Tech and Innovation Center Session

This session focuses on current and future funding opportunities from the U.S. DOE, aimed at helping cities update their building codes.

Participants will hear from Austin city leaders about how these solutions are helping model smoke clouds from building and wildfires, and optimize workflows and layouts inside a new emergency operations center, and how the city structures its partnership with university-based researchers.

City governments face a growing array of threats from cyberattacks targeting city-owned and operated information systems. But even more worrisome, as cities shift to cloud-based IT solutions for everyday tools and integrate “smart” capabilities into IIJA-funded infrastructure systems, software supply chains are becoming increasingly complex. Critical information systems used by cities often depend on integrations with third-party components and services whose risks are poorly understood.

With more than $60m in annual funding under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the Federal Highway Administration’s Advanced Transportation Technology and Innovation (ATTAIN) program is taking on the challenge of delivering safer and more efficient transportation to areas of persistent poverty—not only on highways but transit systems, too. This session will explore how cities can take advantage of ATTAIN funding for congestion pricing systems, mobility-on-demand solutions, and transportation service payment systems integrations to advance their shared mobility goals. We’ll take a deep dive into California Department of Transportation’s FY2022 ATTAIN award, which will expand the Southern California Mobility Wallet project, which offers seamless payment for highway and transit services for Los Angeles County residents. Questions to be answered include: How does “open-loop” payments technology work, and what are the benefits? How can cities work with state DOTs to partner and develop competitive proposals for ATTAIN? How can cities navigate the FHWA application and review process, and how is it different from more familiar agency processes such as the FTA? Speakers Include: Gillian Gillett, Chief, Data and Digital Services Division and Program Manager, California Integrated Mobility, California Department of Transportation Hunter Owens, Research Data Manager, Data and Digital Services, California Department of […]

This session will provide a "how to" guide for standing up an innovation team, including the strategic and legal infrastructure for running technology pilots related to the built environment in your city.

Cities will learn about future funding opportunities through the FTA's Grants for Buses and Bus Facilities and Low- and No-Emission (Low-No) Vehicle programs, and lessons learned from cities’ successful FY2023 proposals.

This session will investigate how cities across the country are using SS4A funding to deploy new data capture technologies including cameras, drones, and LiDAR to detect near-misses and other high-risk incidents, and predictive analysis tools to inform street design and transportation planning.

This session will help cities understand how microgrids can reduce peak power consumption and improve resilience, as well as blended project finance strategies available through IIJA and IRA sources.

This session will provide an overview of the technology of mesh networks, and explore delivery strategies that leverage municipal, industry, and federal digital equity funding sources.

This session will delve into how AI can streamline the grantwriting process, improve the quality and competitiveness of applications, and free up valuable time for staff to focus on strategic planning and community engagement.

This session will explore the evolving intersection of federal infrastructure funding and artificial intelligence policy.

Discover how generative AI tools are transforming urban planning by enabling photorealistic renderings and data-driven maps, empowering communities to engage early and effectively in infrastructure projects.