Smart City Expo World Congress 2025

The Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2025, which will take place from 4 to 6 November 2025 in Barcelona.

Since 2011, the Smart City Expo World Congress has been the world’s biggest and most influential event for cities and urban innovation. Hosted annually in Barcelona, the event brings together an ecosystem of leaders from global companies, governments, and strategic organisations from around the world. In 2024, it attracted more than 25,771 attendees from over 130 countries.

The European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA) will be present at the European Commission booth (Hall 2, Booth D101), alongside several HaDEA-managed projects active in diverse fields of research and innovation: 

• Safer cities with 5G: 5G4LIVES, 5G-SAMITEA

• Next-Gen hospitals: 5G-SHEAL, 5G-PHINGE, 5G-TRACE, 5G-ENRICH 

• Rural innovation: Smart Mountain 5G, CC5G, 5G-TERRA 

• Education: PV5G, TUKE, 5GMetro, 5G-BECOME

• Urban development: SmartSpires 

On 4 November, from 11.00 to 11.30, representatives from HaDEA-managed projects will present their activities and share insights into their latest developments at the European Commission booth. Later that day, from 14.05 to 14.50, HaDEA's Head of Unit for CEF Digital Hervé Dupuy will participate in the panel “Delivering Innovation for Inclusive, Resilient, and Circular Communities.” On 5 November, from 14.50 to 15.10, HaDEA's Director Marina Zanchi will speak at the session “EU Drives Smart City Innovation with 5G.”