Join the event for better cities – 4 to 6 Nov 2025, Barcelona

News & Voices

Tomorrow.Mag Observatory Podcast
Radar
Events

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
About
Partners

Hot topics >

Energy & Environment Governance Mobility Enabling Technologies Living & Inclusion Infrastructure & Building Economy Safety & Security

Hosting the World: Global Events and Smart Tourism

Thursday, November 21, 2024

My list

Strategic urban design and sustainable event planning are vital to preparing cities for hosting global events and tourism. This session will explore innovative building solutions and cutting-edge urban planning, highlighting smart tourism and internationalization in alignment with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Can cities leverage innovative infrastructure and smart technologies to prepare for hosting major international events and enhance smart tourism while ensuring long-term benefits for their citizens?

Tags

Participants

Pati Núñez

Pati Núñez

Founder and CEO, Pati Núñez Agency

Jennifer Sanders

Jennifer Sanders

Executive Director, North Texas Innovation Alliance

Janet Castro

Janet Castro

Professor, Euroaula Escola Universitària

Misa Labarile

Misa Labarile

PhD, Policy officer - Tourism, European Commission

Zayed Alzayani

Zayed Alzayani

Minister of Industry, Commerce & Tourism, Kingdom of Bahrain

Related content

Replicating Smart City Innovations across Europe – made by

Replicating Smart City Innovations across Europe – made by

Energy & Environment

Navigating the Digital Age of PropTech and Real Estate

Navigating the Digital Age of PropTech and Real Estate

Enabling Technologies

‘Building tomorrow: Sunderland UK, City of Smart’

‘Building tomorrow: Sunderland UK, City of Smart’

Enabling Technologies

Reimagining Tomorrow: Cutting-Edge Tech in Urban Design

Reimagining Tomorrow: Cutting-Edge Tech in Urban Design

Enabling Technologies

Reinventing Cities: Public-Private Collaboration for Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Reinventing Cities: Public-Private Collaboration for Sustainable Urban Regeneration

Energy & Environment

Covering Needs to Make a City Home

Covering Needs to Make a City Home

Infrastructure & Building

How cities are leading the development of local digital twins

How cities are leading the development of local digital twins

Enabling Technologies

Digitalized, Equitable, and High-Quality City and Territory

Digitalized, Equitable, and High-Quality City and Territory

Infrastructure & Building

Transforming our Neighbourhoods: How to Get People and Politicians Onboard?

Transforming our Neighbourhoods: How to Get People and Politicians Onboard?

Infrastructure & Building

Sustainable Urban Evolution & World Cup 2026

Sustainable Urban Evolution & World Cup 2026

Tech-Forward Construction Shaping the Future of Building

Tech-Forward Construction Shaping the Future of Building

Enabling Technologies

What Can Innovative Urban Planning Do for City Living?

What Can Innovative Urban Planning Do for City Living?

Infrastructure & Building

Innovative Solutions for Smart Urban Infrastructure

Innovative Solutions for Smart Urban Infrastructure

Infrastructure & Building

Does Space Matter in the Smart Age? Exploring How Digital Platforms Connect Across Space in African Cities

Does Space Matter in the Smart Age? Exploring How Digital Platforms Connect Across Space in African Cities

Infrastructure & Building

Designing Future Cities: Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at the Core

Designing Future Cities: Empathy and Emotional Intelligence at the Core

Infrastructure & Building

Urban Technologies Shaping the City’s Skylines

Urban Technologies Shaping the City’s Skylines

Infrastructure & Building

How Do Urban Resilience and Talent Retention Connect?

How Do Urban Resilience and Talent Retention Connect?

Infrastructure & Building

Eco-Urbanism: Responding to a Changing Climate

Eco-Urbanism: Responding to a Changing Climate

Infrastructure & Building

Dubai’s innovative urban cooling technology: How district cooling works

Dubai’s innovative urban cooling technology: How district cooling works

Infrastructure & Building

OPENING SESSION: LIVE, MOVE & BUILD BETTER

OPENING SESSION: LIVE, MOVE & BUILD BETTER

South Korea is studying marine carbon capture: What is this technology and what are its applications?

South Korea is studying marine carbon capture: What is this technology and what are its applications?

Infrastructure & Building

South Korea’s self-cleaning roads: a social media sensation

South Korea’s self-cleaning roads: a social media sensation

Energy & Environment

What are passive houses and what are their energy benefits

What are passive houses and what are their energy benefits

Infrastructure & Building

Rubber in playgrounds: an unexpected source of land pollution?

Rubber in playgrounds: an unexpected source of land pollution?

Infrastructure & Building

Wood: A key material for the new generation of sustainable development

Wood: A key material for the new generation of sustainable development

Infrastructure & Building

Ellinikon, Greece’s futuristic smart city project in an abandoned airport

Ellinikon, Greece’s futuristic smart city project in an abandoned airport

Infrastructure & Building

The Paris Olympics and the Urban Heat Island Effect

The Paris Olympics and the Urban Heat Island Effect

Energy & Environment

Neft Daşları, the story of a unique oil settlement built on sunken boats

Neft Daşları, the story of a unique oil settlement built on sunken boats

Infrastructure & Building

This is how Venice wants to save itself

This is how Venice wants to save itself

Infrastructure & Building

What is self-healing concrete and how does it promise to revolutionize the field of construction

What is self-healing concrete and how does it promise to revolutionize the field of construction

Infrastructure & Building

Biomimicry: Engineering and technology inspired by Nature

Biomimicry: Engineering and technology inspired by Nature

Infrastructure & Building

Public toilets, technology and accessibility

Public toilets, technology and accessibility

Infrastructure & Building

The Wave House: The world’s largest 3D printed building

The Wave House: The world’s largest 3D printed building

Infrastructure & Building

Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town: planning for the next 100 years

Fujisawa Sustainable Smart Town: planning for the next 100 years

Infrastructure & Building

Solar windows: the next architectural revolution?

Solar windows: the next architectural revolution?

Infrastructure & Building

7 inventions that shaped city life

7 inventions that shaped city life

Enabling Technologies

The paradox of the Three Gorges Dam: Green electricity with plenty of urban shadows

The paradox of the Three Gorges Dam: Green electricity with plenty of urban shadows

Infrastructure & Building

What are exurbs and how are they changing modern urbanism

What are exurbs and how are they changing modern urbanism

Infrastructure & Building

How Paris is reusing its abandoned buildings

How Paris is reusing its abandoned buildings

Infrastructure & Building

San Francisco was built on a landfill, and now it is paying the price

San Francisco was built on a landfill, and now it is paying the price

Infrastructure & Building

Nine interesting facts about the Las Vegas Sphere (and what they tell us about the architecture of tomorrow)

Nine interesting facts about the Las Vegas Sphere (and what they tell us about the architecture of tomorrow)

Infrastructure & Building

Cities that are preparing their infrastructures to adapt to climate change

Cities that are preparing their infrastructures to adapt to climate change

Infrastructure & Building

Japan’s smart city renaissance: building futuristic urban havens from scratch

Japan’s smart city renaissance: building futuristic urban havens from scratch

Infrastructure & Building

Circle House: Denmark’s first circular social housing project

Circle House: Denmark’s first circular social housing project

Infrastructure & Building

Youssef Nadiri, PNY: Unfolding the path toward green, efficient, and thriving cities

Youssef Nadiri, PNY: Unfolding the path toward green, efficient, and thriving cities

Infrastructure & Building

The Honourable Fadzli Abdul Wahit, MDEC: Steering Malaysia towards becoming the digital hub of ASEAN

The Honourable Fadzli Abdul Wahit, MDEC: Steering Malaysia towards becoming the digital hub of ASEAN

Infrastructure & Building

Dr Haris Piplas, Drees & Sommer: Insights into the integrated and multidisciplinary solutions that are shaping the cities of tomorrow

Dr Haris Piplas, Drees & Sommer: Insights into the integrated and multidisciplinary solutions that are shaping the cities of tomorrow

Infrastructure & Building

Billie Browne, SEYS: Use data as the basis for every decision

Billie Browne, SEYS: Use data as the basis for every decision

Infrastructure & Building

Guilain Pedezert, Wattway: One of the building blocks of tomorrow’s energy mix

Guilain Pedezert, Wattway: One of the building blocks of tomorrow’s energy mix

Energy & Environment

Jacco Saaman, SPIE: The key role of integrators in smart cities

Jacco Saaman, SPIE: The key role of integrators in smart cities

Infrastructure & Building

Only accessible for registered users

This content is available only for registered users

Only accessible for registered users

This content is available only for registered users

TO: $$toName$$

SUBJECT: Message from $$fromName$$