Catchup with Joaquim Alvarez from the City of Neom

Thursday, January 12, 2023

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We met Joaquim Alvarez last week at the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona. Joaquim previously participated in shaping Barcelona’s Digital Strategy at the Barcelona City Council and is now Head of Digital Cognitive Master Plan at NEOM (The $500 Billion City Project in #saudiarabia ). We asked him to share his thoughts on this year’s edition.

Video by our media partner Kurrant Insights, a strategy, technology and media company in IoT and smart cities.

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