The Intelligent Community Forum today named the world’s Smart21 Communities of 2015. This select group of communities will now be in contention for the prestigious designation of Intelligent Community of the Year in June 2015. 

The Smart21 Communities of 2015 is comprised of five communities from the United States, four communities from Australia, four communities from Taiwan, three communities from Canada, and one community each from Brazil, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kenya and New Zealand.  Perhaps surprisingly, no European or Chinese community appears on this year’s list.  Thirteen communities reappeared on the list, with the ICF’s first Kazakhstani city making the Smart21.