City Tech · 2026

The City Brain

A book built on the real perspectives of people shaping urban technology — mayors, CTOs, CIOs, founders, researchers, and investors speaking in their own words.

Mayors & City Leaders CTOs & CIOs Smart City Experts Future City Pioneers Founders & Builders Researchers Investors
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The City Brain · Pouyan Azizpour · 2026
The City Brain Collective Intelligence
of Urban Tech Pioneers

The City Brain is a collective work — a single place where the most forward-thinking minds in city technology share what they genuinely think about the future of cities, infrastructure, mobility, and the role of technology in shaping how people live.

Not a white paper. Not a vendor deck. The unfiltered perspective of the people who are actually building, leading, and deciding — captured in one book.

Who is contributing

The people actually in the room.

Contributors are practitioners — people who have made decisions, deployed systems, and built organizations inside this field.

Mayors & Deputy Mayors
Chief Information Officers
Chief Technology Officers
Chief Digital Officers
City Tech Founders & CEOs
Urban Tech Investors
PhD Researchers & Lab Leaders
Smart City Association Leaders
Policy Makers & Government Leaders
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First of all — thank you for being here and being open to this.

Nothing is more valuable than the real thoughts and lived experience of the people who have actually built, led, and shaped this field. We are living in an era where authentic expertise is getting harder to find — buried under AI-generated content, polished press releases, and noise that says everything and means nothing.

You are among the first group of experts I am personally reaching out to. I will do my best to keep the quality of this work high. This is not a book to generate revenue — it is meant to become a lasting reference for innovators, founders, and the next generation of city officials who need real knowledge to make better decisions.

Your perspective is not just welcome here. It is the whole point.

— Pouyan Azizpour MBA, MS Innovation — Curator
What contributing looks like

15 minutes. Your words. Permanent.

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5 min
Your details
Name, title, organization, city. A short bio as you’d like it to appear in the book.
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10–15 min
3–4 Questions
Written in your own words. No polish needed — we want what you actually think, direct and honest.
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2 min
Your photo
A professional headshot. You review everything before it goes to print.
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Permanent
Your 2–3 pages
Your contribution appears across 2–3 dedicated pages — your photo, bio, and perspective in full.
We are working toward a professionally designed, high-quality printed edition. Every contributor receives a complimentary hard copy alongside the digital PDF — a book worth keeping on your desk.
Contribute your voice

Join the conversation.

Please leave your details below. I’ll follow up personally with the questions — and we can also set up a call to walk through the project together and answer anything before you contribute.

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Pouyan Azizpour MBA, MS Innovation
Curator · Innovation Program Manager, Curiosity Lab

Pouyan operates at the intersection of investment, engineering, entrepreneurship, and emerging technologies. With a background in Civil Engineering and dual master's degrees in Innovation and Business, he brings both technical and strategic perspective to urban innovation.

At Curiosity Lab — one of the leading smart city testbeds in the US — he oversees the real-world deployment of emerging technologies, working across startups, infrastructure, and city systems to turn ideas into live urban solutions.