ICLEI Europe is partnering with Tynos Consulting, The Lunar Works, Future Earth Ltd and Resilience Brokers Ltd to host the inaugural UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office Smart Sustainable Cities Initiative on 22 - 23 February in Bristol and 1 - 2 March in London.

The initiative will act as a long-term opportunity to forge strong city-to-city connections focused on implementable smart and sustainable solutions and offer an ongoing platform for exchange of innovation, knowledge and experience.

UK cities will showcase how they have achieved implementable goals together with their academic and private sector partners, and for EU cities to highlight their aims and objectives in similar areas. The initiative will bring together practitioners, experts and policy makers and facilitate city to city dialogue about tangible solutions with project-ready partners.

Participants will share their challenges and successes across two events with four thematic areas - sustainable: transport, energy efficiency in buildings, smart grids and renewable energy, circular economy. Smart: data management/data driven economy, common ticketing systems, e-mobility, Internet of Things.

Detailed information is available on the Smart Sustainable Cities website with a selection of case studies from attending cities.