This grant supports Michael Samuelian at Cornell University, who organized an Urban Tech Summit at the university’s Roosevelt Island campus in fall 2021. An initiative by SmartCities New York, the event aimed to support the development, adoption and evaluation of technologies that make cities more connected, livable, efficient, and accessible. Grant funds contributes to the overall expenses for running the event, where researchers, practitioners, advocates, and industry leaders in the urban tech space came together to present findings, network, identify common challenges, and forge new collaborations for future urban tech projects.