Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), organized by Fira de Barcelona, will hold its 2026 edition from November 3 to 5 at the Gran Via venue, bringing together 1,000 cities, more than 25,000 attendees, over 1,000 exhibitors, and 600 speakers under the theme “Urban Solutions, Real Impact.”
The congress program is structured around seven tracks: Enabling Technologies, Energy & Environment, Mobility, Governance & Economy, Living & Inclusion, Infrastructure & Building, and Blue Economy. The tracks address the principal forces shaping urban futures — digital transformation, AI applied to city management, green energy, efficient governance, sustainable development, and social equity.
The 2026 edition carries a special focus on housing, framed as one of the defining urban crises of the present moment. The program will examine Urban Planning & Land Policy, Housing Regulation, Social and Affordable Housing, Building Innovation, and Renovation, Retrofit, and Reuse. The stated aim is to establish a working framework for cities, industry, and experts to define a new sustainable residential paradigm.
“In the age of AI, quantum technology, and robotics, we also need to embrace solutions that offer a real and immediate impact on the most pressing urban challenges,” said SCEWC Director Ugo Valenti. “Housing is a clear example. Rapid urbanization and rising populations are making access to affordable housing one of the defining challenges of our time.”
Confirmed exhibitors include Advantech, Dahua Technology, Dell Technology, Deutsche Telekom IoT, ESRI, Google, Hanwha Vision, Microsoft, NVIDIA, and Veolia, alongside country and city pavilions from Argentina, Austria, Belgium, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, the United States, and individual city pavilions from Barcelona, Berlin, Hamburg, and Tokyo.
The event will also host “Terra50,” a new exhibition space presenting the world’s top 50 urban sustainability solutions by measurable impact — spanning green energy production, waste collection, and urban greening — selected for their potential to scale across different cities and national contexts.
SCEWC 2026 will run concurrently with Tomorrow.Mobility World Congress (organized with EIT Urban Mobility), Tomorrow.Blue Economy, the Barcelona Deep Tech Summit, and the Barcelona Cybersecurity Congress.