THE EVENT FOR
BETTER CITIES
5 – 7 NOV 2024 | BARCELONA
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SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS IS THE WORLD’S BIGGEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL EVENT ON URBAN INNOVATION.
We help cities and territories become better places to live in by bringing them together and approaching the latest market-ready urban solutions
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When asked how things could be different, we imagine how they could be better. We have an innate desire to advance and grow, and as such, we’re continuously striving for improvement. In a world that is being urbanized and digitized in leaps and bounds, this presents multiple challenges, but also endless opportunities.
Every year, the Smart City Expo convenes a diverse crowd of industry executives, government leaders, researchers, and entrepreneurs to move cities towards a better future. We spur powerful connections across the whole global ecosystem that are vital to achieving the mission that keeps us going – enabling a better life for everyone.
A CROSS-SECTOR PLATFORM
Discover the three co-located events reinforcing our comprehensive focus on urban transformation
#TBEWC24
The global summit dedicated to promoting and developing the potential of the Blue Economy.
#TBWC24
The global event empowering the green and digital transition of buildings and urban infrastructures.
FIRST SPEAKERS CONFIRMED
FIRST SPEAKERS CONFIRMED!
Meet the world-class thinkers set to join our 2024 lineup. Many more still to be announced!
CONGRESS OVERVIEW
FIRST
SPEAKERS
CONFIRMED
Meet the world-class thinkers set to join our 2024 lineup. Many more still to be announced!
Majora Carter
Majora Carter
Born, raised, and still living in the South Bronx, Majora works to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities. Real estate developer and urban revitalization strategist, she has helped connect tech industry pioneers to diverse communities at all levels. Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one”.
Stephanie Hare
Stephanie Hare
Dr Stephanie Hare is an author, broadcaster and researcher. She co-presents the BBC's weekly television programme, AI:Decoded, which explores the top stories in AI. Her first book, Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, was named a Financial Times best book of summer 2022. She has also published in the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review and WIRED.
Majora Carter
Majora Carter
Born, raised, and still living in the South Bronx, Majora works to reduce Brain Drain in American low-status communities. Real estate developer and urban revitalization strategist, she has helped connect tech industry pioneers to diverse communities at all levels. Majora is quoted on the walls of the Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in DC: "Nobody should have to move out of their neighborhood to live in a better one”.
Stephanie Hare
Stephanie Hare
Dr Stephanie Hare is an author, broadcaster and researcher. She co-presents the BBC's weekly television programme, AI:Decoded, which explores the top stories in AI. Her first book, Technology Is Not Neutral: A Short Guide to Technology Ethics, was named a Financial Times best book of summer 2022. She has also published in the Financial Times, the Harvard Business Review and WIRED.
Ruha Benjamin
Ruha Benjamin
Ruha Benjamin is the Alexander Stewart 1886 Professor of African American Studies at Princeton University, founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab, and author of the award-winning book Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code, among many other publications.
Her work investigates the social dimensions of science, medicine, and technology with a focus on the relationship between innovation and inequity, health and justice, knowledge and power.
Melati Wijsen
Melati Wijsen
World renowned changemaker and speaker, Melati has moderated National Geographic’s Sustainability Week (Bangkok), spoken at the UN, co-chairing the World Economic Forum GPAP Committee, sat on the inaugural Expert Advisory Panel for the Earthshot Prize, and her film, Bigger Than Us, premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also just signed a book deal with Harper Collins.
Since founding Bye Bye Plastics Bags, Melati has developed a passion for environmental education and policy change.
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WHAT THEY SAY
ABOUT
SMART CITY EXPO
It allows us to have a voice in cities and to create the port of the future.
The best cities event in the world. For us, it’s a must.
The largest smart city event, where we get to talk to our stakeholders to understand their challenge.
The biggest and the most respected congress in the world regarding cities.
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