Blue economy meets at the Smart City Congress within the scope of the Sailing America’s Cup

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Between difficulties What the cities of the coming years have in common Smart City CongressHere’s how we turn them into something more sustainable. The blue economy already plays a very important role and will do so even more in the future. barcelona already preferred the industry and celebrations Sailing America’s Cup It’s next summer catalyst from any attempt. This Tuesday, many public and private authorities working to make the event a success announced this at the congress held over three days in Fira de Barcelona.

One of the most authoritative and enthusiastic voices of the struggle to transform the Catalan capital into the world capital of the blue economy, manager leader of business innovation and leader of the Blue Economy Barcelona Active, Anna Majo. “It was important to us coordinating all interlocutorsFrom sustainability to companies, from trainings to international projections such as congresses oceans“, he explained during a roundtable meeting with Port Vell’s principal. David Pino; Port Olympic Director, Olga Cerezo; Director of America’s Cup Events, Leslie Ryan and director of the Barcelona Capital Nàutica Foundation, Ignasi Armengol.

Legacy of the competition

Armengol insisted precisely on one of the arguments that the foundation worked on the most: The legacy he will leave to the city Copa América celebration. “We’re talking about 2024, but we’re also talking about the next five years,” he said. To achieve this, it was crucial to adapt the infrastructure of both Port Olímpic (as Cerezo describes it) and Port Vell, a task undertaken by Pino.

“Arriving on time was stressful,” admitted the person in charge of the operation. Port of Barcelona“Although we are proud of the work done because it will remain within the city.” Pino reminded that 120 million euros have been invested to accelerate the planned works at Port Vell to adapt the arrival of equipment with public and private participation, such as the recently opened Dalgakıran promenade.

He smiled next to you. Leslie RyanWe were pleased with the organization by ACE. 37th anniversary of Copa América. “Barcelona and the cup have shared values ​​such as sustainability, diversity, inclusion and accessibility,” the director said.

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