The Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) has been held in Barcelona since 2011, bringing together international stakeholders with the aim of strengthening cities, making urban innovations visible, and promoting global networking. Through social innovation and partnership building, the event is dedicated to creating a better future for cities and citizens worldwide.
CityLAB Berlin will again take part at this year’s expo from November 15 to 17! We’ll be sharing highlights from the transformation program for a smart Berlin, Gemeinsam Digital:Berlin. This strategy combines visionary designs and plans for concrete action to develop not only the strategy but also the tools needed to transform Berlin into a smart city.
We’ll be providing exclusive insights into the work of innovation laboratories at our first international LabCamp event, and we’re thrilled to also be co-hosting the Berlin Smart City Night on-site.
CityLAB Berlin will be part of the Berlin-Brandenburg joint stand 101, Hall 2, Level 0, Street D alongside the Berlin Senate Chancellery and other Berlin actors, and we’d like to warmly welcome you to join us at the following sessions as part of the official expo program:
November 15, LabCamp – International Edition
At first glance:
- When: November 15, 9:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
- Where: Fira Barcelona, Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, 64 – Hall 2, CC1, Room 1.5
- What: Workshop
We invite you to partake in the first international LabCamp – a networking format where innovation labs exchange ideas on common approaches and challenges. The event on November 15 will be opened by Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Chief Digital Officer of Berlin, and Micahel Donaldson, Chief Technology Officer of the city of Barcelona. Afterwards, different innovation labs will have a chance to share their stories and present their visions.
Confirmed speakers for the LabCamp – International Edition are:
- Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Berlin
- Michael Donaldson, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of Barcelona
- Isabella Longo, Project Director BIT Habitat – Urban Innovation Centre bei Barcelona City Council
- Caroline Paulick-Thiel, Director Politics for Tomorrow
- Dr. Benjamin Seibel, Director CityLAB Berlin
- Anne Kruse, Project manager Smart City and Participation, CityLAB Berlin
Agenda:
- 9:30 a.m.: Words of welcome by Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, CDO Berlin and Michael Donaldson, CTO Barcelona
- 9:45 a.m.: A selection of innovation labs worldwide share their vision and projects
- 10:30 a.m.: World Café, breakout session to discuss similar goals and challenges
- 11:20 a.m.: Final remarks
Add this event to your SCEWC event calendar here.
November 15, Unprecedented Solutions to the Climate Emergency
At first glance:
- When: November 15, 3:30 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
- Where: Fira Barcelona, Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, Congress Area – Green Room
- What: Solutions Talk
Julia Zimmermann, product manager of the tree-watering project Gieß den Kiez, will introduce the research project Quantified Trees (QTrees) on November 15. QTrees uses artificial intelligence and open data to develop a prediction system for watering urban trees. Her input will be part of the solution talk ‘Unprecedented Solutions to the Climate Emergency‘.
Add this event to your SCEWC event calendar here.
November 16, Designing the City from The Bottom-Up
At first glance:
When: November 16, 11:45 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Where: Fira Barcelona, Gran Via, Av. Joan Carles I, Congress Area – Blue Room
What: Roundtable
Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, CDO of Berlin, and Caroline Paulick-Thiel, Director of Politics for Tomorrow, will share experiences and highlights from the almost two-year strategy process for the smart city and digital strategy Gemeinsam Digital: Berlin in a roundtable on November 16. The strategy is due to be adopted in late fall of this year and the first pilot projects to test the strategy are already getting underway.
Add this event to your SCEWC event calendar here.
Berlin Smart City Night 2022
At first glance:
- When: November 16, 7 p.m. – 10 p.m.
- Where: Bridge 48, Carrer de Llull, 48, 08005 Barcelona
- What: Evening event, please register in advance
Together with our co-hosts Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, we invite you to the Berlin Smart City Night on November 16. The evening will be opened by Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Berlin. Jeanne Holm, Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation of the City of Los Angeles, will hold a keynote. Furthermore the evening event provides a platform to exchange ideas with experts on topics such as innovation, cooperation, and digitalization and gives room to discuss the cities of the future with music and drinks in the usual Berlin hospitality. We hope you’ll join us and look forward to your registration!
Confirmed speakers for the Berlin Smart City Night:
- Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Chief Digital Officer (CDO) of Berlin
- Jeanne Holm, Deputy Mayor for Budget and Innovation of the City of Los Angeles. As Deputy Mayor, she is responsible for topics including technology, equity, digital inclusion, fiscal accountability, municipal broadband, participatory budgeting, and digital transformation of government services. She was the evangelist for open data for the U.S. Government under President Obama, the lead for Africa open data for the World Bank, and the Chief Knowledge Architect at NASA. She serves as an advisor for the U.N. on data and astronautics, is a Trustee of Claremont Graduate University, and teaches at UCLA.
Registration Berlin Smart City Night
Furthermore we would like to invite you to these presentations at our joint stand:
- November 16, 10:09 – 10:16 a.m.: Talk: Gemeinsam Digital – new forms of participation in strategy development
- Speakers: Dr. Niklas Kossow, Project Manager CityLAB Berlin and Anne Kruse, Project Manager Smart City & Participation CityLAB Berlin
- November 16, 10:59 – 11.09 a.m.: Panel
- Speakers: Dr. Ralf Kleindiek, Chief Digital Officer of Berlin and Dr. Benjamin Seibel, Director CityLAB Berlin
This year, the SCEWC will again offer a digital program that will be broadcast by Tomorrow.City.
Fancy being there?
Then either get your SCEWC-ticket to join in-person, drop by the venue location or tune into the accompanying digital program, or stay up to date on our social media channels (or maybe do a little bit of all of these!). We look forward to seeing you there!
