Malaga, 30th October 2025.-Smart City Cluster is participating in the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), the leading international event on urban innovation and sustainability, which is being held in Barcelona from 4 to 6 November.

The Smart City Cluster stand, located in zone D100 of the Spanish Pavilion, will be a meeting point for companies, institutions and knowledge entities interested in the development of sustainable urban solutions.

From this space, Smart City Cluster will offer information about its ongoing projects and the collaboration opportunities promoted by its business ecosystem.

With their participation in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2025, Smart City Cluster and its member companies are strengthening the international profile of the Spanish smart city industry and its commitment to innovation applied to citizen well-being.

Alongside the cluster, eleven member companies will have their own stands at the venue, consolidating the presence of Spanish industry at the world’s largest showcase for urban innovation: Argos, BABLE, Bosch Video Systems, Cibernos, Elliot Cloud, ESRI, Kunak, Libelium, MB3-Gestión, Sílice, Urbiotica and WDNA.

Several of them will also participate in the Spanish Pavilion Showcase, presenting solutions in areas such as sustainable mobility, air quality, the digitisation of urban services and efficient resource management.

Smart City Cluster activities in the Spanish Pavilion

Over the course of three days, Smart City Cluster will hold its own programme of presentations and meetings, focusing on public-private cooperation and the dissemination of inspiring projects from its ecosystem.

Tuesday, 4 November – 12:50 p.m.
Presentation of the ‘Guide to Improving Air Quality’ by Antonio Segura (SUEZ). The document, prepared by the cluster’s working group on air quality, offers strategies and success stories for advancing environmental management in cities. The guide is available for download on the Smart City Cluster website.

Wednesday, 5 November – 4:00 p.m.
‘Family coffee’, a networking event for member companies, institutional representatives and invited municipalities. This space promotes the creation of synergies and the exchange of experiences within the cluster ecosystem.

Thursday, 6 November – 9:30 a.m.
Presentation: ‘Linares: sustainable reinvention’, with the participation of the Mayor of Linares, Auxi del Olmo, and the CEO of Santana Motor. The session will share the conclusions of the II City Intelligence Forum, held in October, which focused on the sustainable reindustrialisation of medium-sized cities. This will be followed at 10:30 a.m. by a networking coffee break open to companies and institutions.

Partner companies with their own stand at Smart City Expo 2025

The companies associated with Smart City Cluster that will have their own exhibition space at the conference are:

Argos – Engineering specialising in bespoke hardware and software for smart urban environments.

BABLE Smart Cities – European platform for knowledge and consultancy on sustainable urban solutions.

Bosch Video Systems – Video surveillance and intelligence solutions applied to security and urban mobility.

Cibernos (ICEX) – Digital transformation projects, digital twins, and IoT integration in smart cities and tourist destinations.

Elliot Cloud – Comprehensive urban infrastructure management IoT platform.

ESRI – World leader in geographic information systems (GIS) applied to urban planning and mobility.

Kunak (ICEX) – Advanced air quality monitoring technology with high-precision sensors.

Libelium (ICEX) – IoT solutions and digital twins for sustainability, productivity, and urban data management.

MB3-Gestión (ICEX) – Technology consultancy specialising in territorial digitisation and the development of smart city plans.

Silice (ICEX) – Digital innovation platform for citizen services and public service management.

Urbiotica (ICEX) – IoT systems and artificial intelligence for parking and urban mobility.

WDNA (ICEX) – Monitoring, meteorology and IoT solutions for critical infrastructure and urban networks.

Biyiud – It puts sustainability at the service of business growth, urban decarbonisation and consumer empowerment. It will present ‘City Bloom: Leading urban sustainability’.

Participation of associated companies in the conference programme

In addition to their exhibition presence, Smart City Cluster companies will participate in various round tables and technical panels organised by ICEX and the Smart City Expo World Congress itself:

Tuesday, 4 November (3:40–4:10 p.m.)
‘European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) for Local Digital Twins towards the Citiverse,’ where Libelium and Nunsys, together with the cities of Barcelona and Valencia, will present an exportable success story in urban digitisation and inter-municipal collaboration based on data and solution sharing.
Speakers: Antonio J. Jara (CEO LIBELIUM) Patricia Tamarit (Product Innovation Director at NUNSYS) Jordi Ortuño (Technology Innovation in Barcelona City Council Barcelona) and German Castignani (Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology). Moderator: Ernesto Faubel (Head of Smart City & Data Management Department. Municipality of Valencia)

Wednesday, 5 November (4:00–5:00 p.m.)
‘Urban innovation projects: financing, alliances and consortia’, with Javier Peña (RECI Coordinator) and Christian Verdaguer (Senior Business Development Manager Iberia at Bable-Smartcities)

Thursday, 6 November (11:30–12:15)
“How to participate in European urban innovation projects: cases and funding for Spanish cities”, with Ernesto Faubel (Valencia City Council) and Gretel Schaj (Iberia Lead BABLE-Smart Cities)

Some partners will also participate as panellists in the Congress programme. They are as follows:

Alicia Asín (CEO de Libelium)
José de la Uz (presidente de RECI)
José Antonio Ondiviela (director del Citizen-Centric Intelligent Cities Research Institute en UFV)
Javier Peña (Las Rozas Innova)
Brooks Patrick (Global Business Development Manager, ESRI)
Laura Reupke (BABLE Smart Cities)