Smart City Expo World Congress 2024

The Support service for Citizen-led renovation is participating in this year’s Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the premier global event for cities and urban innovation, taking place from 5-7 November 2024 in Barcelona, Spain.

On behalf of the European Commission, the Smart Cities Marketplace coordinates the joint EC representation, featuring a diverse group of partners, initiatives, and projects, of which the CLR is part. This collective presence, under the European Commission’s umbrella, aims to showcase a variety of urban and sustainable city activities from multiple perspectives. All partners share the common goal of fostering a European movement to adopt, replicate, and scale sustainable urban solutions, accelerating the delivery of the EU Green Deal and REPowerEU at the local level.

Find the agenda here. 

Our partners and initiatives span a wide range of areas and backgrounds, including strategies to accelerate the EU Green Deal, Positive Energy in Districts and Buildings, the power of Communities and Digitalisation for a Greener Future. This year’s partners include:

• Smart Cities Marketplace 
• Global Covenant of Mayors & Covenant of Mayors Europe 
• ASCEND 
• ATELIER 
• BUILDSPACE 
• Driving Urban Transitions Partnership 
• European Urban Initiative 
• European Capital of Smart Tourism 
• Intelligent Cities Challenge 
• MAKING CITY 
• NetZeroCities 
• NEUTRALPATH 
• PNO Innovation – Multimodal smart city mobility and logistics in a synchronised approach 
• POCITYF 
• RESPONSE 
• Re-Value 
• Scalable Cities Secretariat 
• Support services for EU smart communities 
• 5G for Smart Communities
• Support service for Citizen-led renovation

Our joint presence at SCEWC 2024 will include various activities:

Congress & Agora Sessions: Addressing relevant EC policies and cross-cutting topics, focusing on scaling up solutions across cities.

Stand Representation: Featuring an engaging booth program with sessions organized by attending projects and initiatives, supplementing and reinforcing the cross-cutting topics presented in Agora sessions.

Networking Spaces: Facilitating interaction with and promotion of the services of each partner project/initiative.

We look forward to meeting you at SCEWC 2024 to experience insightful Agora and booth sessions and to expand your network.

Stay tuned for more information on the program and topics in the coming weeks. If you have any questions, please contact the Smart Cities Marketplace Event Team at SCEWC2024steinbeis-europa [dot] de (SCEWC2024[at]steinbeis-europa[dot]de).

Coordination of "Joint European Commission representation of initiatives and projects" Hall 2, D81

5 November 2024

Agora session I Green Agora, Hall 2, Power of Communities: Co-creating Pathways to Climate Neutrality, 14:45-15:30

• The biggest roadblock to climate-neutral and positive energy districts isn’t technology—it’s the disconnects between stakeholders, each holding a crucial part of the solution but with differing concerns and approaches, often leading to misunderstandings or unrealised benefits. Join this session to discover ways stakeholder engagement can unite citizens, leaders, businesses, and financiers to create districts and cities as vibrant as they are sustainable.

Booth session I Booth D 81, Hall 2, The Citizen-led renovation initiative: A support service for energy communities, 15:45-16:15

• Empowering energy communities to put citizens in the driver’s seat for energy-saving renovation projects. Tailored support for energy communities in terms of administrative, technical, and communicative assistance to overcome financial, legal, technical, and informational barriers to deliver future-proof residential buildings.