The Algeciras Bay Port Authority took part in the second edition of the #SmartCity24Hours event – ‘Urban Ecosystem of Applied Innovation’ – organised by the Official College of Telecommunications Engineers of Western Andalusia and Ceuta (COITAOC) and held in April, in the Auditorium of the Seville Higher School of Engineering.
The event, which was streamed live and watched by more than 200 people, presented the advances currently underway in many public sectors and services to bring cities closer to the Smart City concept and which places Andalusia as a well-positioned community on the path to becoming a Smart Region. In this regard, the latest trends were shared related to the implementation of technology aimed at the modernisation of public services, Digital Health experiences and models, the transformation of the educational system, the use of 5G technology in economic activity or the application of Smart City solutions within a local and municipal scope, among others.
The event’s second round table revolved around the first steps in the use of 5G technology within economic activity and allowed for the presentation of three success stories from different productive sectors. Manuel Ortigosa, Technical Advisor of the General Directorate for Digital Economy and Innovation in the Council for Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities, was in charge of hosting and moderating each intervention, starting with a presentation of the Algeciras Port Digital-Transformation programme by Juan Padilla, Director of the Vodafone 5G Smart Center in Andalusia, and Francisco de los Santos, Head of the APBA Technological-Development Department. This was a programme in which 5G served as a key integrating technology.
Inaugurated by Loreto del Valle Cebada, General Director for Digital Economy and Innovation in the Council for Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities, Juan Espaldas, Mayor of Seville, and Francisco Rodríguez Rubio, Director of the Seville Higher School of Engineering, together with the Chairman of COITAOC, David Cruz-Guzmán, #SmartCity24Hours21 consolidated and positioned itself as a necessary event intended to drive the transformation of administrations, entities, companies and society itself to ‘smart’ models which facilitate the creation of better and more modern infrastructures for citizens, aiming to increase quality of life, strengthen the economy, promote sustainability, improve mobility and ensure inclusivity, among other goals. The event was once against supported by various entities and companies – with sponsors Berger Levrault, the Council for Economic Transformation, Industry, Knowledge and Universities of the Regional Government of Andalusia and ABC de Seville as sponsors, alongside its partners Wellness Telecom, Sando, Smart City Cluster, Unicaja, AMETIC and the University of Seville Higher School of Engineering.
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