8th Middle East Municipalities and Smart Cities Excellence Awards

The Middle East Municipalities Excellence Award represents the highest honor that a Middle East Municipality can be bestowed with. This recognition symbolizes the achievements of a developmental municipality that is committed to working with citizens and groups within the community, while excelling to meet global standards and to be globally competitive.

Delivering Solutions & Showcasing Leadership
Combining Digital, Intelligent, Smart and Sustainable Initiatives for Creating a Safe and Secure Smart City

Conference Profile and Objectives

Comprehensive Transformation Towards Integrated and Sustainable Cities

In the context of the strategic direction towards the Integrated and Sustainable Cities, in the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and the changes in the cities economic structure, technological development, services integration, innovation, and the cities organizational integration and systems development and upgrade where the cities could be the total business and living solutions in the new context of the global trend, and the strategic perspective to explore the cities of the future and transform towards integrated and sustainable cities and global competitiveness.

The conference will be focusing on the city development, upgrading and strategies and solutions that can meet the global future challenges which have imposed itself on cities and communities around the world and highlights the best global practices in the municipal work system to promote the development of innovative, sustainable and integrated cities and provides the latest sustainable urban development strategies and solutions, in the era of Fourth Industrial Revolution, technological development, economic structure variables and integration of institutional systems. The event will also focus on other strategic sectors related to the Integrated and Sustainable Cities and defining the objectives of the future of smart services and measuring the level of progress of municipalities and cities and the most important mechanisms for future investment in the cities in the era of global competitiveness.

In this context, the events will shed light on the strategies that can support the integration of the business system of cities and municipalities to promote the exchange of ideas and knowledge in order to build innovative cities capable of keeping pace with global competitiveness. The conference will also discuss the themes of how to develop the infrastructure of modern facilities, smart transportation, health care, city security and safety, corporate governance systems, the comprehensive quality of integrated and sustainable cities and other initiatives that enhance the future and sustainability of the cities. Furthermore, it will explore the future in order to enhance the exchange of knowledge on the most important practices of sustainable development and the global model, to achieve the highest levels of urban planning, integrated management of sustainable cities and smart city services, and to measure the level of progress and future mechanisms in line with the strategies of cities integrated and sustainable in the era of global competitiveness.

As we know the world has recently witnessed the emergence of the phenomena of climate change and cities are currently faced with environmental and climatic challenges, especially with high rainfall and flood levels, so the municipal and cities’ strategic reactions need to be carefully reconsidered and re-evaluated.

Past years events statistics

14600
Attendees

10675
Nominees

2324
Sponsors

1695
Partners

1647
Winners

Ministers, Deputies, Councils and Parliament Members and Board of Directors
Directors and Executives in Cities Development, States, Governorates and Municipalities
Directors, Officers, Heads of Depts. of Police and Civil Defense
Municipality Directors and Executives and Executive Board Members
Municipality CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, Chairmen, Presidents, MDs, Directors
Urban Planners, Project Advisers, Developers and Contractors
Infrastructure Architects and Environmentalists
Sustainability, Energy Efficiency and Green Building Consultants
Leaders and Decision-Makers from Relevant Ministries, and Government Institutions
Managers and Technicians from IT Departments and Projects and Smart Services
Executives and Managers from Economic Development and Urban planning
Directors, Executives and Heads of Departments from Business Organizations
Managers and Executives in Strategic Planning and Performance Assessment
Deans of Universities, Colleges and Officials
Managers, Executives and Heads of Departments of Customer Service and Call Centers
All Stakeholders from Government and Business Organizations

The event is the only conference that provides a platform to engage in knowledge sharing and discuss goals, visions, trends and challenges in making cities smarter and more sustainable. Leading regional and international industry experts will deliver insightful presentations on pertinent topics through keynote presentations and interactive panel discussions.

Participation endorses organizational values and enhances the objective of establishing fruitful relationships with the intellectually empowered cities authorities in town planning and municipalities and build a strong global economic partnership with the United Arab Emirates and the Gulf Region.

The Awards aims to recognize, promote and support innovative solutions or strategies that can potentially change citizen's lives by increasing efficiency, generating business and improving quality of life. The award recognizes pioneering projects that aim to make cities more liveable, sustainable and economically viable by honoring best practices and models in the smart cities concept.

The Middle East Excellence Awards Institute, will be notifying about each Awards program, six months prior to the Award Ceremony so that there is sufficient time for the submission of nominations including other required details. Nominate Now