City of Peachtree Corners Mayor Presents at Smart Cities TAIWAN Mayor's Summit

Monday, March 28th, 2022

On Tuesday, March 22nd, Peachtree Corners Mayor Mike Mason was joined by other mayors and city leaders from across the globe as a virtual presenter on the Mayor’s Summit and Panel Discussion during the 2022 Smart City Summit and Expo (SCSE) being held in Taipei, Taiwan.

As Mayor of one of the world’s premier smart cities, Mayor Mason was one of 21 city leaders invited to present at this year’s event.  In addition to the presenters, the subsequent panel discussion included leaders from approximately 30 countries around the world.

Every year, the Smart City Mayors’ Summit gathers city mayors and high-profile municipal delegates from across the globe to share and exchanges their insights on the latest governmental strategies and trends in smart cities. The Summit is not just one of the biggest highlights in the Smart City Summit and Expo, but the world’s largest networking platform among smart city governments. 

This year, in accordance with the theme of SCSE: Digital Transformation Takes Smart Cities to New Heights, the topics for roundtable sessions were “How do cities respond to the "New Normal" with digital transformation?” and “In face of the "New Normal" in pandemic era, what role do city governments play in driving the city's digital transformation?”

The Smart City Mayor’s Summit provided a high-level dialogue platform for global mayors and city leaders to exchange innovative strategies and visions on future city deployments.

Speakers at the Mayor’s Summit included mayors from:

Peachtree Corners, Georgia, USA
Taipei, Taiwan
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Aix-en-Provence, France
Belgian Chamber Representatives, Belgium
Castries, Saint Lucia
Denver, Colorado, USA
Dijon Metropole, France
Edinburgh, Scotland
Edmonton, Canada
Edo, Nigeria
Gdynia, Poland 
Municipalidad de Asuncion, Paraguay
Newark, New Jersey, USA
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Prague, Czech Republic
Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Scranton, Pennsylvania
Selangor, Malaysia
Rzeszow - Poland
Vysocina Region, Czech Republic
 
Participants in the panel discussion included representatives from:

Abuju, Nigeria

Budapest, Hungary

City of Hamilton, Bermuda 

City of Tshwane, South Africa

Cockburn, Turks and Caicos

Cranston, Rhode Island, USA

Cuenca, Ecuador

Da Nang, Vietnam

Davao City, Philippines

Eindhoven, Netherlands

El Farafra Oasis, Egypt

Goyang City, South Korea

Grenoble-Alpes Metrople, France

Helsinki, Finland

Izmir, Turkey

Jacksonville, Florida, USA 

Kansas City, Kansas, USA

Kolin, Czech Republic

Konya, Turkey

Krakow, Poland

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kwinana, Australia

Lausanne, Switzerland

Lazio, Italy

Madrid, Spain

Miami-Dade County (US Rep), Florida, USA 

Midvaal, South Africa 

Nanes Metropole, France

Peterborough, England

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

Royal Borough of Greenwich, England

Sabac, Serbia

Stockholm, Sweden

Szekszard, Hungary

Taoyuan, Taiwan

Wellington, New Zealand 

Wroclaw, Poland