Meet the 2014 IBM Smarter Cities Challenge Recipients

In 2010, technology and consulting company IBM created the Smarter Cities Challenge, a competitive grant program intended to help cities address critical issues. For 2014, these 16 cities and regions were selected from more than 100 applicants from around the world.

Scott Arnold

June 25, 2014

In 2010, technology and consulting company IBM created the Smarter Cities Challenge, a competitive grant program (recipients are awarded $500,000) intended to help cities address critical issues. Experts from different IBM business units work closely with municipal leaders and make recommendations on how to make the city smarter and more effective. For 2014, 16 cities and regions were selected from more than 100 applicants from around the world. Click through the pages of this gallery to see which cities and regions were selected and issues they are looking to tackle.

About the Author

Scott Arnold

Executive Editor

Described by a colleague as "a cyborg ... requir(ing) virtually no sleep, no time off, and bland nourishment that can be consumed while at his desk" who was sent "back from the future not to terminate anyone, but with the prime directive 'to edit dry technical copy' in order to save the world at a later date," Scott Arnold joined the editorial staff of HPAC Engineering in 1999. Prior to that, he worked as an editor for daily newspapers and a specialty-publications company. He has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Kent State University.