Program

PROGRAM

Wednesday, November 08th
10:30 a.m – 11:30 a.m.
La French Fab Conference at Central Plaza – Hall 2

France 2030: Healing, Innovating, Attracting for a Sustainable Urban Future!

France is a global leader in the development of sustainable and resilient cities. With its commitment to France 2030, the French government is investing in innovation and technology to create a more livable, equitable, and prosperous future for all, while attempting to respect the planetary boundaries.

Three key topics will be explored at the conference :

The regenerative city: How can we heal our cities to face the challenges of climate change?

Artificial Intelligence for the city : How Paris 2024 Olympics could be a showcase for the future of smart cities?

Attracting Investments : How to attract foreign investors to support sustainable urban development?

Keynote speaker: Mr. Gerard Wolf, the Sustainable City Special Advisor to the Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, President of the Sustainable City Task Force at MEDEF International, and also a qualified personality within the Sustainable City by France Board.

Speakers: Leading elected or appointed French officials, experts of French global firms, medium size companies and innovating startups.

Join us on Wednesday, November 8^th, from 10:30 to 11:30 AM on Central Agora at Smart City Expo World Congress 2023 to learn more about these topics!

This conference is organised by La French Fab, the new inspiration for French industry. La French Fab brings together, under one common banner, the industrial ecosystem across France. It highlights the French industrial expertise and savoir-faire, provides a vision to transform the industrial base, by connecting people, generations, and territories, by implementing the use of disruptive solutions to answer today and tomorrow’s challenges, in France and abroad.

#FrenchFab #ChooseFrance

05:30 p.m. – 07:00 p.m.
Networking Cocktail reception on the French Pavilion, opened by Olivier RAMADOUR, Consul Géneral de France in Barcelona