The Nordics of this congress have managed to be one of the stands with the most impact at the congress in the last editions.

In 2020 during Smart City Live more tan 800 participants joined the two sessions organized by the Nordic-Baltic Pavilion.

We collaborate to optimize the relationships between the Nordic and Baltic Countries and to showcase the overall potential of our region.

Program 2021

November 16^th:

Theme: Climate Neutral Cities

11:00 Opening of the Nordic Pavilion | Nordic+ Ambassadors to Spain
11:30 Nordic Smart City Roadmap – Launch at Smart City Expo World Congress
Barcelona City Council, Stavanger Smart City, Norway, City of Tampere, Smart City
Stockholm, City of Copenhagen
12:00 Voi Technology & the Road to 15-Min Carbon Neutral Cities: by a Carbon Neutral Company
Charlotte Serres, General Manager of Voi Technology for Spain, France and Belgium
12:20 Waste Insights Make Cities Greener | Nordsense, Roar Bolt-Hansen, VP of Sales EMEA
12:30 How Weather and Air Quality Data Can Improve Quality of Life and City Operations
Frank DeFina, Elena Garcia Pallas, Hannamari Jaakkola | Vaisala
13:00 MOVE21: Cities for Smart and Clean Mobility and Logistics
Tiina Ruohonen, City of Oslo, Project Coordinator of MOVE21
13:15 Barcelona & the Nordics
Xavier Mayo -Barcelona City Council , Jessika Klingspor – Nordics in Barcelona
Magnus Agerström – Cleantech Scandinavia
13:35 Climate Smart Cities Challenge – An Open Innovation Contest
Pontus Westerberg, Programme Manager, UN-Habitat
13:45 Street Moves – Transforming the Streets of Sweden
Daniel Byström, Strategic designer at ArkDes
Karin Svensson, Project manager at ArkDes
14:00 Future Mobility Latvia – Green and Smart Transport and Mobility Industry in Latvia
Imants Martinsons, Future Mobility Manager, Green and Smart Technology Cluster
14:15 Blue Mobility Networks – How Smart Waterways Can Save Your City
Hanna Maria van Zijp, Director of Public Affairs
14:45 Intelligent Smart City Lighting, Accelerating the Green Transformation
Novalume Solutions A/S, CSO/GM, Jakob Meiland Hansen
15:00 6Aika Project: Low-carbon Transport in Mobility Hubs
City Of Espoo, eParkly Ltd, IGL-Technologies Ltd, Citynomadi Ltd, Rolan Oy, Roboride Ltd,
MarshallAi , EnterIot Ltd
15:30 How Startup Ecosystem Moves Riga Towards Climate Neutrality
Justine Pantelejeva City Development Commitee, Riga City Council
Mr Viesturs Celmins, Director, VEFRESH Open Innovation Movement
15:45 Mission SEA 2030 – The New Economy for Clean Water Everywhere
Mr Kaspars Rožkalns, Director General, Investment and Development Agency of Latvia
16:00 Multi Modal Mobility: the case of Voi Technologies and its partners in Seville
Noemi Moya, Head of Public policy of voi Technology in Spain and France
And Voi’s partners at Meep, FREE NOW Spain, Solum, and Metro Sevilla
16:30 How to Speed up a Smarter Tomorrow
Andel Lumen A/S, Morten Gjølstad Kristensen / Business Development Manager
16:45 Nordic Cities Towards Climate Neutrality 2030 – Panel Discussion
Stockholm, Helsingborg, Tempere and Stavanger
17:15 Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability
Shahzad Rana, David Hansen, Juan Ramirez, Sindre Østengen | Microsoft Norway
17:30 Building a Smart and Sustainable City for the Citizens
Teppo Rantanen, Director of Growth, Innovation and Competitiveness, City of Tampere
17:45 Meet the Companies Involved in Building Smart Tampere & Networking
19:00 Departure by bus to the Nordic Networking Reception

November 17^th:

Theme: Digital Transformation

10:00 Meet the Nordic Cities | Narvik, Bodø, Espoo, Gjøvik, Helsingborg, Lund, Norwegian Smart City Network , Oslo EU Move21 , Sandnes , Stavanger , Stockholm , Tampere , Trondheim , Turku
11:30 Meet the Nordic Companies | Pitching in alphabetical order
13:00 Speed-meetings between Nordic Cities and Companies
14:30 Case examples: How to Succeed in Complex Smart City Business?
Jyri Rökman, Kirsi Kotilainen, Heikki Rajasalo | VTT National Research Center
15:00 TRAQ – A Consent Management Platform to Keep Traq and Build Trust
Per Olav Nyborg, CEO- Traq
15:15 MyData for Cities – The Helsinki Case
Mika Huhtamäki, Deputy CEO, Vastuu Group
15:30 Digital Transformation in Nordic Cities – Panel Discussion
Stockholm, Tampere, Lund och Trondheim
16:00 Collaborative AI-driven Urban Data and Insights in Stockholm
Jonathan Selbie, CEO Univrses and Johanna Thorn, product manager 3DAI City
16:20 Open IoT Platform with Services for Elderly Care, Energy Optimization, Tourism, and more
Leif Häggmark, Project Manager at Luleå University of Technology
16:30 Micromobility: Tidier, Safer Streets with Digital Regulations
Harald Sævareid, Nivel, CEO & co-founder
16:45 Last Mile Autonomous Services – When Can We Expect Remote Operations?
Marius Halle, Chief Growth Officer, Applied Autonomy
17:00 The New Frontier of Municipality Service Accessibility
Mazen Zibara, Smart City Initiative Lead, MAK IT
17:30 Nordic Happy Hour

November 18^th:

Theme: International Cooperation

9:30 – 14:00 Presentations and Visits by International Delegations

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