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title: "Focus BC at Smart City Expo World Congress"
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updated_at: "2026-05-22T13:30:43.811Z"
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# 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.

![Vasco Pinheiro presenting City as a Platform at Smart Portugal](https://storage.googleapis.com/fbc-mkt-assets/focusbc/blog-posts/focus-bc-smart-city-expo-world-congress/1778437865430-d3c46db3-6d9e-4570-affc-40de9071bc12.webp)

Vasco Pinheiro presenting City as a Platform at Smart Portugal.

Focus BC and [City as a Platform](https://www.focus-bc.com/city-as-a-platform/ "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](https://www.focus-bc.com/case-studies/smart-city-case-study-famalicao/ "Smart City Case Study: Famalicão | Focus BC").

![Vitor Moreira](https://storage.googleapis.com/fbc-mkt-assets/focusbc/blog-posts/focus-bc-smart-city-expo-world-congress/1778437749830-d1872687-681f-4bca-844c-02d6ebd402ac.webp)

> 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](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anaguerrahello/), General Manager - [Vila Nova de Famalicão Municipality](https://www.focus-bc.com/)

**We had our own booth in the area dedicated to Portugal**, which is a collaboration between [NOVA IMS](https://www.focus-bc.com/case-studies/focus-bc-nova-ims-location-intelligence-partnership/ "Focus BC and NOVA IMS Partner to Advance Location Intelligence Innovation") and AICEP. Many Portuguese municipalities and companies were in this area and [City as a Platform](https://www.city-platform.com/)**, our urban intelligence platform, was showcased there.** Our platform gives cities control and visualization of their territories and public services.  

![Vasco and Sandro seated at a trade show booth demonstrating the City as a Platform solution on laptops, with a screen displaying a smart city interface behind them.](https://storage.googleapis.com/fbc-mkt-assets/focusbc/blog-posts/focus-bc-smart-city-expo-world-congress/1778437850251-3eedfe22-5ec3-4b49-9b99-244c9f2c50b0.webp)

  

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  
    

![Vasco Pinheiro in the "Portugal Makes Sense" panel moderated by Miguel Neto, Dean of NOVA IMS.](https://storage.googleapis.com/fbc-mkt-assets/focusbc/blog-posts/focus-bc-smart-city-expo-world-congress/1778437876354-38be463a-233b-4a67-8e4c-a164e24563bf.webp)

Vasco Pinheiro in the "Portugal Makes Sense" panel moderated by Miguel Neto, Dean of NOVA IMS.

Check the event program at [smartcityexpo.com/agenda](https://www.smartcityexpo.com/agenda/).

We are one of the main companies leading the [smart city transformation](https://www.focus-bc.com/categories/smart-cities/ "Smart Cities") in Portugal.