The World Cities Expo Istanbul, which will be held at the Haliç Congress Center from May 15 to May18, 2017, will bring together leading institutions, organizations and country representatives from around the world, who are leading the city model of the future by carrying the integration of technology and city planning into metropolises, to hold comprehensive discussions on the transformation of urban centers into smart cities.

There are only a few days until the World Cities Expo Istanbul, which will bring together leading institutions, organizations and experts from around the world on carrying today's smart cities into the future with a vision of sustainable life. Steve Wozniak, who founded Apple with Steve Jobs, and world-renowned technology futurist and an Intellectual Ventures inventor Pablos Holman will deliver speeches during the event where international participants helping shape the futures of smart cities will attend.

The concept of "the Smart City" integrates sustainable solutions offered by new-generation technologies into all urban management processes to solve the major problems facing metropolises. Urban life is changing and developing in line with global trends and is supported by intelligent systems, as a more modern city life is sought with fast, user-friendly, accessible and human-oriented rational approaches. World Cities Expo Istanbul, which is organized on the basis of the globally dominant approach toward smart cities, aims to contribute to making cities "smart" by bringing together the technology experts changing and transforming modern life.

World Cities Expo Istanbul will focus on the issues of entrepreneurship and economic development, innovation and technology, large data and urban management, energy, transport and communities within the framework of smart cities. A hub of experience will be created during the international organization, which will bring together companies with smart urban transformation visions. Opinion leaders will hold conferences and synergy-based, efficient business and network meetings during the event.

While the most popular metropolises in the world such as Istanbul are being transformed into smart cities with developing technology, the forerunners of this change will readdress the concept of "the Smart City" at World Cities Expo Istanbul in light of different experiences and perspectives. The three-day event will include various important sessions and panel discussions on the future of intelligent urbanism.

Various topics such as Technology and Innovation, Environment and Healthy Living, Smart Vehicles, Energy, Urban Transformation, Big Data Analysis, Cyber Security and Smart City Strategies, which make up the concept of smart city planning, will be addressed during sessions and panel discussions.

Technology giants in IstanbulThe giant organization, which will be held in Turkey for the first time, will bring together many global and local companies. More than 3,000 businessmen and more than 300 global and local press members will be following World Cities Expo Istanbul, with more than 10,000 professionals expected to visit the event.

The World Cities Expo's participant profile includes international and local public institutions and organizations, leading urban technology companies, national pavilions, sectoral nongovernmental organizations, smart home platform providers, educational institutions, healthcare providers, insurance companies, sectoral publications and media outlets, municipalities , mayors and managers, technoparks, city managers, telecom operators, city technology ministers, urban planning ministers and technology providers.