city authorities, brought together public
administrations, international experts
and firms specialised in urban develop-
ment to discuss how citizens can play a
more active role in their cities and how
strong, prosperous urban policies can be
designed and implemented.
Smart City Expo Montreal focused
on four key issues: urban resilience, or
the capacity to adapt to changes and
innovate and create new social services;
new forms of collective action and new
social commitments; sustainable mobility,
a key consideration for the future of our
cities; and challenges related to energy
consumption and climate change.
Smart City Expo in Kyoto
At its second edition, Smart City Expo
Kyoto, which took place from May 20 to
22, attracted some 4,000 participants, in-
cluding urban experts and representatives
of administrations and companies, to ad-
dress urban challenges and the need for
the transformation of cities into smarter,
more sustainable and more habitable
places. The show featured technologies,
projects and solutions developed by 115
exhibiting companies.
The meeting, which was jointly or-
ganised by the Prefecture and the city of
Kyoto and Fira de Barcelona, attracted
substantial international participation,
with delegations from Australia, Canada,
China, Colombia, France, Indonesia, In-
dia, Israel and Taiwan taking part, as well
as several cities, including Barcelona.
Smart City Expo Kyoto 2015 was
structured around two main activities: the
International Symposium, held in Kyoto;
and the Keihanna Fair. The conference
programme featured more than 60 speak-
ers, including high-ranking representatives
from MIT (Massachusetts Institute & Tech-
nology), Microsoft Japan, the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority of New York and
Cisco Systems, among others.
Concern about the future
of cities and their sustain-
ability is growing all over
the world.
The Smart City Expo has become
positioned as an international
reference event in the field of
smart cities
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