one thousand people. The Congress is
a forum for exchanges of experiences
and solutions with a view to establishing
public administrations that are closer to
citizens, more effective and efficient, and
more innovative. The conference was
organised by the Government of Catalo-
nia and the Open Administration Con-
sortium of Catalonia in cooperation with
several bodies and public administrations.
Participants were from both private and
public companies, local governments,
universities and various government
departments.
17th Annual Critical Communications
World 2015. This meeting of the com-
munity specialising in critical communica-
tions took place from May 19 to 21 at
the Gran Via venue with the participation
of 3,500 experts and professionals from
116 countries. Among those attending
were experts in defence communications,
police, computer security, emergency
health services, energy networks, trans-
port, infrastructure and government. One
of the main themes was the adoption of
technological advances.
King Informarket held another meet-
ing (April 24), while Amazon organised
its first Amazon Web Services Summit in
Spain at the Montjuïc Congress Palace
of (November 5) with the participation of
1,200 people.
The Fira de Barcelona venues were
also the site of other events, including:
The Gathering World Magic Cup 2015
(December 11-13), Lo que de Verdad
Importa (October 8), Smart Fruit (March
11 and 12), and the Gamification World
Congress 2015, devoted to game appli-
cations in business (November 10-13).
Meeting for Peace
Among the different meetings that took
place in 2015, we can highlight par-
ticularly, due to its nature, “Give Peace a
Chance”, an assembly of Nobel Peace
Prize winners at the Montjuïc Congress
Palace of Congresses on November 13 to
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