It will be held from November 5th to 7th at the Fira de Barcelona Gran Via venue.
Barcelona, October 24 (Europe Press) –
Smarts Ports and Tomorrow.Blue Economy plans to promote the blue economy in its 2024 edition, held from November 5th to 7th at the Gran Via venue in Fira de Barcelona, within the framework of the Smart Cities Expo World Congress (SCEWC) will be done. .
This was explained this Thursday at a press conference by Luis Salvado, president of the Port of Barcelona. Emma Cobos, Director of Innovation and Business Strategy; Mr. Ugo Valenti, Director of SCEWC. Lorenzo Di Pietro, General Director of Barcelona Activa, and Stewart Sarkozy Banozzi, Managing Director of the World Ocean Council.
Mr Valenti explained that the blue economy is an “essential element” to complete the city’s green transition and the purpose of its inclusion in the SCEWC is to help achieve that.
He detailed that more than 1,000 square meters of space will be dedicated to “discussing this topic” at this year’s conference, taking appropriate steps to ensure that the conference becomes the world’s leading event on the blue economy. I am sure.
Mr Sarkozy-Banozzi praised the show for having a “very complete agenda” and said his organization was involved in two events: the Sustainable Ocean Summit (SOS) and the Global Blue Finance Summit (BlueFin). I remembered to hold the event.
The aim is to use this conference to promote the Blue Economy throughout the world and for this sector to come to Barcelona to promote it.
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Mr. Salvado explained that this year’s Tomorrow.Blue Economy aims to “evolve and expand”, stressing that it develops from the cooperation of various actors.
“This collaboration is being replicated in other projects related to innovation and the blue economy,” he said, adding that Barcelona literally has all the ingredients to become Europe’s leading city in this field.
Di Pietro noted that the event is “an important part of the city’s strategy to promote the blue economy,” which he said is a strategic area for the city.
He said the city council is launching the second phase of its strategy to build on the legacy of Copa America and promote it, with the aim of unlocking the economic value of the ocean in a sustainable way. Explained.
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Cobo pointed out that this year’s Smart Port is structured around four main themes: blue economy activities, marine environmental issues, openness to society, and innovation.
He explained that the conference will be “more interactive with a bigger field of innovation than last year,” and the invited ports will be Quebec (Canada), Shanghai (China) and Seattle (USA).
Mr. Salvado recalled that Smart Ports is a joint initiative of eight ports “considered to be the most innovative” and that its purpose is to foster initiatives that create economic value.
“This is an international collaboration and we need to ensure that innovative cities can combine innovative ports,” he added.
