The Barcelona City Council is participating in the Smart City Expo World Congress 2026 (SCEWC 2026), celebrating its 15th edition, to display technological innovations with real-world applications in the city. Under the slogan “Barcelona, where innovation flourishes”, current and future technological solutions are being presented that solidify the city as a benchmark ecosystem for innovation in public policy.
The city will have a stand exhibiting 70 services and projects organized into 7 strategic hubs: smart mobility, housing, innovation for people, simulate and decide, security, public space and urban innovation, and climate challenges.
In smart mobility, the real-time Mobility Dashboard, the Bus 4.0 zone, and the BCN Mobility Lab will be presented. For housing, a central theme of this edition, models of public housing developments with virtual tours and solutions for industrialized and sustainable modular architecture will be showcased. The stand will also feature the City on your Mobile app, the Decidim platform, and an AI platform for automating administrative procedures.
Regarding simulation and decision-making, Barcelona's digital twin project and a pilot project for digital mobility tracking will be presented. In security, rescue and firefighting robots, the mobile coordination center, and high-tech fire detection systems will be on display. The public space and urban innovation hub will include smart urban greening projects and public lighting management. Finally, in climate challenges, the Barcelona 50º simulation and the School Climate Plan will be featured.
The event also hosts the Cities Programme, a new reflection space for local managers, and the inaugural HOWS Barcelona (Housing World Summit), focused on the challenge of urban and affordable housing. Notable participants include Anne Hidalgo, former Mayor of Paris, and Anacláudia Rossbach, Executive Director of UN-Habitat. Mayor Jaume Collboni will lead a round table of mayors on the right to stay.
Concurrently, events such as the Deep Tech Summit, Tomorrow Blue Economy, Cibersecurity Congress, and Tomorrow Mobility World Congress are being held. The SCEWC, bringing together 1,000 cities and over 1,100 exhibitors, reinforces Barcelona's role as an international hub for smart urban solutions.
