Dimitar Filipov - member of MB of Cluster Sofia Knowledge City
The Smart City Expo World Congress is traditionally held every year in the Congress Center of the city of Barcelona. This year's edition took place on November 7-9. The Cluster Sofia Knowledge City once again took part in this event.
As in previous years, a day before the opening of the exhibition, a partner meeting of the international coalition SmartCityTech Partnership, in which our cluster has been a member since 2020, was held. The meeting took place in the office of our Catalan partner AMEC.
This year again, the Sofia City of Knowledge Cluster will participate in the Smart City Expo in Barcelona, the largest and most influential global event for smart technologies and urban innovation, which will take place from November 7 to 9. Together with another 25,000 participants from all over the world, we will have the chance for direct contact with potential partners and for meetings with the best experts in the field of smart cities in the world. We are witnessing an unprecedented rate of urbanization.
According to the United Nations, in 2050, 70% of the Earth's population will live in cities, and this rate of urban population growth and the emergence of new megacities is a market force driving technology and innovation.
The main goal of the project Green Skills for Better Employability (DEGREBE) is to develop an innovative and digital educational package for Generation Z learners and their trainers. All partners of the project gathered on 11th – 12th of October, for the 3rd Transnational Partner’s Meeting. The event was organised and hosted by IDEC, in Piraeus, Greece. The partnership, discussed about the finalisation of the Digital Education Package and they presented the final version of the visual novel!! Next step: to be available in all partners’ languages!! Partners discussed also the finalisation of the Guidebook for Teachers and Trainers about the use of gamification in classrooms.
The inspiring experience of Cluster Sofia Knowledge City from the participation of its team in last year's edition last year's edition of Industrial Transformation ASIA-PACIFIC (ITAP) in Singapore motivated us to focus the attention of cluster members and our partners on this exhibition again. Last year's edition was the first physical post-Covid event, attracting over 15,000 attendees from 76 countries and regions, with more than 35% of attendees being C-level executives and key industry decision-makers.
We invite you to participate in the new edition of ITAP 2023, which is going to be held in Singapore 18 - 20 October 2023.
