The Tomorrow.Building World Congress took place in Barcelona, Spain, from 5-7 November, highlighting the new technologies and innovations transforming the construction sector
Organized by Fira de Barcelona under the slogan Build Better, the Tomorrow.Building World Congress showcased new ideas, projects and construction systems that are key to the planning, construction, and rehabilitation of buildings and urban infrastructures worldwide under sustainability criteria.
International speakers
The congress program of Tomorrow.Building Solutions World Congress was organized around the major challenges the sector must face to implement its transformation: urban planning and landscaping, construction technology, design technology, decarbonized building and sustainable transformation of buildings.
Among more than 100 experts participating in its over 30 sessions were New York urban strategist Majora Carter, known for her design of urban revitalization strategies to promote the development of economically and socially degraded areas such as the South Bronx in New York; the architect responsible for the new telecommunications tower in Istanbul, Melike Altinisik; and the R&D director at the urban research and design consultancy Gehl, Liselott Stenfeldt, among others.
Global exhibitors
In its exhibition space of more than 2,000 sq m, Tomorrow.Building World Congress featured companies renowned for their innovative DNA such as BIOO, New Murabba, Roshn, Samsung C&T Corporation and Siemens, which showcased their latest developments to achieve more circular, efficient and resilient construction.
It also gave visibility to digital start-ups in the construction sector and real estate management in the Innovation Playground area.
The event was supported by international associations, such as Build Up, the official portal of the European Union to promote energy efficiency in construction, and Women of the New European Bauhaus, as well as by Spanish entities, such as the Spanish Construction Technology Platform (PTEC) or the Higher Council of Architects’ Associations of Spain (CSCAE).
Tomorrow.Building, along with Tomorrow.Mobility and Tomorrow.Blue Economy, was part of the Smart City Expo World Congress 2024, the world’s largest event on cities and urban innovation, which this year had more than 1,100 exhibitors and representatives from 850 cities and 140 countries.
After three days, the events gathered over 25,771 attendees from more than 130 countries at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Via venue.
