CTHINGS.CO joined forces with Valmont EMEA and VERIFIS at Smart City Expo Poland 2026 to explore how connected technologies can support the development of smarter, more integrated urban infrastructure. As a Sponsor of the Conference Zone, CTHINGS.CO contributed to discussions on secure connectivity, infrastructure management, and scalable smart city solutions.
On September 16–17, 2026, Warsaw hosted Smart City Expo Poland, an event bringing together companies, technology providers, public institutions, and industry professionals to discuss the future of urban development and the technologies shaping modern cities. The event focused on solutions for building more connected, efficient, and sustainable urban environments.
CTHINGS.CO participated alongside Valmont EMEA and VERIFIS, combining our expertise in connected infrastructure, technology integration, and urban solutions. As a Sponsor of the Conference Zone, we contributed to conversations about how cities can move toward more integrated infrastructure, where physical assets, connected devices, and software platforms work together securely and reliably at scale.
Smart city projects often begin with individual solutions designed to address specific urban challenges, such as intelligent lighting, traffic monitoring, environmental sensing, public safety, and energy management.
However, as these projects expand, cities face the challenge of bringing together technologies introduced at different times and supplied by different vendors.
Without effective integration, this can result in disconnected systems, limited operational visibility, increased maintenance costs, and greater complexity when introducing new services.
At Smart City Expo Poland, CTHINGS.CO highlighted the importance of interoperability and centralized management in overcoming these challenges.
Through Orchestra, our Edge Orchestration platform, CTHINGS.CO helps cities, technology providers, and system integrators connect and manage distributed devices, applications, networks, and data within a unified environment.
By supporting existing infrastructure and different deployment architectures, Orchestra enables organizations to expand their connected environments while maintaining security, visibility, and operational control.
A central part of CTHINGS.CO's participation was our collaboration with Valmont EMEA and VERIFIS at Booth C1 in Hall 4.
Each company brought a different but complementary perspective on the development and operation of connected infrastructure.
Valmont EMEA presented its physical infrastructure solutions, highlighting how lighting poles can serve as flexible foundations for additional connected city services. Existing urban infrastructure can therefore support new applications as cities' needs evolve.
VERIFIS contributed its experience in complex, large-scale deployments, including reverse vending machine networks operating across thousands of locations. Its perspective highlighted the operational requirements that emerge when solutions move beyond pilot projects, from installation and logistics to maintenance, service-level agreements, and consistent service quality.
CTHINGS.CO completed this picture by presenting Orchestra and our Edge IoT portfolio, demonstrating how software, connectivity, and orchestration can bring different infrastructure components together.
Together, the three companies showed how successful smart city deployments depend on more than individual technologies. Physical infrastructure, integration, and long-term operational management must work together to support sustainable expansion.
As a Sponsor of the Conference Zone, we also hosted a debate focusing on a central question for modern cities: what does it take to move beyond a successful pilot and build infrastructure that can evolve with urban needs?
The discussion brought together different perspectives on the practical challenges of scaling connected infrastructure.
A special contribution came from Daniel Janiak, Mayor of Sochaczew, who joined the debate to share the perspective of a local government responsible for translating technology into tangible value for its residents.
The Conference Zone also welcomed Krzysztof Gawkowski from Poland's Ministry of Digital Affairs, bringing a national-level perspective to discussions around digital infrastructure, cybersecurity, and the future of Smart City development.
These contributions highlighted the importance of connecting technological innovation with the practical needs of municipalities and public institutions.
The conversation addressed challenges such as integrating solutions from different providers, maintaining visibility across distributed infrastructure, ensuring cybersecurity, and making long-term investments that leave room for future development.
The second day of Smart City Expo Poland broadened the conversation beyond major urban centers, with a focus on Smart Village and the role of connected infrastructure in smaller municipalities.
While smart city discussions often concentrate on large metropolitan environments, smaller communities also face the need to modernize infrastructure, improve public services, and manage connected technologies effectively.
CTHINGS.CO highlighted how secure and scalable technology can create value in these environments as well, drawing on our experience supporting real-world deployments.
This perspective reinforces the importance of flexible infrastructure that can adapt to different environments and requirements, regardless of the size of the municipality.
Throughout the event, visitors at Booth C1 had the opportunity to explore how the three companies' technologies and expertise complement one another.
A key element of the presentation was Orchestra, CTHINGS.CO's Edge Orchestration platform, which provides an integration and orchestration layer for heterogeneous devices, applications, networks, and data.
We also presented our Edge IoT portfolio and examples of real-world deployments, including solutions focused on public safety and secure communication across urban infrastructure.
The demonstrations highlighted several important capabilities for smart city environments:
These capabilities are essential for municipalities and technology providers looking to develop infrastructure that can evolve alongside changing urban requirements.
As cities continue to adopt connected technologies, managing distributed infrastructure requires a reliable foundation for integration, security, and long-term operations.
At CTHINGS.CO, we address these challenges through the Orchestra Technology Stack, combining edge orchestration, secure connectivity and centralized management to help organizations operate complex IoT environments.
From device provisioning and application lifecycle management to secure communications and remote infrastructure monitoring, Orchestra provides the tools needed to maintain control across distributed deployments and support their continued growth.
Combined with our industrial-grade Edge IoT solutions and engineering expertise, we help municipalities, system integrators and technology providers turn connected infrastructure into reliable, manageable, and scalable operations.
Our focus remains on making edge and IoT deployments easier to operate, secure and expand – supporting organizations as they build the connected infrastructure of tomorrow.
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