Barcelona, Spain, October 8th / PRNewswire / -- Organized by the Barcelona Convention and Exhibition Bureau Fira de Barcelona, the international leading event on city innovation Smart City Expo World Congress ( SCEWC ) will be held at the Gran Via venue from November 3rd to 5th. More than 600 speakers will gather for this event, with the theme of “Urban Solutions, Real Impact”. This conference will be co-hosted with Tomorrow. Mobility World Congress, the newly established HOWS Barcelona —— Housing World Summit, as well as Tomorrow. Blue Economy. With the attendance of mayors and regional leaders from four continents, this year's event has been elevated to a true international city summit.

The political dimension of the 2026 conference is embodied in Anne Hidalgo. She has served as the mayor of Paris and was also the global ambassador for Global Covenant, of, Mayors, for, Climate, and Energy. She governed the French capital for over a decade and became one of the most important municipal voices in the global climate debate. She will be on stage with mayors and regional leaders from around the world, including the mayor of Atlanta Andre Dickens, the mayor of Athens Haris Doukas, the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala, the mayor of Budapest Gergely Kar and csony, the mayor of Dublin Daryl Barron, as well as the mayors of Freetown Yvonne Aki to Sawyer.

Housing is one of the core topics of this year's conference. The event HOWS Barcelona, hosted by the Barcelona City Council, will further enhance the institutional significance of this topic and will also organize Housing Mayors Meeting and Roundtable as platforms for political dialogue and cooperation.

The keynote speech at the conference will be delivered by Futurist.com, the Chief Futurist of Nikolas Badminton. He is an expert in artificial intelligence who helps companies and institutions build strategic foresight. In addition, Women, in, Tech Global (founders), and Ayumi Moore Aoki will also attend the conference to discuss how diversity and inclusivity can drive urban innovation.

Industry and International Leadership

The lineup of corporate and institutional guests also includes Microsoft's Vice President of Global Industry Marketing, Kees Hertogh, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and What Works Cities's Executive Director, Rochelle Haynes. What Works Cities is an initiative that helps local governments use data and evidence to improve public services. Other attendees include Dell's General Manager of Global Smart Cities Business and Head of Global Smart Cities, Nam Guan Ng, the Deputy Director of Telecommunication Standardization at the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), Bilel Jamoussi, as well as Dahua Technology's General Manager of Global Government Business, John Li.

SCEWC In 2026, it is expected to attract 27,000 attendees and over 1,100 exhibitors, including Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Dell Technologies, and Veolia.