Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) will run alongside the newly launched HOWS Barcelona – Housing World Summit Nov. 3-5 at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue.
Fira de Barcelona, which organizes SCEWC, expects more than 27,000 attendees, over 1,100 exhibitors, and more than 600 speakers. This year’s theme, “Urban Solutions, Real Impact,” focuses on challenges facing cities, including climate, housing, and quality of life.
More topics under one roof
The housing summit joins Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress and Tomorrow.Blue Economy alongside SCEWC. The gathering will also host the Barcelona Deep Tech Summit and Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress, bringing several related sectors together at the venue.
Barcelona City Council will host HOWS Barcelona, including a Housing Mayors Meeting and Roundtable focused on affordability and cooperation between cities. Meanwhile, Fira co-organizes Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress with EIT Urban Mobility.
Expected exhibitors include Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, and Veolia. In addition, the new Terra50 showcase will present 50 urban sustainability solutions.
City Hall takes the stage
According to organizers, the speaker lineup includes mayors and regional leaders from four continents. Among them are Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens, Athens Mayor Haris Doukas, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala, Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony, Dublin Lord Mayor Daryl Barron, and Freetown Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyer.
Former Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo will participate as global ambassador of the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate & Energy. Other government representatives include Claudio Orrego, governor of Santiago’s metropolitan region in Chile, and Jaakko Mustakallio, deputy mayor of Tampere, Finland.
Nikolas Badminton, chief futurist at Futurist.com, will deliver the congress keynote. His work focuses on helping organizations assess emerging trends and plan for long-term change. Women in Tech Global founder Ayumi Moore Aoki will also address diversity and inclusion in urban innovation.
Corporate and institutional speakers include Kees Hertogh of Microsoft, Nam Guan Ng of Dell, and Rochelle Haynes, managing director of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ What Works Cities initiative. Bilel Jamoussi of the International Telecommunication Union and John Li of Dahua Technology will also participate.
Fira de Barcelona organizes Smart City Expo World Congress, which brings together government representatives, businesses, and other organizations working on urban development and technology. For more information, visit smartcityexpo.com.
Press release submitted by Fira de Barcelona. Edited by Exhibit City News for clarity, length, and style.
