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SMART CITY EXPO WORLD CONGRESS

Event date

05.11.2024 - 09:00 - 07.11.2024 - 18:00

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

[SCEWC 2024] Collaboration for Climate-Neutral Urban Solutions: MoU Signing

Event date

05.11.2024 - 11:00 - 05.11.2024 - 11:15

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) will be signed between ASCEND and NetZeroCities, as well as NEUTRALPATH and NetZeroCities, marking a collaborative commitment to advancing climate-neutral and sustainable urban initiatives across Europe.

[SCEWC 2024] Back to the Future

Event date

05.11.2024 - 11:15 - 05.11.2024 - 12:00

Session on the future of smart city collaboration and how projects like RESPONSE, ASCEND, and NEUTRALPATH are implementing Positive Clean Energy Districts (PCEDs) to help cities achieve their climate goals

[SCEWC 2024] Tech Meets Policy: Driving Innovation in PEDs

Event date

05.11.2024 - 12:15 - 05.11.2024 - 13:00

Representatives from ATELIER, MAKING-CITY, and POCITYF will share their experiences in navigating regulatory barriers, engaging policymakers, and implementing innovative PED solutions.

[SCEWC 2024] The Power of Communities: Co-Creating Pathways to Climate Neutrality

Event date

05.11.2024 - 14:45 - 05.11.2024 - 15:30

This session will explore how stakeholder engagement can unite citizens, leaders, businesses, and financiers to create sustainable and vibrant urban areas.

[SCEWC 2024] Business Models and Financing for Energy Communities Workshop

Event date

06.11.2024 - 09:00 - 06.11.2024 - 10:30

The workshop will delve into the financial and strategic foundations that support energy communities, featuring examples from ASCEND and NEUTRALPATH projects

[SCEWC 2024] Speed and Scale: Shaping a Successful Financial Program to massively upscale climate solutions in European cities

Event date

06.11.2024 - 10:30 - 06.11.2024 - 13:00

This workshop will explore the development of a large-scale upscaling programme that combines an ambitious public and private financing framework with structural reforms, aiming to position cities and their solutions as primary beneficiaries of this programme.

[SCEWC 2024] Scalable Cities Experts Session

Event date

07.11.2024 - 12:00 - 07.11.2024 - 14:30

The session on the latest advancements and findings in five critical areas: innovative procurement, replicating smart cities solutions, energy communities, urban digital twins, and artificial intelligence.

[SCEWC 2024] Building Better Cities in Europe through Positive Energy Districts

Event date

07.11.2024 - 12:45 - 07.11.2024 - 13:30

How scaling Positive Energy Districts (PEDs) across Europe is transforming urban areas into more sustainable and livable cities.

WEB SUMMIT

Event date

11.11.2024 - 09:00 - 14.11.2024 - 17:00

What is Web Summit?

Politico has said we run “the world’s premier tech conference”, the Atlantic that Web Summit is “where the future goes to be born”, and the New York Times that we assemble “a grand conclave of the tech industry’s high priests”.