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Barcelona – Another year the SmartCity Expo World Congress (SCEWC) opened its doors to the public and provided powerful debates on topics that went deep into the key issue for the future of our cities. The congress started its first day on the 13th of November and ended with the 15th – three days full of inspiring activities, networking, meetings and much more.
The initiative of the Smart City Expo World Congress provides a unique meeting in order to share and exchange visions and ideas for urban innovation worldwide. The goal of promoting social innovation for cities and identifying the opportunities that come along with it is to create a better future for the cities we live in and thus, to increase the living quality of the citizens.
The format for 2018 focused mainly on 5 main topics, generating discussions and dialogue roundtables between leading thinkers, entrepreneurs, and experts: Digital Transformation, Urban Environment, Mobility, Inclusive & Sharing cities, and Governance & Finance.Foto © Fira Barcelona
Based on the values of social inclusion and empowerment these focus topics should contribute to creating awareness and to further critical reflection between the citizens of the different cities worldwide in order to establish a caring society.
Thus, creating sustainable cities is a top priority for the SCEWC. In this sense, the initiative of "Towards Zero Waste" that aims to reduce waste and increase the efficient use of our resources is becoming more and more important. However, not only the questions of how to establish sustainable cities but also how to promote a social impact that citizens and tourists can leave was running like a common thread through the Congress, stimulating speakers and participants to reflect on the most critical issues facing cities today.Foto © Fira Barcelona
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Also, other speakers like Jason Roberts, Founder of the Oak Cliff Transit Authority and the Better Blog Project, Bettina Warburg, Co-founder of Animal Ventures and Robert Muggah, Research director and Co-founder of Igarapé Institute gave inspirational talks and lectures to further discuss how we can shape the cities of the future. After the successful and inspiring SmartCity Expo 2018, we are looking forward to more next year, hoping to be able to observe already the first outcomes and impacts of the Conference.Foto: ©meet_the_leader
Last week, the yearly meeting of the World Travel Market in London, taking place from the 5th to the 7th of November, ended and created again new possibilities, ideas, and plans for the travel industry in the world. One of the world’s most influential travel provider, like Johan Lundgren, CEO, easyJet, or Bruce Poon Tip , founder of G Adventures and other speakers from different parts of the world, like Eliza Reid, the first lady of Iceland gathered at the WTM meeting 2018, exchanging new ideas and experiences to develop the travel industry and thus, to create remarkable opportunities and social initiatives for travellers. How do we navigate this world of possibilities? This was one of the key questions of this years’ meeting of the World Travel Market in London that faced not only the diversity of possibilities but also the challenge of dealing with ‘this world of possibilities’. The annual World Travel Market London allows the most influential travel providers to share their innovative ideas that will shape the world’s dreams and plans for travel over the next years. The program of the meeting this year varied a lot and gave the different travel agencies and entrepreneurs the chance to connect with experts from different areas of expertise. An interesting and relevant part of the meeting was focused on responsible tourism in order to establish sustainable development. In this sense, the social impact startup Authenticitys was shortlisted in the WTM Responsible Tourism Speed Networking Buyers 2016 at the World Responsible Tourism Day for ‘responsible travelling’. Also this year, on the World Responsible Tourism Day (7th of November), a lot of great WTM Responsible Tourism sessions, talks and panels took place.