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Smart City Summit and Expo Taiwan: Guide for GovTech Sellers

By Ilyas Kerbal,

Cloud computing pavilion at the Smart City Expo in Taipei
Photo: Rico Shen, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Smart City Summit & Expo (SCSE) is one of Asia’s biggest events for smart city solutions, and it’s unusual in putting city governments at the centre. The 2026 edition had more than 2,250 booths across two cities, 250+ startups, 70+ forums and delegations from 174 cities in 53 countries, plus the co-located Net Zero City Expo. For govtech, mobility, energy and AI vendors who sell to cities, the SCSE attendee list is a rare collection of municipal buyers.

This guide is for the March 2027 edition.

SCSE at a glance
Industry Smart cities / govtech
City Taipei, Taiwan
Venue Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center Hall 2 (Taipei) + Kaohsiung Exhibition Center
Dates March, 2026: Taipei 17–20 Mar; Kaohsiung 20–22 Mar
Frequency Annual
Moves between cities? Two-city format (Taipei + Kaohsiung)
Typical scale ~80,000 attendees · ~500 exhibitors
Visitor ticket Pre-registration (no published fee for professionals)
App / platform Online registration + international matchmaking
Official website smartcitytaiwan.com

Details checked in October 2026. Dates, prices and venues can change between editions, so confirm on the official Smart City Summit & Expo website before you book travel.

What makes SCSE different

SCSE is organised by the Taipei Computer Association with government support. Beyond the usual exhibition, it features:

  • 13 Taiwanese local government pavilions
  • International pavilions (Tokyo and Poland debuted in 2026)
  • “City Vision in Action”, where 21 cities posted real municipal challenges for vendors to solve

Topics include smart governance, transportation and mobility, net-zero and energy, AI, IoT and robotics for cities, smart healthcare and social services, and 5G/ICT infrastructure.

Opening ceremony of the 2021 Smart City Summit and Expo in Taiwan

City mayors and officials are front and centre at SCSE. Photo: Office of the President, Taiwan (總統府), CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Two cities, one week

City Venue 2026 dates
Taipei Taipei Nangang Exhibition Center, Hall 2 17–20 March
Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Exhibition Center 20–22 March

Taipei is the main host every year, and the expo moves on to Kaohsiung right after. Expect the same March pattern in 2027.

Who attends SCSE

Attendee What they want Who should target them
City mayors, CIOs and municipal officials Solutions to real city problems Govtech and smart city vendors
System integrators and ICT vendors Partners and projects Hardware and software vendors
Utilities and transport operators Infrastructure and data Energy and mobility tech providers
Startups and investors Pilots and funding Cities, VCs
International city delegations Ideas and partners Taiwanese vendors
Researchers and academia Collaboration Universities, labs

Planning to exhibit at Smart City Summit & Expo? I build Smart City Summit & Expo attendee and exhibitor lists before the event: names, job titles, companies, company size, LinkedIn profiles and work emails where available, delivered as a CSV ready for HubSpot, Salesforce or Pipedrive. Ask for your Smart City Summit & Expo list

Registration

Professional visitors pre-register online at smartcitytaiwan.com; no fee is published for trade visitors. Forums, closed-door workshops and international matchmaking need registration or an invitation.

Matchmaking and data

Registration and the international matchmaking programme run through smartcitytaiwan.com, organised by the Taipei Computer Association and the Taiwan Smart City Solutions Alliance. Matchmaking helps with international delegations. For a vendor, the real prize is knowing which city officials and integrators are coming, and what problems they’re trying to solve, before the show. That’s the list I build.

Pros and cons

Pros

  • Direct access to city governments and their real challenges
  • Built-in international matchmaking
  • Taiwan’s strong ICT supplier base
  • Two-city reach
  • Good for govtech and climate tech vendors

Cons

  • Long public sector sales cycles
  • Smaller than the mega tech shows
  • Taiwan-centric government pavilions
  • The two-city format splits attention
  • Chinese-language forums

Want to see which competitors are at Smart City Summit & Expo? The exhibitor list tells you, and I can enrich it with company size, industry and contacts so you know where to focus. Ask for the Smart City Summit & Expo exhibitor list

Preparing for SCSE 2027

  1. Study the City Vision in Action challenges and prepare specific answers.
  2. Request international matchmaking early.
  3. Decide between Taipei, Kaohsiung or both.
  4. Partner with a Taiwanese integrator if you’re new to the market.
  5. Bring public sector references.
  6. Plan for long follow-up cycles with city governments.

FAQ

When is Smart City Summit & Expo?

Every March. In 2026 it ran 17–20 March in Taipei and 20–22 March in Kaohsiung.

Is SCSE free?

No fee is published for pre-registered professional visitors.

What is City Vision in Action?

A programme where cities post real municipal challenges for vendors to solve; 21 cities took part in 2026.

Can I get the SCSE attendee list?

There’s no exportable list. I can build an enriched list of exhibitors, delegations and attendee profiles.

Get the Smart City Summit & Expo attendee list before the show

A good list turns a Smart City Summit & Expo trip from “let’s see who walks by” into a calendar of booked meetings. I build those lists for sales and business development teams: who is exhibiting, who is visiting, their roles, their companies and how to reach them, formatted for your CRM.

Request the Smart City Summit & Expo attendee and exhibitor list

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