Seongnam City Surpasses 10,000 Visitors at Barcelona Smart City Expo

Record visitor turnout since launching its own pavilion in 2023
Eight companies take part; technology consultations exceed 2,400
Policies on "human-centered future mobility" presented at official session

Seongnam City, Gyeonggi Province, drew its largest-ever crowd since it began operating its own pavilion at the 2026 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC 2026) in Barcelona, Spain.

Overseas visitors look through materials at the Seongnam Pavilion during the 2026 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC 2026) in Barcelona, Spain. Photo provided by Seongnam City.

Seongnam City, led by Mayor Shin Sangjin, said on November 9 that more than 10,000 visitors came to the Seongnam Pavilion at the expo, held from November 3 to 5. This was the largest turnout since the city began operating its own pavilion in 2023. Participating companies also held more than 2,400 technology consultations.

Eight companies with innovative technologies in the smart city sector took part in the Seongnam Pavilion, showcasing their technologies and products to overseas buyers and visitors. To help the participating companies develop overseas markets, the city provided support for overseas marketing, pre-exhibition training, booth rental and setup costs, part of the shipping costs for exhibition materials, on-site interpretation, and promotion.

Last year, Seongnam City won the grand prize in the mobility category of the World Smart City Awards 2025. In recognition of this achievement, it was invited to speak at an official session of this year's expo. At the "Making Next-Generation Public Transport a Reality" session on November 4, the city presented its vision of "human-centered future mobility" and examples of its key policies.

The city delegation discussed ways to cooperate with Fira Barcelona, the expo's organizer, and visited exhibition pavilions of major smart cities around the world and global companies to review the latest technology trends and policy examples. The city plans to consider how to apply these findings to its smart city policies.

Overseas visitors look through materials at the Seongnam Pavilion during the 2026 Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC 2026) in Barcelona, Spain. Courtesy of Seongnam City.

A Seongnam City official said, "We will actively incorporate the innovative trends in smart cities around the world that we observed at this expo into the city's policies," adding, "We will build a citizen-centered smart city where advanced technologies bring meaningful changes to people's daily lives."

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