Riga’s Smart Cities Conference turns urban innovation into a practical agenda

Riga is placing the practical side of urban innovation at the centre of European Mobility Week this week.

The organisers say the meeting is intended to create a platform for knowledge exchange between cities, public authorities, academia and industry.

([smartriga.lv](https://smartriga.lv/1smart-cities-conference-2026-riga-baltic-nordic/?utm_source=openai)) Mobility, data and the city’s changing toolkit Urban mobility is one of the main connecting themes.

By placing these issues alongside mobility technologies and digital systems, the conference frames urban innovation as an organisational task as much as a technological one.

Organisers include Riga Technical University, Riga City Municipality, the University of Latvia and the VEFRESH innovation movement, with support from EIT Urban Mobility.