“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…

About US Ignite US Ignite spurs the creation of next-generation applications and services that leverage advanced networking technologies to build the foundation for smart communities, including cities, rural areas, regions, and states. The nonprofit organization helps to accelerate new wired and wireless networking advances from research to prototype to full-scale smart community and interconne…

REGISTER HERE US Ignite Community - US Ignite is pleased to invite you to join us at the 6th Annual US Ignite Application Summit, March 27-29 in Kansas City, Missouri. The Summit will take place at the Kansas City Convention Center and once again will be co-located with the Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo. We have a host of exciting presentations and demonstrations planned for t…