Acoge a más de 150 empresas e instituciones y contará con más de 250 expertos
Smart City Expo meets in Argentina and calls for action to transform Latin American cities
On May 20 and 21, the fifth edition of Smart City Expo Santiago del Estero (SCESDE) highlights the guidelines that mark the future of cities in Latin America. Under the slogan “From strategy to action: connect, innovate, transform”, the event brings together more than 150 companies, institutions, and organizations committed to promoting more sustainable and intelligent environments in the Argentine city.
Organised by Fira de Barcelona and hosted by the Government of Santiago del Estero, SCESDE structures its congress programme around three axes: Education, economy and new skills in the digital age; Artificial Intelligence, Innovation and Government; and Quality of Life, Habitat and Urban Safety. To delve into these thematic areas, the show brings together more than 250 experts from the academic, institutional, and business fields.
Specifically, among the confirmed speakers are Verónica Baracat, Head of UN Women in Argentina; Maya Takagi, Representative of the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations) in the Latin American country; Juan Corvalán, Director of the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the University of Buenos Aires; and Josefina del Río, Undersecretary of Habitat and President of the Board of Directors of the Public Service of Housing and Habitat of Rosario.
The program is completed with the participation of the science communicator Diego Golombek, Director of the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Time and Experience; the researcher Micaela Sánchez Malcolm, Advisor to the Chamber of Deputies of the Nation and the Auditor General of the Nation and president of Generas, and Claudio Martínez, journalist specializing in artificial intelligence at the Institute of Digital Innovation.
In addition, the event will have an exhibition area with the presence of more than 150 leading companies and organizations in the field of urban transformation. Among the companies present are Acertis, Grupo Corven, Pudong Motors, NEC, EY, Personal, Renault, Claro, Datawise, Nubax, Pago TIC, Smart Motion IA, Ojos en Alerta, and Grupo Dexia.
Institutions such as FAO, ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean), the Local Innovation Network, the TECHO association, Asuntos del Sur, the University of Buenos Aires, CONICET (National Council for Scientific and Technical Research of Argentina), UISDE (Industrial Union of Santiago del Estero), CATESE (Chamber of Technology of Santiago del Estero), CAIOT (Argentine Chamber of IoT), the Federal Network of Knowledge Economy, and the Tourism, Technological and Productive Cluster of Santiago del Estero, among other organizations of the regional technological and productive ecosystem.
On the other hand, SCESDE is once again devoting special attention to encouraging the connection between attendees. In this sense, this year a new exclusive networking area is being launched that is complemented by the programming of different activities focused on actively promoting exchange between the different actors present at the event.
Fira de Barcelona around the world
Smart City Expo Santiago del Estero is part of the calendar of events that Fira de Barcelona organizes outside Spain in 2026. Among the events included in this program are the respective editions of SCE in Curitiba (Brazil), Doha (Qatar), Puebla (Mexico), Santiago de Chile (Chile), and Santiago de Cali (Colombia); Tomorrow.City in Shanghai and the USA; the second edition of Mexico Hospitality Expo (Guadalajara, Mexico); and a new edition of Tomorrow.Blue Economy in Niterói (Brazil).
In addition to these events, the first editions of Argentina Alimenta, in Buenos Aires, and Aqaba Blue Ocean Future in Action, in Jordan, are also included.
Barcelona, May 19, 2026
Josep Lluís Mérida
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