An event that aims to debate the transformation of small and medium-sized cities to address the challenge of sustainability as a whole, and which has Bikefriendly Group as a sponsor.
El Alcoi City Council and Alcoi Campus of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, through the “Alcoi City of Knowledge” and “Smart City Alcoi” chairs, organize the 'Small & Medium Smart Cities' Congress (http://www.smartcitiesalcoy.es/), which will be held in the city of Alcoi in the next 14 and 15 February 2018. An event where specialists from different locations in Spain who are already developing projects aimed at turning their cities into smart citiesThe main objective of the congress is to host the existing debate on the transformation of small and medium-sized cities to address the challenge of sustainability as a whole. To this end, this forum will feature the participation of prominent speakers such as Francisco Rincón, Sustainable Cities Manager of Siemens, Fernando Espigas, Director of Transformation and Emerging of Fundación Tecnalia Research & Innovation, Cosmin Koch, R&D&I Researcher at Acciona Agua, Sergio Pomar, President of Fenie Energía, Enrique Martínez, Coordinator of the National Smart Cities Plan in Spain, and Sergio Serna, General Director of Bikefriendly Group, among other experts.
The Scenarios chosen for the celebration of the congress are the Agora Space of the Alcoi City Council, where the entire first day and the morning session of the second will take place, and the Alcoi Campus of the Polytechnic University of Valencia, where the closing debate, on the afternoon of the 15th, and which will be attended by Cristina Garmendia. President of COTEC, Ximo Puig, President of the Generalitat Valenciana, Antonio Francés, Mayor of Alcoy, y Eduardo Vendrell Vidal, Vice-Rector for Studies, Quality and Accreditation of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.Alcoi, the headquarters of this first national congress 'Small & Medium Smart Cities', is a city characterized by a strong implementation of the industrial fabric. Its long textile and metallurgical tradition is now joined by an important agri-food and cosmetics industry, betting on design and innovation. A modern city, lover of its tradition, but with a clear entrepreneurial and transformational vocation, which looks to the future convinced that new technologies, knowledge and innovation are basic conditions to continue being the industrial and cultural capital of the interior of the city. Valencian Community.
More info: http://www.smartcitiesalcoy.es/
