The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) together with the Ministry of Economy and Business and the Secretary of State for Digital Advancement and more than 25 partners organized the ninth edition of the Green Standards Week, which was hosted by the City of Valencia, from 1 to 4 October 2019 in Valencia, Spain.

The Green Standards Week acts as a global platform where policymakers, field experts, city planners, regulators, standards experts, civil societies, and among others can come together to discuss the role of information communication technologies (ICTs) and frontier technologies in facilitating smart governance and smart sustainable cities.

The event also aimed to identify the standardization requirements that would accelerate the deployment of ICTs and frontier technologies and to raise awareness on the importance and opportunities that they bring in engineering innovative climate solutions, expediting the transition to smart sustainable cities and unlocking the potential of circular economy.

UPV (PIXEL coordinator) was present to track green initiatives and standards, specially if they were related to port-city relationships. There were very interesting presentations and roundtables where work on standard interfaces between smart cities and other entities (port, airports, etc.) are being developed. The Orange group, partner in PIXEL, also participated showing its green initiative. KPIs were another key topic, and certified city examples were presented, including Valencia.

More info at ITU’s website and the informative dossier is also available here (Spanish)