7–8 October 2025
Organized for the first time in Romania by POLITEHNICA Bucharest, in partnership with CITI Cluster, Smart City Highlights is the country’s largest national event dedicated to academic urban innovation.
The event serves as a neutral and strategic platform for connection between key players from public administration, the private sector, academia, and research, all working toward the common goal of transforming Romanian communities into sustainable, efficient, and people-centered urban environments.
With a dynamic agenda that includes technology exhibitions, live demonstrations, hands on workshops and interactive networking sessions, Smart City Highlights offers participants the chance to engage with real-world solutions and spark concrete partnerships.
Our mission is to inspire, connect communities, and generate actionable solutions to today’s urban challenges, thus contributing to shaping the smart cities of tomorrow.
Day 1 - Urban Dynamics
Day 2 - Community Ties
Why Attend Smart City Highlights?
Smart City Highlights is more than just an event. It’s the beginning of a movement to accelerate the transformation of Romanian communities into sustainable, digital, and people-centered urban environments.
By participating, you become part of an active network of urban leaders, innovators, public authorities, and industry experts working together long after the two event days.
What you gain:
- Access to real, replicable solutions, presented by those who have already implemented;
- Open dialogue with national authorities, tech providers, and policy-makers;
- Insight into funding opportunities and hands-on knowledge to help digitalize your local community;
- Visibility across national media, social platforms and partner events;
- Ongoing collaboration, through newsletters, shared best practices, and dedicated working groups.
Participating in Smart City Highlights gives you the opportunity to directly influence the development of smart communities in Romania, driven by innovation and sustainability.
Full Event Program
1. Opening
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2. Workshops
Title: What can new technologies do for a public institution?
Description: Workshop dedicated to public institutions: participants will discover technologies such as AI, software robots and IoT, best practice examples and criteria for choosing the right digital solutions for their needs.
Company: Bucharest Promo Robots
Title: DocuWare — Optimizing Processes through Document Management and Automation
Description: Applied workshop with DocuWare: solutions for electronic document management, process automation and integration with other applications, illustrated with case studies and live demos.
Company: Tryamm
Title: Public–Private Partnership: benefits, regulations, case studies
Description: Workshop dedicated to public administration: advantages and regulations of public–private partnerships, illustrated with relevant case studies.
Company: Veolia
3. Lunch break
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4. Conferences
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Title: Conference 2
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5. Cocktail networking
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1. Opening
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2. Workshops
Title: What can new technologies do for a public institution?
Description: Workshop dedicated to public institutions: participants will discover technologies such as AI, software robots and IoT, best practice examples and criteria for choosing the right digital solutions for their needs.
Company: Bucharest Promo Robots
Title: DocuWare – Optimizing Processes through Document Management and Automation
Description: Practical workshop with DocuWare: solutions for electronic document management, process automation and integration with other applications, illustrated with case studies and live demonstrations.
Company: Tryamm
Title: Artificial Intelligence for the Better
Description: Practical workshop on using artificial intelligence for sustainable purposes: participants will train a YOLO model to recognize plastic, aluminum, and paper, and will understand its practical applications.
Company: CJ Vrancea
Title: SMART CITY IN MINIATURE / UrbanX – Smart solutions for small communities
Description: Interactive workshop with a functional smart city model: participants will discover smart solutions for small communities – adaptive traffic lights and lighting, environmental sensors, automated irrigation, intelligent waste collection and safety systems.
Company: CJ Vrancea
3. Lunch break
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4. Conferences 14.00–16.30
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Title: Conference 2
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5. Cocktail networking
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