon, France Riverside, California, USA
Bristol, Virginia, USA Suwon, South Korea
Dakota County, Minnesota, USA Tallinn, Estonia
Danville, Virginia, USA Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Dublin, Ohio, USA Tel Aviv, Israel
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Tianjin Binhai New Area, China
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Trikala, Greece
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Windsor-Essex, Ontario, Canada
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

 

Smart21 of 2009

Albany, New York, USA Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Ashland, Oregon, USA Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada
Bristol, Virginia, USA Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa
Dublin, Ohio, USA Porto Alegre, Brazil
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Riverside, California, USA
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Stockholm, Sweden
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Tallinn, Estonia
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia Taoyuan County, Taiwan
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Trikala, Greece
Kenora, Ontario, Canada Westchester County, New York, USA
Malta

 

Smart21 of 2008

Ashland, Oregon, USA Hammarby Sjöstad, Sweden
Barceloneta, Puerto Rico Hwa Seong Dong Tan, South Korea
Cape Town, South Africa Hyderabad, India
Doha, Qatar Isle of Man
Dublin, Ohio, USA Malta
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Northeast Ohio, USA
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Tallinn, Estonia
Eindhoven Region, The Netherlands Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Westchester County, New York, USA
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA
Gold Coast City, Queensland, Australia

 

Smart21 of 2007

Ashland, Oregon, USA Kabul, Afghanistan
Bettendorf, Iowa, USA Karlskrona, Sweden
Burlington, Ontario, Canada Loma Linda, California, USA
Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec, Canada
Dundee, Scotland, United Kingdom Reykjavík, Iceland
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea San Francisco, California, USA
Hong Kong Sunderland, England, United Kingdom
Ichikawa, Japan Tallinn, Estonia
Isle of Man Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Issy-les-Moulineaux, France Whittlesea, Victoria, Australia
Jia Ding, China

 

Smart21 of 2006

Adel, Georgia, USA Monmouth, Illinois, USA
Burlington, Ontario, Canada Nunavut, Canada
Cleveland, Ohio, USA Ottawa-Gatineau, Ontario-Quebec, Canada
Dubai Internet City, United Arab Emirates Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Évora, Portugal Spanish Fork, Utah, USA
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
Gangnam District, Seoul, South Korea Taipei, Taiwan
Ichikawa, Japan Tianjin, China
London, England, United Kingdom Västerås, Sweden
Manchester, England, United Kingdom Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia