The Smart City Exchange Forum is an annual event organised by the FinEst Centre for Smart Cities, bringing together city officials, researchers, technology companies, and urban innovation practitioners. The 2025 edition, held in Tallinn, focuses on shaping cities with data, AI, and smart governance.
The programme combines keynote presentations from leading smart city researchers with interactive workshop sessions where participants work on specific urban challenges. A distinctive feature is the emphasis on practical implementation, with case studies from Estonian, Finnish, and other European cities demonstrating how smart city concepts translate into working solutions.
The forum serves as a networking platform for the Baltic and Nordic smart city ecosystem, connecting municipalities seeking innovative solutions with technology companies and research institutions. It also showcases results from the FinEst Centre's own pilot projects and Smart City Challenge programme, providing evidence of what works in practice.