Smart City Expo World Congress

Smart City Expo World Congress is the world’s biggest and most influential event on urban innovation. We connect leaders from the most innovative companies, governments and organizations to move cities towards a better future.

7-9 NOV 2023 | BARCELONA & ONLINE

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A NEW WORLD OF CITIES

NEW URBAN REALITIES
NEW CHALLENGES
NEW TECHNOLOGIES

A New Urban Era is emerging. Though the challenges that lie ahead for cities remain huge, a new paradigm is reshaping urban planning: collaboration, ethical tech, common good, environmental sensitivity, and people’s needs at the center of all agendas. Cities are more alive than ever, and their future looks bright.

Smart City Expo 2023 will be the biggest to date, and will show the world the smart solutions shaping this new era — those currently helping cities thrive and creating safer, greener, and more efficient urban spaces. A unique showcase of proven implementations accelerating a smart, human-centric urban revolution. It’s time to go beyond dreams and inspiration. We need to walk the talk.

Discover our three co-located events reinforcing our focus on key urban challenges:

POWERHOUSE SPEAKERS AT THE MAIN AUDITORIUM

VOICES SPARKING CHANGE

Nathan Blecharczyk

Co-founder & Chief Strategy Office,
Airbnb

Nate plays a leading role in driving key strategic initiatives across the global business, particularly those which require a holistic understanding of the business, public policy, product, data, and Airbnb’s long-term stakeholder interests. Nate has led the creation of Airbnb’s engineering, data science, payments, and performance marketing teams.

Joan Laporta | Manel del Río

President, FC Barcelona
CFO, FC Barcelona

This session will disclose why Espai Barça is much more than a Stadium. It is an innovative and far-reaching project that goes beyond modernizing Spotify Camp Nou. A 360-degree overhaul to boost the Club’s growth, generate new sources of income and determined to be a driving force for its home city of Barcelona.

Claire O’Neill

Co-Chair of the Advisory Board,
World Business Council for Sustainable Development

Former UK Minister for Energy & Clean Growth and former COP26 President-Designate, Claire currently co-chairs the Advisory Board of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the leading voice for business sustainability led by global CEOs.

Peter Körte

Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Technology Officer,
Siemens

Körte is responsible for developing the company’s strategy and leading its worldwide research and development activities. His current priorities include the accelerated development of innovative sustainable technologies as well as the implementation and further development of the Siemens Xcelerator business platform.

Esam A. Alwagait

Director of National Information Center,
Saudi Data and AI Authority

Dr. Esam A. Alwagait has a collective experience of around 20 years in IT. Before joining NIC, Dr. Alwagait was the CEO of National Digital Transformation Unit in Saudi Arabia. He worked also as the Deputy Minister for Technical Affairs at the ministry of foreign affairs.

Micaela Mantegna

Abogamer, Video Game Lawyer, Activist & Scholar,
Harvard Berkman Klein Center

Activist and renowned global expert on AI and XR ethics. TED Fellow. BKC Harvard affiliate. Member of the WEF Future of the Metaverse Council. After almost 6 years of research, she published her first book "ARTficial: creativity, artificial intelligence and copyright".

Margaret Mitchell

Chief Ethics Scientist,
Hugging Face

One of the Time’s 2023 Most Influential People, Margaret is a researcher focused on the ins and outs of machine learning and ethics-informed AI development in tech. Former Google AI Staff Research Scientist, she has published over 50 papers.

A POWERFUL COMMUNITY OF PARTNERS