The spring Smart Cities Connect conference and US Ignite Application Summit are closer than you think. Submit panel proposals now and enter the Smart 50 Awards for a chance to be recognized at the joint event as one of the 50 most transformative smart projects of the year. The deadline for both is November 9. Panel Proposals Submit your Panel Proposal for review and consideration. Special…

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Smart Cities Accelerator, Labs + Environment (SCALE) San Diego is on a mission to bring together local community talent, technology and innovation to solve urban challenges. The organization is partnering with US Ignite and the City of San Diego, with sponsorship from Cox Communications, to develop a Smart Gigabit Communities (SGC) Program entitled IGNITE | SCALE …

New ATIS/US Ignite Initiative Advances Smart Cities Data Exchange WASHINGTON – September 12, 2018 – ATIS and US Ignite today announced the launch of a joint initiative to give cities the ability to greatly enhance their Smart Cities’ data sharing capabilities and is inviting cities and municipalities of all sizes to participate. This new initiative is bringing city thought-leaders and in…

US Ignite Launches New Program to Connect Smart City Leaders with Federal Funding Opportunities; Includes Investment of More Than $200,000 from Knight Foundation Effort will provide cities with the tools they need to develop more responsive, people-focused smart city solutions WASHINGTON – August 8, 2018 – US Ignite Inc., a nonprofit advancing the development of smart, connected communit…

New Request for Proposals Announced in $100M “Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research” Program The PAWR Project Office is releasing its second Request for Proposals as part of a nationwide program to create city-scale testbed sites for advancing next-generation wireless research WASHINGTON – August 1, 2018 – The Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) Project Office (PPO), l…

We're hiring! Join the movement and our Smart Gigabit Communities team. Job Description - Director of Smart Community Development Background US Ignite, a nonprofit public-private partnership, seeks a Director of Community Development for its Smart Gigabit Community (SGC) Project, the most ambitious and productive smart community effort in the United States. In its first two years, the …

With all due credit to Hamilton, “this is not a moment, it’s a movement.” The 2018 US Ignite Application Summit in Kansas City showed us there is a groundswell of support for smart city research and advanced networking projects, and a hunger for shared information from civic leaders intent on building the next generation of smart and connected communities. But don’t take our word for…

Submissions now closed – Thank you! US Ignite is a nonprofit that spurs the creation of next-generation applications and services that leverage advanced networking technologies to build the foundation for smart communities. Funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), US Ignite’s Smart Gigabit Communities program is a network of 25 communities, each committed to accelerate the developm…

US Ignite seeks a partner to provide updated modules to its current online platform that combines best-in-class smart city data, applications, and modeling tools rapidly accelerate adoption of smart city technologies. US Ignite is soliciting bids from all interested parties, including consulting firms or other professionals, for a 12-month contract – the term of the contract will begin July 1, 2…

“Flint is like a canary in coal mine.” So says Dan Kurin, the tech coordinator at Factory Two, an organization that serves as a hub for technologists, makers, and more in Flint, Michigan. While Flint’s water contamination crisis is well known across the country, the city has struggled with many of the same issues making news around the United States: the opioid crisis and gun violence …

US Ignite is pleased to announce the proposals accepted as part of our recent round of Application Development Awards in March of 2018. The Application Development Awards provide up to ten thousand dollars in funding per proposal submitted and accepted from one of our Smart Gigabit Communities. The awards total one hundred and ten thousand dollars to improve community impacts and support local app…

At our 6th Annual US Ignite Application Summit we brought our innovative community together once again, diving deep into the acceleration of advanced networking technology and celebrating everything that our extended family of researchers, industry experts, and civic leaders has accomplished since we last met. From inspiring keynote addresses, to illuminating breakout sessions, to exhilarating dem…

Today we join the National Science Foundation, as well as a consortium of 28 networking companies, in celebrating the recipients of the Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program’s first-ever award selection process. It gives us great pleasure to announce that two research platforms, to be based in Salt Lake City and New York City, will be developed and deployed thanks to support f…

LEARN MORE HERE US Ignite seeks a consultant arrangement for its Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research (PAWR) program. The consultant(s) will provide project management, engineering, construction, and deployment advice and services related to the deployment of up to four wireless testbed networks in cities across the United States.US Ignite is soliciting submissions from all interested parties…

“There is no one-size-fits-all approach to smart city deployments,” says Danielle DuMerer, Chief Information Officer for the city of Chicago. With that in mind, the US Ignite Forum enters the picture to help city officials and corporate entities alike gameplan ways to implement solutions to today’s challenges in smarter, connected ways—with help from DuMerer and Chicago, who will kick o…

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, US Ignite, Inc. announced that it will co-host and sponsor series of Smart Gigabit Communities (SGC) Reverse Pitch Competitions – competitions that are focused on empowering local change makers to ideate and develop innovative gigabit applications. US Ignite is a nonprofit that spurs the creation of next-generation applications and services that leverage advanced networ…