{"id":20494,"date":"2025-11-09T17:19:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesmartcityjournal.cibeles.net\/sin-categoria\/smart-city-expo-closes-a-record-breaking-edition-urging-cities-to-lead-global-transformation\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T17:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T16:21:15","slug":"smart-city-expo-closes-a-record-breaking-edition-urging-cities-to-lead-global-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/en\/events\/smart-city-expo-closes-a-record-breaking-edition-urging-cities-to-lead-global-transformation","title":{"rendered":"Smart City Expo closes a record-breaking edition urging cities to lead global transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rome awarded \u201cSmart City of 2025\u201d for its urban model and the great success of The Smart City Journal<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the world\u2019s leading summit on smart cities and urban innovation organized by Fira de Barcelona, closed this afternoon its 2025 edition with record-breaking figures. With more than <\/span><b>27,000 attendees from 143 countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> gathered at Fira de Barcelona\u2019s Gran Via venue, the event highlighted how cities must lead the urban transformation by leveraging technologies such as <\/span><b>Artificial Intelligence (AI)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, capable of accelerating the development of large-scale international initiatives.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Under the slogan <\/span><b>\u201cThe Time for Cities,\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> SCEWC 2025 showcased the transformative potential of technology, with a special focus on AI as a driving force for sustainable and efficient urban development. The debut of the new <\/span><b>AI-enabled Cities<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> area allowed participants to explore how this technology is rapidly powering solutions across major metropolitan areas worldwide, consolidating itself as a catalyst for change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ugo Valenti, Director of Smart City Expo World Congress, stated that <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201ccities are assuming their role and responsibility in shaping the future. The challenges are complex, but they are being addressed head-on with a clear willingness to act. Artificial Intelligence has emerged as a fundamental tool, not only in terms of efficiency, but also in accelerating the transformation that metropolitan areas urgently need. Cities must lead this movement, and after this year\u2019s event it is clearer than ever that we are on the right path.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">SCEWC was held jointly with <\/span><b>Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (organized with the EIT Urban Mobility), <\/span><b>Tomorrow.Building<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><b>Tomorrow.Blue Economy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and the <\/span><b>Barcelona Deep Tech Summit<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, bringing together <\/span><b>1,190 exhibitors<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, including Axis Communications, Bentley, Dahua Technology, Dassault Syst\u00e8mes, Dell, Deloitte, Google, iotsquared, Microsoft, Nvidia, Spie, Urbaser, and Veolia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The events also featured <\/span><b>600 international experts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> such as Nikki Greenberg, Kate O\u2019Neill, and Carlo Ratti, who shared insights and proposals to shape the future of urban life, governance, and mobility.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Startups played a key role at SCEWC 2025, with their relevance in the urban ecosystem reflected in the <\/span><b>Innovation Playground<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which connected investors, research centers, and nearly <\/span><b>350 emerging companies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> showcasing new products and technologies.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>World Smart City Awards<\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Italian city of <\/span><b>Rome<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> was awarded <\/span><b>\u201cSmart City of 2025\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at the World Smart City Awards, which annually recognize the most outstanding initiatives and projects in the field of urban transformation. The awards also honored <\/span><b>Maimunah Mohd Sharif<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Mayor of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) and former Executive Director of UN-Habitat, for her contribution to advancing new global urban development paradigms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Smart City Expo World Congress will return to Fira de Barcelona\u2019s Gran Via venue for its <\/span><b>15th edition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, from <\/span><b>November 3 to 5, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Key Interviews<\/h2>\n<p><b><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/smart-city-expo-2025-ciudades-transformacion-global2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once again\u2014now for the twelfth consecutive year\u2014<\/span><b>The Smart City Journal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesmartcityjournal.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">www.thesmartcityjournal.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">) served as <\/span><b>Media Partner<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the event.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Its booth, set up as a television studio, hosted leading figures who responded to <\/span><b>three key questions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on the current state and future of smart cities. Participants included: Jos\u00e9 de la Uz (President of RECI and Mayor of Las Rozas), Luis Mart\u00ednez-Sicluna (Secretary General of FEMP), Javier Pe\u00f1a (General Coordinator of RECI), Sonia Fr\u00edas (City of Barcelona), Sonia G\u00f3mez and Marta Cruz (Madrid Capital Digital), and Ane Miren Iba\u00f1ez (City of Bilbao) from the institutional sphere, as well as Patricia Molina (Tecnalia), Luc\u00eda Alcibar-Arechuloaga (Inkolan), Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vieuxmaire (Telef\u00f3nica), and Federico Rodr\u00edguez (Gemini) representing the corporate sector. They were the true protagonists of this year\u2019s edition.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photos: 1.- <\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mosaic of participants and award winners 2.- Ane Miren Iba\u00f1ez, Director of Modernization at the Bilbao City Council, with Manuel Tar\u00edn, President of The Smart City Journal, on the TV set installed at the stand.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rome awarded \u201cSmart City of 2025\u201d for its urban model and the great success of The Smart City Journal Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the world\u2019s leading summit on smart cities and urban innovation organized by Fira de Barcelona, closed this afternoon its 2025 edition with record-breaking figures. 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