11:00 - 11:05 - Let's kick off with a short chat with Ugo Valenti, director of the Smart City Expo World Congress, the world's leading event for cities.

11:05 - 11:45 – Welcome to the era of smart infrastructures

Cities and large infrastructures can work even more efficiently without polluting: utopia or reality? There can only be one answer to this, and fortunately there are some on-going, successful projects and plans that give us reasons for hope: smart buildings, new energy & transport models, efficient waste & water management… Listen first-hand to insights and impact KPIs from experts leading great efforts to achieve thriving and resilient areas.

12:05 - 12:20 – Accelerating Cities' Digital Transformation with Technologies

12:35 - 13:20 – Barcelona Zero Carbon

Organized by: Smart Ports: Piers of the Future

With its decarbonization, the Port of Barcelona aims to achieve emissionneutrality by 2050. The challenge is to achieve a balance betweensustainability, competitiveness, and growth. The decarbonization of the port activity will also allow influencing the logistics chains used by the port and itsagents. The electrification of docks to allow ships to connect, energy transitionplans based on the generation of renewable energies and the promotion ofsustainable mobility, ... are just a few examples of the ambitious projects beingcarried out by the Port to achieve its goals.

With the participation of:

• Peter De Langen, Owner & Principal Consultant, Ports & Logistics Advisory, Spain
• Antonis Michail, Technical Director, WPSP and IAPH
• Salvador Samitier, Head of the Catalan Office of Climate Change, Government of Catalonia
• Ares Gabàs, Head of the Urban Resilience Department, Barcelona City Council
• Jordi Torrent, Strategy Director, Port of Barcelona

13:30 - 14:05 – Tactical Urbanism: Opportunity or fiasco?

Pros and cons of a widely extended practice that allows live prototyping while awakening controversy and loud detractors. Two experts will try to convince the audience to support or to dismiss this mushrooming urbanistic trend that has been already implemented in cities like Barcelona, Paris or Medellin.

15:00 - 15:45 – Take note: Efficient & agile management for resilient cities – and in budget!

As countries around the world set goals to become climate neutral in the coming years, cities got down to work yet. The roadmap towards more resilient cities and greenhouse gas neutrality is on, but it implies many cross-sector approaches: city-wide energy and water efficiency, territorial strategic plans, district-focused circularity… How can communities, territories and entire nations talk to each other to jointly reach global climate targets? It’s indeed through coordinated action that we set the tone for the resilient and sustainable cities to come.

16:00 - 16:45 – Solutions made in South America to challenges in global cities

Organized by Bright Cities.

This side event seeks to highlight the opportunities and success stories about real solutions in Latin-American cities, while providing better urban services to their citizens.

With the participation of:

• Raquel Cardamone, CEO and Founder, Bright Cities
• Fernanda Delgado, Professor and Researcher, FGV Energia, Fundação Getulio Vargas
• Bruno Braga Batista, Active Mobility Analyst, WRI Brasil