The Smart Ports: Piers of the Future is an annual congress linked with the Smart City Expo World Congress, the main international summit on smart cities and urban solutions. For the first time in 2019, six leading ports in the world, Antwerp, Barcelona, Hamburg, Los Angeles, Montreal and Rotterdam, got together to link both concepts: Smart Cities and Smart Ports. In 2020, the Busan Port Authority joined the cause as one of the leading ports in Asia. It is a congress on innovation, sustainability and digital transformation. Some of the most innovative ports of the world share their innovative projects on Drones, Digital Twins, Green Smart Ports and Smart Port Cities among many others, while painting a picture of how our future should be. More sustainable, efficient and connected.

Founded in 1987, Huawei is a leading global provider of ICT (information and communications) infrastructure and smart terminals. Our 207,000 employees work in more than 170 countries and regions, serving more than 3 billion people worldwide. We are committed to bringing the digital world to every person, home, and organization, and building an intelligent world where everything is connected.

Huawei emphasizes research and innovation, adheres to the path of open innovation, and is willing to work with academia and industry to explore the frontiers of science and technology, promote innovation and upgrading, continuously create value for the entire industry and society, and work hand in hand to build a better smart world.

Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) is the economic development agency of the Federal Republic of Germany.

C40 is a network of nearly 100 mayors of the world’s leading cities who are working to deliver the urgent action needed right now to confront the climate crisis and create a future where everyone, everywhere, can thrive. Mayors of C40 cities are committed to using a science-based and people-focused approach to help the world limit global heating to 1.5°C and build healthy, equitable and resilient communities.

The Fab Lab is an innovation centre rethinking the way we live, work and play in cities.

The Better Block Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit that educates, equips, and empowers communities and their leaders to reshape and reactivate built environments to promote the growth of healthy and vibrant neighborhoods.

Estudio Miralles Tagliabue is an incorporated architecture, landscape, planning, interior and design studio based in Barcelona, Shanghai and Paris.

Bright Cities delivers tailor-made diagnosis and solutions roadmap to smart cities. It’s a disruptive platform that connects cities and public administrators to a new administration and development concept. It diagnosis cities and builds a roadmap so they can become better, more efficient and smarter every day, improving the lives of those who live and work there. It is passionate about public management and believes that any city can become intelligent through solutions that generate great impact on the daily lives of managers and citizens.

Shanghai Smart City Development Institute is a professional research institution in the field of smart city in China, guided by Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization. Since its establishment in 2012, the Institute has been committed to providing the industry with high-quality services, such as smart city top-level design, programming project, standard assessment, industrial researches, cooperation and exchange, and professional training.