Smart City Expo 2025: Explore our overview of key sessions for European cities and regions!
Living-in.EU is looking forward to actively participating in this year's Smart City Expo World Congress, taking place from 4 to 6 November 2025 in Barcelona!
The Congress programme will feature a wide array of topics and debates, among them Living-in.EU's breakout session on GenAI in European cities. But also Living-in.EU partner organisations, related projects, and the European Commission will be present at the Expo area throughout the Congress.
Living-in.EU has compiled a list of the most relevant sessions for you: Check out our session tracker below or this interactive calendar, and join us to learn more about our activities, EU-funded projects, and to meet the Living-in.EU team!
Tuesday, 4 November 2025
| Time | Session | Organiser | Venue | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Meet & Greet x-CITE project | x-CITE consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 12:00 – 14:00 | SPACE4Cities: Solving Urban Challenges with Innovative Satellite Data Solutions | SPACE4Cities consortium | Room Europa 1+2, Porta Fira Hotel, Plaza Europa 45 | |
| 12:05 – 12:50 | Empowering Cities: A new all-in-one tool for Partnerships | CEMR | People First stage | Explore how local governments are scaling partnerships across Europe through a unique digital tool. This session will offer valuable insights, practical examples, and networking opportunities for municipalities and stakeholders looking to enhance cooperation, access funding, and build impactful, cross-border projects. Go to the event page |
| 12:05 – 12:50 | LDT Citiverse EDIC takes, officially, its first steps | LDT Citiverse EDIC | Tech X Cities stage | With the legal foundation now in place, the LDT CitiVERSE EDIC takes its first steps. Its mission to create a harmonised ecosystem around Digital Twins has already officially started with the creation of the legal entity and with the recently launched BUILD project as a driving force for its establishment. With 14 EU Member states on board, the LDT CitiVERSE EDIC becomes a reality as the foundation for intelligent, sustainable and human-centric urban environments. Go to the event page |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Meet & Greet SENSE project | SENSE consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 14:00 – 14:30 | CIVITAS: New Mobility Services and urban logistics | CIVITAS, Eurocities | CIVITAS booth | |
| 14:00 – 15:00 | x-CITE presentation | City of Kortrijk | Belgian pavillon (Hall 3, D41) | |
| 14:00 – 16:00 | Emerging Technologies for Smarter Cities: Citiverse, Digital Twins, and Global Collaboration Forum | Smart City Association, OASC | South Korean pavillon | |
| 14:05 – 14:50 | Cities On The Front Line: Protecting Democracy from Online Disinformation | Eurocities | Tech X Cities stage | This session will discuss the effect of online tools (mis)use on citizen trust and participation in democracy, as well as strategies to counter misinformation and to promote digital media literacy. On the background of the EU Democracy Shield initiative, cities will exchange their experiences and discuss approaches to better respond to threats, and to continue enabling citizen participation in offline and online spaces. Go to the event page |
| 15:00 – 15:40 | Roundtable on the LDT Citiverse EDIC | LDT Citiverse EDIC | Spanish pavillon | |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Meet & Greet SPACE4Cities project | SPACE4Cities consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 15:40 – 16:10 | Live demonstration of the EU LDT Toolbox | EU LDT Toolbox consortium, NUNSYS | NUNSYS booth (Hall 2, D100) | |
| 16:05 – 16:50 | How European Cities Protect Digital Rights Through Daily Operations | CC4DR | Impact Tech stage | This session focuses on revealing how standard municipal operations across Europe—from cybersecurity protocols to smart city infrastructure management—actively safeguard digital rights, often without being explicitly framed in rights-based language. Go to the event page |
| 17:00 – 17:45 | Rethinking urban spaces: A policy dialogue | Eurocities | Move Better stage | Across Europe, cities are reimagining urban spaces to boost road safety, support sustainable mobility, and meet climate goals. This session brings together city leaders and policymakers to explore how space reallocation can build more resilient cities. It is part of the REALLOCATE project under the EU’s CIVITAS Initiative and supports the EU Mission on Climate-Neutral and Smart Cities. |
| 17:00 – 18:00 | Meet & Greet Citcom.ai project | Citcom.ai consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) |
Wednesday, 5 November 2025
| Time | Session | Organiser | Venue | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:30 – 10:15 | European cities and GenAI: examples, challenges and opportunities | Living-in.EU | Tech X Cities stage | AI is reshaping all spheres of our lives, including our cities, inside and out. The spotlight is on generative AI, which can generate original output – text, images, videos. What is its impact in the public sector? As the level closest to citizens, and as providers of many services, cities and regions can champion the responsible use of GenAI in Europe. In this session, Living-in.EU invites cities to share their experience in using GenAI. Find out more on the event page or on the Living-in.EU website |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Signing ceremony WeGo and OASC | WeGo team, OASC | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Meet & Greet LDT4SSC project | LDT4SSC consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | x-CITE presentation | City of Kortrijk | Belgian pavillon (Hall 3, D41) | |
| 12:00 – 13:00 | Meet & Greet OASC’s Council of Cities (Deputy) Coordinators | Aarhus, Tampere, OASC | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 12:30 – 13:15 | Urban Digital Twins: what is at stake for European cities? | Eurocities | Impact Tech stage | This stage session, co-organised by Eurocities and the Barcelona Supercomputing Centre, will facilitate an open discussion between city representatives on the potential of digital twins to enhance local policies in European cities. Go to the event page |
| 13:00 – 14:00 | Meet & Greet BiPED | BiPED consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 13:30 – 14:15 | Digital Fortresses: Strengthening Democracy Against Disinformation in the Connected City | CC4DR | Impact Tech stage | This congress session examines the escalating challenges disinformation poses to democratic processes worldwide, with particular focus on the local level. Experts will analyse recent disinformation campaigns that have disrupted local governance, explore technological and policy-based countermeasures being implemented by leading cities. Go to the event page |
| 15:00 – 16:00 | Meet & Greet DS4SSCC-DEP project | DS4SSCC-DEP consortium and pilots | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 16:20 – 17:05 | Data Spaces in intelligent territories: Premise or Reality | FEMP association of Spanish municipalities | Impact Tech stage | This space will address the current state of progress of the data spaces that will help drive a data economy thanks to the advancement of digitization of local authorities. Go to the event page |
| 17:10 – 17:40 | From Silos to Synergy: Local Innovation Through Interoperability | OASC | People First stage | How can cities and regions of all sizes use data and collaboration for a greener, more inclusive future? This Agora session, hosted by OASC, brings insights from Riga, Aarhus and Fundão on how interoperability—technical, legal, semantic and organisational—drives digital transformation. Learn how EU frameworks, shared data, and citizen engagement shape impactful, scalable solutions. Find out more on the event page or on the OASC website |
| 17:45 – 18:15 | Four CitiVerse projects, one shared European vision | x-CITE, SENSE, 3DxVERSE, European Citiverses Uniting for Inclusiveness, OASC | People First stage | How to make Europe’s digital transformation inclusive, ethical, human-centred and citizen-driven? And how to ensure that emerging technologies – such as AI, XR and cloud services – serve public values and social needs? This session will show how 4 EU co-funded projects are shaping the future of cities with the CitiVerse - a digital version of the city – where citizens can explore, interact with, and shape urban life in an intuitive way. Find out more on the event page or on the OASC website |
Thursday, 6 November 2025
| Time | Session | Organiser | Venue | More information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9:30 – 10:15 | Gender-sensitive data for urban planning | Eurocities | Shaping Mobility Stage | European cities strive to become more inclusive and equitable on one hand and smart and data-driven on the other. However, gaps in data collection and analysis can overlook the diverse needs of citizens groups. This session explores how using gender-disaggregated data can help design more inclusive urban spaces and mobility infrastructure. Go to the event page |
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Meet & Greet ExPEDite project | ExPEDite consortium | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | |
| 15:20 – 16:05 | Digital Twins for Positive Energy Districts | ExPEDite, TIPS4PEDs, BiPED, ASCEND, NeutralPath | Clean Cities stage | This session gathers five EU projects showcasing how cities across Europe use digitalization to create Positive Energy Districts (PEDs). Through digital twins, AI simulations, and interoperable platforms, our projects’ Lighthouse Cities optimize energy efficiency, smart buildings, and sustainable mobility to meet climate goals. Experts share tools, strategies, and lessons to inspire replication for climate-neutral urban futures. Find out more on the event page or on the OASC website |
| 15:35 – 16:20 | Increasing the uptake of AI for Smarter Cities: from pilots to impact at scale | IMEC, LIST, Aarhus Citylab, LDT Citiverse EDIC, OASC | Impact Tech stage | AI has transformative potential for cities, but scaling from pilots to impactful, city-wide deployments remains a challenge. This TEF Citcom.ai workshop brings together cities and tech providers to explore collaboration strategies. Through case studies and insights from the European TEF for Smart Cities, participants will learn to overcome adoption barriers and scale AI for societal impact. Find out more on the event page or on the OASC website |
Permanent project showcases
| Time | Project | Venue | More information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 – 6 November | CitCom.ai | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | CitCom.ai project website |
| 4 – 6 November | x-CITE | Tampere booth (Hall 3, D121) and OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | x-CITE project website |
| 4 – 6 November | SENSE | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | SENSE project website |
| 4 – 6 November | LDT4SSC | OASC booth (Hall 2, A65) | LDT4SSC project website |
| 4 – 6 November | EU LDT Toolbox | Spanish pavillon | LDT Toolbox project website |
