FIRA DE BARCELONA
| 2013 REPORT
Smart City Expo World Congress
Solutions for Better Cities
19-21/November
Gran Via. 3rd event
The third event of Smart City Expo World
Congress was the most successful one to date
for this international show for smart cities. The
Gran Via venue hosted 9,000 visitors, almost
400 cities and 29 international delegations,
including emerging countries such as Brazil,
China, Colombia, India or Malaysia, experiencing
significant urban migratory movements and the
construction of megacities.
The event was also visited by delegates
from other countries such as Argentina, Canada,
Denmark, United States, Finland, Hong Kong,
Israel, Japan, United Kingdom, Singapore
and Sweden.
The international visibility of the show also
favoured a treaty with the Kyoto Prefecture to host
a Japanese event in 2014, an initiative resulting
from the expansion process of Smart City Expo
World Congress and from the internationalization
strategy of Fira de Barcelona.
The event also hosted conferences by some
of the world leading thinkers and experts, such
as Richard Florida, economist and expert on
urban development; Amory Lovins, environmental
scientist and Chairman/Chief Scientist of the
Rocky Mountain Institute; Kent Larson, Director
of the MIT Changing Places research group;
Anthony Townsend research director of the
Institute for the Future USA; Amitabh Kant, Chief
Executive Officer of Delhi Mumbai Industrial
Corridor Development Corporation; and Colette
Maloney, responsible for Smart Cities and
Sustainability in the European Commission.
Also, the smart cities summit became in 2013
a real world hub of sustainable transportation
by being held simultaneously with EVS27, the
leading International Electric Vehicle Symposium,
and with BcnRail, the International Railway
Industry Exhibition.
One of the highlights of the third edition of the
smart cities summit was the Smart City Plaza. This
space featured 20 new urban technologies
AREA
23,150 m²
EXHIBITORS
162
TYPE
Professional
ACTIVITIES
Gala Dinner, World
Smart City Awards,
Business Bridge, Open
Innovation Market Place,
Smart City Plaza
