R4E in the Smart City Expo & World Congress. Barcelona.

The Smart City Expo World Congress is the worldwide leading event for #smartcities. This year it brought together 600 cities, 590 exhibitors, more than 400 speakers and 50+ side events and activities. This Congress is the reference one in Europe regarding smart Cities and has covered a wide range of topics about the smart city development and how its evolution is expected.

Smart City Expo World Congress is a 3 day event being held from 15th November to the 17th November 2016 at the Gran Via Exhibition Centre in Barcelona, Spain. This event is a grand show of its kind which has had many companies on the same platform who has facilitated the opportunity to display all their goods and services from the related sector. In 2016 SCEWC wants to continue the great debates about the future of cities and encourage discussion among participants in the industry in a more thorough manner, echoing the concerns and recommendations from the outcomes. In addition, the event has reinforced the new trends in collaborative economy and commons, energy innovation, sustainable mobility, co-production and co-creation dynamics, as well as discuss the important topic of open data or identify opportunities for improvement in education, health or aging populations.

Due to its relevance, the city of Eindhoven, as coordinator of the R4E project has managed to include the presentation of the project in one of the sessions of the Congress, in particular,“Solutions to measure city performance and achieve collaborative governance”. Representing the consortium ,as communication and dissemination corrdinator, the city of Murcia introduced the project and its main feautures and goals, taking part in a short debate after the round of presentations.

Jaime Ruiz Huescar from the Murcia City Council presenting the project in the session. 

Below is shown the whole presentation of the project:

The pannelist of the session took part in a short round of open questions .

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