startups

World's largest trade fair showcases latest AV technologies and gender gap in tech

Over 2,000 attendees including investors, startup enthusiasts, and founders at event

Advanced technology enterprises employ over 1,700

4YFN event at mobile industry trade fair has helped emerging projects get in touch with investors throughout all week

Business minister highlights "broad" ecosystem with almost 20,000 workers and turnover of more than €1.7bn

Thursday and Friday sees the EU-Startups Summit 2019 held in the Catalan capital for the second year in a row

Eliport is working on both a robot and a ‘smart’ post-box to solve the so-called ‘last mile delivery problem’

Autonomous vehicles or a device capable of detecting free parking spaces, intelligent lights that monitor traffic, headphones designed to facilitate the mobility of blind people in cities and charging spaces for mobile phones that take advantage of the structure of the old telephone booths. These are some of the technological innovations that visitors can see at the sixth edition of the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC), taking place between this Tuesday and next Thursday. The event is the showcase of smart cities and this year celebrates its largest edition yet, with 600 cities participating, 576 exhibitors, 412 speakers and a forecast for 14,000 visitors. Along with this event, the Gran Via Exhibition Centre is hosting three more: the Circular Economy Summit, iWater and European Utility Week, which turns Barcelona into the world capital of sustainable development.