Cities, municipalities and regions begin to discover smart solutions' appeal. This leads to decrease of costs and increase in quality of life of population. What are the examples of successful projects? What technologies are already available and ready to use?

Data became the most important resource in the 21st century. It is "food" for artificial intelligence algorithms, which increasingly affects the quality of citizens' lives as well as geopolitics. Our state is trying to respond to such development as it represents a vision of Slovakia as a Data State, which will be suported by a newly established unit of public administration office. 

How to help cities and regions to adopt smart solutions in the most effective way? What are state's options and tools? How will state engage all relevant players in developing strategies and policies?