Smart city matchmaking in Barcelona

This year’s Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), Europe’s biggest Smart City related event, takes place from 13 to 15 November in Barcelona and will, like previous editions,  attract several thousand stakeholders.

During the congress, on November 14, the Smart Cities Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities (EIP-SCC) will organise its next matchmaking event, seeking to bring projects and investors together to stimulate action. It is especially tailored to match individual projects with financing.

To take part, stakeholders must register on the matchmaking platform where they will join other cities, industry and financial players. Registered users need to submit short descriptions of their upcoming projects. A dedicated team will then process and match them with financiers’ interests, leading to one-to-one meetings, organised specifically and individually for them and their projects.

Should participation in above-mentioned event not be possible, the matchmaking platform will remain available also after the Barcelona congress, as the EIP-SCC will organise further matchmaking events in the future.

In addition, there will be an exhibition stand, where interested stakeholders can meet any of the 12 Horizon 2020 Lighthouse projects (representing € 270 million of EU funding), experts from the EIP-SCC, the Smart Cities Information System, as well as the European Commission.

Finally, there will be a number of sessions organised at the mentioned exhibition stand as part of the SCEWC programme covering a wide range of Smart City related topics. The full programme is available at http://www.smartcityexpo.com/en/agenda-2018.

Contact points: Mr Georg HOUBEN or Mr Jens BARTHOLMES (e-mail: ENER-SMART-CITIESec [dot] europa [dot] eu (ENER-SMART-CITIES[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu), phone: +32 229 92978 or +32 229 51683), or the team of the EIP-SCC Marketplace (e-mail: infoeu-smartcities [dot] eu (info[at]eu-smartcities[dot]eu)).

Related links:

• Smart Cities
• European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (EIP-SCC)
• EU Smart Cities Information System