Penn IUR, SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance Named Partners for Smart City Expo World Congress

The University of Pennsylvania's Institute for Urban Research (Penn IUR) is pleased to announce that the SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance, for which Penn IUR is Secretariat, is now a partner of Fira Barcelona and the Smart City Expo World Congress.

Smart City Expo World Congress is the biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation while transforming the urban landscape in Barcelona. Every year, the Congress brings together leaders from global companies, governments, and organizations to move cities toward a better future.

Since its first edition in 2011, the Smart City Expo has helped cities and territories become better places to live in by bringing them together and showcasing the latest market-ready urban solutions. It focuses on seven main tracks touching the most pressing issues facing cities: 

• Enabling Technologies
• Energy & Environment
• Mobility
• Governance & Economy
• Living & Inclusion
• Infrastructure & Building
• Housing, and 
• Blue Economy.

This alliance expands Penn IUR's work to transform urban ambition into solutions, partnerships, and collaboration opportunities that inform the challenges cities face today, putting mayors, cities, and networks at the heart of global governance.

To learn more, visit https://www.smartcityexpo.com/.