Smart City Expo World Congress continues to be one of the most important global events dedicated to urban innovation, smart cities, and digital transformation. In 2025, the event returns under the theme “The Time for Cities”, bringing together municipalities, technology providers, policymakers, and urban leaders from around the world to discuss the future of connected and sustainable cities.
This year’s edition takes place from 4 to 6 November 2025 at Fira Barcelona Gran Via and once again positions Barcelona at the centre of the global smart city ecosystem.
City as a Platform will return to Smart City Expo World Congress 2025 with new product demonstrations, operational use cases, and major updates across both City as a Platform and Mapify. The event represents an important opportunity to share how municipalities are increasingly adopting real-time operational intelligence and territorial management platforms to improve urban services, optimize resources, and strengthen decision-making.
Representing Focus BC at the event will be Vasco Pinheiro and Sandro Batista, Managing Partners, together with João Barata, Head of Smart Cities.
2025 is also an especially important year for City as a Platform following its recognition at the WSA Portugal Awards 2025, where the platform received the award in the Government & Citizen Engagement category. This distinction reinforces the platform’s growing role in supporting the digital transformation of municipalities and public services across Portugal.
Today, City as a Platform is used by more than 27 municipalities and organizations, supporting operational management and territorial intelligence through a centralized and highly flexible environment. The platform integrates multiple sources of information, including IoT devices, mobility systems, operational services, GIS layers, environmental data, urban planning information, and administrative systems.
Its no-code philosophy allows municipalities and organizations to rapidly create operational applications adapted to their own workflows and territorial challenges without requiring complex development processes. This flexibility has enabled City as a Platform to support a wide range of use cases, including mobility, civil protection, urban planning, tourism, environment, incident management, and citizen engagement initiatives.
As cities continue facing increasing operational complexity, climate challenges, and growing citizen expectations, events like Smart City Expo World Congress remain essential to sharing best practices, accelerating innovation, and fostering collaboration between public and private stakeholders.
If you are attending Smart City Expo World Congress 2025, we would be pleased to meet and present the latest developments across City as a Platform and Mapify.
If you are unable to attend the event, feel free to schedule a meeting with our team to discover how our smart city solutions can support your municipality’s next stage of digital transformation.
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Smart City Expo World Congress is one of the world’s leading events focused on smart cities, urban innovation, sustainability, and digital transformation.
City as a Platform is an urban management and territorial intelligence platform that helps municipalities visualize, manage, and optimize city operations in real time.
The team will present new features, operational demos, and use cases related to City as a Platform and Mapify, including mobility, urban operations, territorial intelligence, and citizen engagement.
City as a Platform is currently used by more than 50 municipalities and organizations across Portugal.
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