Urban Tech Challenge 2025 – Where 3D geospatial innovation meets digital twin agility

Join us in Dublin for the Urban Tech Challenge — a unique opportunity to collaborate with Bentley, Dublin City University, Smart Dublin, and Google to build scalable 3D geospatial solutions for key urban priorities. Work alongside leading minds to tackle real-world challenges and help shape the future of our cities.

• Application Deadline: May 9, 2025
• Event Date: May 26-28, Google Docks Building, Dublin City University

We’re excited to support this challenge, where participants will work with data from the Dublinked Open Data Platform—managed by Derilinx—alongside several public APIs developed by our team. These include:

• Dublin Bikes, Bleeper, and Moby bike-sharing data
• Flooding and rainfall sensor data
• Accessible parking bay occupancy for Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown and Dublin City Council

These APIs offer rich, real-time datasets that can power innovative, city-focused solutions.

We’ll be on hand throughout the day to provide technical support and ensure the APIs are running smoothly. If you have any questions ahead of the event, feel free to get in touch.

About the event

(Source: Urban Tech Challenge)

Calling all smart city innovators – are you passionate about the future of urban living?

Join us in Dublin to be part of the Urban Tech Challenge. Partner with Bentley, Dublin City University, Smart Dublin, and Google to collaborate with leading minds and build scalable 3D geospatial experiences for key urban priorities, including:

• Building and infrastructure design optimization: Design, planning, and 3D modeling by leveraging geospatial and geotechnical insights.
• Flood forecasting and management: Resilience planning and emergency preparedness, as well as impact analysis and simulation, visualizing risk and climate adaptation.
• Urban mobility optimisation: Leverage urban mobility data for traffic and road system construction planning, as well as impact analysis and/or traffic management and safety.

The goal of the Urban Tech Challenge is to demonstrate that an open-platform approach, integrated with Google’s advanced data capabilities, can help address these priorities for cities of any size. You can enhance the experience by also bringing your own data to experiment in this fast-paced exploratory environment.

Apply today to be part of a team to dive-in using cutting-edge 3D geospatial technology to solve these challenges.

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