Smart Cities World Congress Opens its Biggest Event
Organized by Fira de Barcelona at its Gran Via venue, the event is the largest to date, with over 840 exhibiting companies, 700 attending cities and a 31% increase regarding exhibition space, occupying two pavilions for the first time.
The event will bring together more than 400 speakers from fields ranging from technology and smart governance to the shared economy and mobility. Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi social entrepreneur, banker and economist and winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, will be a keynote speaker this year.
Published on Tuesday, November 13, 2018 in
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