Jamile Sabatini Marques, director of Innovation and Development at ABES, will be part of the international mission Barcelona Smart City Week, together with a delegation of executives, entrepreneurs and municipal leaders for a tour of visits to innovative projects, which includes participation in the world's largest event on smart cities, the Smart City Expo World Congress, organized by FIRA Barcelona. The mission is promoted by iCities, a company that stands out in providing urban solutions in the country, in partnership with Global Business, which offers consultancy in the development of internationalization projects for companies between Europe and Brazil. About 50 people participated in the entourage, representing 14 cities in 6 Brazilian states, certainly a great potential for networking.
“We are committed to promoting the Brazilian software and services sector, helping to generate business and partnerships for our associates. The development of smart cities is an area that will generate many opportunities for technology companies in Brazil and in the world, which invest in innovation with a focus on improving people's quality of life, improving public management. Barcelona is a reference in Smart Cities, with Barcelona@22", explains Jamile.
In the capital of Catalonia, guests will participate, between the 14th and 16th, of the Smart City Expo World Congress, with visits to the stands, guided tours and attendance at lectures, in addition to a special reception by the Government of Catalonia. The delegation will also make a series of technical visits, such as the Cisco IoT Innovation Center, the headquarters of Microsoft, Indra Systems and Barcelona Activa, the economic development agency for the city and metropolitan region of Barcelona, and the National Center for Spanish supercomputing.
The program also includes a visit to the Brazil-Catalunya Chamber of Commerce, with the presence of the Consul General of Brazil in Barcelona, Maria Elisa Berenguer, the president of the Brazil-Catalunya Chamber of Commerce, Javier Mirallas, the former executive director of UN Habitat and former mayor of Barcelona, Joan Clos, among other authorities.
“The objective of the delegation is to provide an unprecedented experience to government representatives and executives. We want to show the differentials that make Barcelona a reference when we talk about smart cities, in addition to putting them in touch with new possibilities of innovation and technologies that can be used in Brazil”, says the marketing director and co-founder of iCities, André Telles, mission organizer.
iCities – Smart Cities Solutions is the leading company specializing in projects and solutions for smart cities in Brazil. Founded in 2011, its purpose is to develop new concepts for urban development in order to promote a better quality of life for citizens, based on factors such as sustainability, entrepreneurship, innovation and technology. It has business units related to events, consulting and smart solutions.
The company is responsible for bringing to Brazil the Smart City Expo Curitiba, the Brazilian edition of the world's largest event for smart cities, the only one with the seal of FIRA Barcelona, which takes place annually in the capital of Catalonia. The second edition is scheduled for March 21 and 22, 2019, of which ABES is one of the institutional supporters.
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