The Climate Mobilization
Harnessing NYC’s
Urban Tech Ecosystem
SCNY Urban Tech Summit
A NOTE FROM LEADERSHIP
We couldn’t be more thrilled with SCNY Urban Tech Summit held at Cornell Tech last year. Building on this success, we are planning on hosting another bigger and better event this upcoming fall.
Despite the challenging times, we believe that this is a time to come together again to share new ideas, inventions and opportunities for cities and technology to continue to learn from one another.
Our event provides a unique platform that welcomes a diverse combination of government, academic and industry leaders to share inspirational stories and projects that gave us renewed optimism for the future.
Please join us this fall for the 2nd SCNY Urban Tech Summit 2022
What drives CO2 emissions in NYC?
NYC GHG Inventory, 2016
THE CLIMATE MOBILIZATION
30%
Transportation
4%
Waste
66%
Buildings
Urban tech ecosystem
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Engineered to Matter
How urban tech became New York City’s newest innovation
482 COMPANIES
$14.2B INVESTMENTS
74% reporting
33.1k EMPLOYEES
81% reporting
Climate innovation is driving NYC’s urban tech ecosystem
Building Systems
Solutions that help create, maintain, and adapt the physical structures in which people live, work, and play.
Property Management (45)
Design & Construction (37)
Search & Leasing (36)
Housing Finance (14)
Coworking & Cohousing (11)
Lodging (10)
Infrastructure & Asset Management
Mobility Systems
Vehicles, software, and services that improve the ability to move people and goods efficiently and fairly throughout cities.
Shared Mobility (33) Urban Logistics (18)
Vehicle Systems (16) Telematics (8)
EV Infrastructure (7) TransitTech (2)
Energy Systems
Engineered solutions for the generation, distribution, storage, and conservation of energy in urban buildings, infrastructure networks, and vehicles.
Building Efficiency (16)
Renewables + Conservation (16)
Grid (12)
Environmental Systems
Solutions that enable conservation of natural capital - soil, air, water - and related ecosystem services.
Waste (16)
Water (4)
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The Climate Mobilization
Harnessing NYC’s Urban Tech Ecosystem
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New York Tech Ecosystem
The Climate Crisis
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Thematic
| Day 1�Scaling What Works | Day 2�The Urban Tech Agenda | |
Morning Themes | Buildings + Energy | Buildings - New Solutions for Sustainability + Equity | NYC's Climate Vision |
Energy - Restructuring the Grid | Climate Tech Moonshots for NYC | ||
Afternoon Themes | Mobility + Logistics | New Mobility - The Sprint for Survival | Mobilizing Government + Workforce for Climate Innovation |
Zero-Carbon Last Mile | Urban Tech for Climate Justice | ||
| | Reinventing Leadership for Urban Climate Tech | |
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WHO WE ARE
Smart Cities New York (SCNY) is North America’s leading global conference exploring the emerging influence of cities in shaping the future. With the global smart city market expected to grow to $1.6 trillion within the next three years, Smart Cities New York is Powered by People. The conference brings together top thought leaders and senior members of the private and public sector to discuss investments in physical and digital infrastructure, health, education, sustainability, security, mobility, workforce development, and more, to ensure cities are central to advancing and improving urban life.
Cornell Tech is Cornell University’s groundbreaking campus for technology research and education on Roosevelt Island in New York City. Our faculty, students and industry partners work together in an ultra-collaborative environment, pushing inquiry further and developing meaningful technologies for a digital society. The Jacobs Institute, established jointly by Cornell University and the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, embodies the Cornell Tech mission by fostering radical experimentation at the intersection of research, education, and entrepreneurship.
Jacobs Urban Tech Hub, one of the City’s premiere hubs for smart cities thought leadership and innovation. Launched in 2020, the Jacobs Urban Tech Hub is a new center of activity that generates applied research, fosters an expanding tech ecosystem, and cultivates the next generation of leaders in urban technology. Its goal is to shape the field of urban tech with a human-centered approach, advancing technology research and education to build a better world by increasing access and opportunity within the tech sector.
CIV:LAB helps cities and city stakeholders ‘harmonize’ their resources and organizations to tackle challenges they are facing locally but ultimately crises that are facing cities across the globe. Starting locally, CIV:LAB’s collaborative approach to challenges bolsters the resilience of vulnerable communities. Following the success of our model in New York, Detroit and early adoption by London, we are seeing growing demand in cities for more curated and targeted interaction between ‘urban innovation’ ecosystems, cities and their stakeholders on shared urban challenges.
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Jigar Shaw
Director, Loan Programs Office at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)
Clayton Banks
CEO,
Silicon Harlem
Laura Fox
General Manager,
Citi Bike, Lyft
John Paul Farmer
Chief Technology Officer,
New York City
Natalia Quintero
Senior Vice President of Innovation, Partnership for New York City
Rit Aggarwala
Commissioner of Environmental Protection and Chief Climate Officer
NYC
Sarah Goodyear
Writer and podcaster, Urban Tech Hub, The War on Cars
Kwasi Mitchell
Chief Purpose Officer,
Deloitte
2021 SPEAKERS
Shabazz Stuart
CEO,
Oonee
William Floyd
Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
Tara Pham
CEO,
Numina
Ya-Ting Liu
Director of Government Affairs & Policy, Via Transportation
Anthony Townsend
Urbanist In Residence,
Cornell Tech
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TOTAL IN PERSON AND VIRTUAL REGISTRATIONS 2021
2,072
TOTAL IN PERSON ATTENDEES
400
Non-Profit - 30%
Academic - 22%
Public - 15%
Industry - 33%
OVERHEARD SCNY 2021
“Cars are penthouse transportation”
Shabazz Stuart CEO, Oonee
PANEL Tech for Safe, Shared Streets
“I want every brain at the table and it can’t be through a cell phone.”
Clayton Banks CEO, Silicon Harlem, on young people having equitable access to tech beyond mobile for learning, training, starting their own businesses & beyond
PANEL Redefining and Closing the Digital Divide
“Artificial intelligence and IoT (internet of things) are foundational to solving digital problems that city government face.”
John Paul Farmer Chief Technology Officer, New York City
PANEL Positioning NYC to Anticipate and Shape Urban Tech
“On a per capita basis we have just as many cameras as China.”
Tara Pham CEO, Numina
PANEL Regulating Privacy in the Public Realm
“Be yourself, because we need you to make your voice heard / get out and protest [police tech] as yourself.”
Rebecca Williams Researcher, Belfer Center, Harvard Kennedy School with an unexpectedly affirming vision on who we should want to be to affect change in the city
PANEL New Screen Deal
“NYC’s tech ecosystem has grown and has become its own virtuous cycle.”
William Floyd Director, Government Affairs & Public Policy, Google
PANEL Resilient Corridors
SPONSOR AND INSIDERS 2021
Lyft,
Terreform One,
Temboo,
Deloitte,
Google,
Cornell Tech,
Civic Hall,
Numina,
New York Law School,
Tech: NYC,
Harvard,
MIT,
U.S. Department of Energy,
New Lab
New York City Economic Development Corporation
Friends of Columbia Solar & Software Engineer,
Spotify
The Bronx Community Foundation
Urban Impact
3x3 Design
London Borough of Hounslow
HR&A Advisors
PROSPECTUS
2022