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Taiwan ’ s capital , Taipei , runs a governmental project management office to support the creation of ‘ Smart Taipei ’. Projects include smart parking sensors , wireless charging points and smart trash cans that notify authorities when full . The city also hosts the Smart City Summit and Expo , which in 2019 attracted over 40,000 visitors with almost 400 speakers . The 2020 event is focusing on AIoT , or the application of AI to IoT to power the next generation of smart cities . JANUARY 2020