Fira de Barcelona
| 2014 Report
Smart City Expo World Congress
International Summit on Smart Cities
18-20/November
Montjuïc. 4th edition
The fourth edition of the Smart City Expo World
Congress, the world summit for smart cities was
the most successful in the history of this event,
with more than 10,000 visitors, 400 participating
cities and 242 exhibitors.
Particularly notable was the presence of
41 official delegations from the 5 continents,
including several emerging economies, such
as Brazil, China, Ivory Coast, India, Indonesia
and Malaysia, all facing major challenges
as regards development and the provision
of basic services.
Also present were delegations from such
other countries as Germany, Argentina, Austria,
South Korea, Denmark, United States, Holland,
Israel, Japan and the United Kingdom.
The programme of lectures, structured
around six themes (Smart Society, Technology,
Governance, Energy, Mobility and Sustainable
City), brought together some of the most
innovative speakers on the urban and
technological scene today, including Parag
Khanna, considered the world’s leading
geopolitical analyst, Alex Steffen, a futurologist
and expert on sustainability, and the architects
Kengo Kuma and Deyan Sudjic, amongst others.
Established with the goal of promoting
the market for smart urban solutions, the Smart
City Expo World Congress also hosted the first
Smart Cities Investment Forum, a meeting point
for investors and entrepreneurs who negotiated
project financing with a starting point of 50,000
euros. the starting point. This initiative was an
outstanding success, with a total of 31 projects
submitted, from Germany, Brazil, Slovenia,
Spain, United States, Estonia, France, Holland,
Ireland and Malaysia.
The international dimension of the Smart City
Expo World Congress was also accentuated,
with editions held in Bogota, Kyoto and Montreal.
The activities programmed in 2014 included,
for the third time, the Smart City Plaza, a
Area
17,700 m
2
Exhibitors
162
Type
Professional
Activities
City Innovation Summit,
Marketplace, Brokerage
Event, World Smart
City Awards, Smart City
Plaza, Big Bang Data
