Focus BC at Smart City Expo World Congress

We closed the year with our presence at the biggest event for smart cities in the world, Smart City Expo World Congress. The event happened on November 15, 16, and 17 in Barcelona.

Smart City Expo World Congress gathers leaders from the most innovative companies, governments, and organizations in the smart city ecosystem. The event brings over 20,000 attendees and 1,000 exhibitors.

Focus BC and City as a Platform were invited to participate in the event by Vila Nova de Famalicão. Find out more about the work we've been doing in Famalicão by reading our recent case study.

City as a Platform is integrated in B-Smart Famalicão, our smart city concept. The integration of all levels of municipal activity in one single place is essential to the adoption of a platform and to potentiate B-Smart Famalicão.

Vitor Moreira, General Manager - Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipality

We had our own booth in the area dedicated to Portugal, which is a collaboration between NOVA IMS and AICEP. Many Portuguese municipalities and companies were in this area and City as a Platform, our urban intelligence platform, was showcased there. Our platform gives cities control and visualization of their territories and public services.

Our Managing Partner, Vasco Pinheiro, gave a presentation about City as a Platform at Smart Portugal and he also participated in a panel named "Portugal Makes Sense". The panel was moderated by Miguel Neto, Deed of NOVA IMS - Information Management School. Vasco was accompanied by:

• Paulo Simões, Executive Secretary of OESTE CIM

• Luís Matoso Martinho, Executive Secretary of CIM Viseu, Dão e Lafões

• Jorge Patricio, B2B Commercial Manager at Altice

• Ana Pereira, Dissemination Manager at Ubiwhere

• Catarina Selada - Head of Policy at CEiiA
  

Check the event program at smartcityexpo.com/agenda.

We are one of the main companies leading the smart city transformation in Portugal.