Hermanamiento europeo & CitiVERSE Plaza: LDT CitiVERSE EDIC lleva la IA centrada en el ser humano para las ciudades al Smart City Expo World Congress 2026

Desde el 3o al 5o^th de noviembre, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC estará en Congreso Mundial Smart City Expo 2026 en Barcelona con un pabellón común, el «Hermanamiento europeo & Citiverse Plaza”, un escaparate vivo de prácticas, IA centrada en el ser humano y Gemelos digitales locales para ciudades.

El pabellón europeo compartido mostrará cómo la inteligencia artificial puede convertirse en soluciones prácticas y replicables para las ciudades. Durante los tres días, los visitantes de Fira de Barcelona verán cómo los datos, los gemelos digitales locales y las tecnologías inmersivas ya están disponibles. ayudar a las administraciones públicas a gobernar mejor, prestar servicios de manera más eficiente y mejorar la vida urbana cotidiana.

Reuniendo a 25 socios de los niveles europeo, nacional, regional y local, la Plaza está diseñada como un un mercado europeo vivo en el que las ciudades traen desafíos reales y casos de uso, las empresas traen tecnología y las autoridades públicas traen los marcos que hacen posible el despliegue, un espacio compartido donde la innovación se convierte en experiencia y la colaboración se convierte en impacto.

En el corazón de la Plaza hay un mensaje claro: «La IA para las ciudades debe centrarse en el ser humano, ser fiable y estar lista para su uso». El EDIC y sus socios presentarán soluciones prácticas y replicables de IA y basadas en datos que aborden los acuciantes retos urbanos, desde la vivienda y la planificación urbana hasta la resiliencia, la movilidad, la economía circular y la soberanía digital. Alineado con el Estrategia europea de aplicación de la IA, Estas soluciones muestran cómo una IA responsable puede reforzar la gobernanza, los servicios públicos y la calidad de vida, anclada en un tejido social equilibrado y empoderado.

Qué esperar en la Plaza

Durante tres días, la Plaza combina ideas y experiencia práctica. A Etapa principal será anfitrión de charlas, presentaciones, paneles y debates sobre el futuro digital de Europa, mientras que un Área de Sandbox ofrecerá inmersivo demostraciones y simulaciones en vivo de casos de uso reales de la ciudad. Juntos, brindan a los responsables políticos de la UE, las autoridades locales, los planificadores urbanos, los innovadores del sector público y los desarrolladores de IA la oportunidad de explorar soluciones viables, aprender de historias de despliegue reales y conectarse con pares de toda Europa.

Principales aspectos destacados

• Ceremonia de apertura, 3 de noviembre a las 9:30 con Jan Wester, Martin Bailey, Bob Van Graft, Inga Barisa, Diāna Korbe y Viesturs Celmins como moderador.
• EDIC Service Portoflio, 4 de noviembre a las 12:35 en el FIRA Innovation Playground: «De los proyectos piloto a los servicios: ampliación de la ciudad y ampliación; gemelos digitales regionales con EDIC» con Jan Wester, Martin Bailey, Jordi Ortuño y Jan Koers.
• Recepción de networking, 4 de noviembre a las 18:00 en nuestro pabellón, ubicado en el Hall 3, Stand D71.

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  Programa del pabellón

  Etapa central, sesiones de Sandbox y Fira en European Twinning & CitiVERSE Plaza.

  Central stageSandbox areaFira stage

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  09:30 - 10:15OPENING CEREMONY PAVILIONSpeakers Jan Wester, Director, LDT CitiVERSE EDICMartin Bailey, Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good, European AI Office, DG CONNECT, European CommissionBob Van Graft, Director of Spatial, Dutch Ministry of Housing and Spatial PlanningErnesto Faubel (Chair) or Jordi Ortuño (Deputy Chair) LDT CiTiVERSE EDICInga Barisa, Adviser for EU Strategic Investments, Riga City Council Digital AgencyDiāna Korbe, Head of Geospatial Data Unit, Riga City MinicipalityModerator: Viesturs Celmiņš, Managing Director, VEFRESH10:20 - 10:35Applying AI for Smart Cities and CommunitiesHow Apply AI strategy helps to connect developers, public administration and ecosystem to identify high-impact needs, co-develop solutions and test them in real environments.Speakers Martin Bailey, Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good, European AI Office, DG CONNECT, European Commission10:40 - 10:55EuropAI & EDIC towards Sovereign AI SolutionsHow can Europe move from isolated AI pilots to scalable, reusable solutions for cities and public administrations? By leveraging the EDIC’s shared infrastructure and sandbox environment, AI solutions developed through EuropAI could be tested, validated and adapted for use across European cities.Speakers Marc Minnee, WP3 Lead EuropAI, part of Apply AIJaan Saar, Operations Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC11:00 - 11:15From Projects to Standards: Interoperability and Reference Architecture for Local Digital TwinsProgress on a common European foundation for interoperable Local Digital Twins through the standardization of a Reference Architecture and Minimal Interoperability Mechanisms.Speakers Thimo Thoeye, Tech Lead, OASCMartin Brynskov, Founding Director and Standardisation Lead, OASCJan Koers, Strategic Advisor to the Director, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC11:20 - 11:35LDT CitiVERSE Reference architecture: A Common European Blueprint for Networked Local Digital TwinsHow can European cities develop Local Digital Twins that remain locally controlled, while still connecting, sharing and reusing solutions across cities and borders? Disover the LDT CitiVERSE Reference Architecture, a common European blueprint for interoperable and reusable Local Digital Twins. The ambition is simple: local freedom, European interoperability and reusable public value.Speakers Jan Koers, Strategic Advisor to the Director, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC

  11:00 - 11:35What is the LDT CitiVERSE EDIC Sandbox?How do we make sure that what one European project builds can be trusted, reused and scaled by others? The LDT CitiVERSE EDIC Sandbox is a shared infrastructure for validating and demonstrating interoperable building blocks for Local Digital Twins. Step by step, it brings together a growing ecosystem of building blocks that are proven to work together.Speakers Corné Helmons, Sandbox Alliance Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC16:40 - 17:15EDIC Initial Services: From EU vision to local actionDiscover the EDIC’s first 4 services designed to help cities and regions adopt Local Digital Twins along different stages of the adoption journey. The focus is on turning European innovation into practical, scalable solutions that create real value for cities and communities.Speakers Jan Koers, Strategic Advisor to the Director, LDT CiTiVERSE EDICJaan Saar, Operations Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC17:20 - 17:35EuropAI: Building reusable GenAI for EDIC recipe uptakeBuilding upon European solutions for data spaces and identity management, this presentation gives some practical insight in how to augment your Local Digital Twin using AI-supported scenario sweeps and indexing legal constraints for informed and integrated spatial planning. AI is helping you to navigate complex spatial challenges and foresight social impact.Speakers Marc Minnee, WP3 Lead EuropAI, part of Apply AI

  18:00 - 19:00RECEPTION Hosted by LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC

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  13:00 - 13:35NEXCITY: evidence for true interoperability between Rotterdam and Valencia, for data and toolsRotterdam, Scenexus and Future Insight show live how NEXCITY gathered evidence of true interoperability between Rotterdam and Valencia: not only datasets via open standards, but also tools, with Scenexus Urban Strategy running on both cities’ data.Speakers Corné Helmons, Senior Advisor LDT Interoperability, City of RotterdamJeroen Borst, CEO, ScenexusRick Klooster, Technical Director, Future Insight17:20 - 17:35Open developer platform on AR/XR for CitiesTBDSpeakers TBD

  16:00 - 16:35What is the LDT CitiVERSE EDIC Sandbox?Live demo of the EDIC Sandbox: shared infrastructure to validate and demonstrate interoperable building blocks for Local Digital Twins. Starting with the LDT Toolbox, open to national programmes for scaling with cities and to future EU pilots.Speakers Corné Helmons, Sandbox Alliance Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC

  10:40 - 11:35LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC Initial Services and replicable recipesDuring this demo session you can see how the initial EDIC services look like and how they deliver value to regions and cities: 1. Identify Opportunities, 2. LDT Assessment with Roadmap generation, 3. EDIC Sandbox 4. Teaching how to Implement The concept of reusable recipes will also be explained and demod using a practical prototype.Speakers Jaan Saar, Operations Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDICCorné Helmons, Sandbox Alliance Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDIC

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  12:35 - 13:20From pilots to Services: scaling city & regional Digital Twins with EDICLocation Stage: Innovation playgroundOrganised by Co-organised by Barcelona City Council & LDT CiTiVERSE EDICJan Wester, Director, LDT CiTiVERSE EDICMartin Bailey, Head of Unit, AI for Societal Good, European AI Office, DG CONNECT, European CommissionFrancisco García Vieira, Director, Red.esJordi Ortuño, Deputy Chair, LDT CiTiVERSE EDICJaan Saar, Operations Lead, LDT CiTiVERSE EDICMartine Delannoy, EU Strategist, Digitaal VlaanderenGerman Castignani, Digital Twin Innovation Centre Manager, LIST

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