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International Expert Engagement

Leading Cities is proud to partner with interested individuals and/or organizations to join our global network of experts within the sustainability, resiliency, and smart city community. 

After meeting with LaunchPad 11 Members, deciding to further engage and provide guidance, advice, and/or access to your professional network (if appropriate) is completely up to you. As a mentor, we would like for you to schedule open office hours to facilitate sharing your expertise. The frequency and timing is also up to you. 

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AcceliCITY Evaluator

The AcceliCITY program has been recognized as among the Top GovTech accelerators in the world. Each year we select a cohort of the Top 50 solutions in each of the Eastern and Western Hemispheres from among hundreds of applicants globally. Your expertise would help Leading Cities select the most promising, innovative, and impactful solutions to be among this next cohort of Top 100 solutions worldwide. 

Will you serve as an AcceliCITY application evaluator?*
The commitment is to review your assigned applications between May 8th - 18th. We aim to limit each judge to reviewing just 6-8 applications.

SmartUp Week Expert

SmartUp Week is a highlight of our AcceliCITY program when we arrange over 150 one-on-one meetings to connect experts with entrepreneurs. We ask each expert to volunteer for at least one, three-hour shift to meet with three separate startups. Each meeting is 45 minutes long, with the following 15 minutes allotted to experts to complete a feedback and evaluation form for the team they met with. Your expertise would be invaluable to these entrepreneurs. Please consider at least one shift below. 

What SmartUp Week shift(s) do you commit to participating in?*
If you would like to do more than one shift, please select all that you commit to doing.