Conferences And Exhibitions
Sustainable Development Forum 2025: Competitiveness in Turbulent Times
The Sustainable Development Forum 2025 brought together diplomats, academics, and business leaders to explore how nations and companies can stay competitive amid global instability. Over two days, discussions ranged from trade resilience and energy transitions to AI-driven sustainability and green jobs for youth, reaffirming the Forum’s mission to bridge policy, innovation, and business for a more sustainable future.
Read MoreSustainable Development Forum 2025: Competitiveness in Turbulent TimesEcomondo 2025, Focus on Internationality: Interview with Alessandra Astolfi
At Ecomondo 2025, Europe’s leading event for the green and circular economy, industry and institutions will gather in Rimini to advance sustainable growth. In this interview, Alessandra Astolfi of the Italian Exhibition Group discusses Ecomondo’s expanding international reach and its role in driving innovation and the circular transition.
Read MoreEcomondo 2025, Focus on Internationality: Interview with Alessandra AstolfiEnergy and Investment Days 2025: Tracing Building Energy Transition Financing Through the Years
The 14th Energy and Investment Days 2025 in Novi Sad highlighted how Serbia and the Western Balkans are turning energy transition goals into tangible results. The event traced three years of progress, from pilot financing schemes to completed residential energy-retrofit projects, showing how technical assistance, digital tools, and de-risking mechanisms are driving a maturing market for building renovation and green investment.
Read MoreEnergy and Investment Days 2025: Tracing Building Energy Transition Financing Through the YearsSEE ENERGY 2025 – Connecting Innovation and Practice: Interview with Jelena Bunčić
The SEE ENERGY 2025 – Connect & Supply conference, taking place on 28–29 October 2025 in Novi Sad, Serbia, comes at a defining moment for the Western Balkans’ energy transition. Under the theme “Energy Transition Today: Challenges, Solutions and Future…
Sustainable Places 2025: Driving Europe’s Green and Digital Transition
At Sustainable Places 2025 in Milan, over 440 participants and 160 EU projects explored how innovation, collaboration, and digital tools drive Europe’s green transition. From 6G sustainability to Industry 5.0 and data-driven energy systems, discussions highlighted the synergy between technology, people, and the planet. The event showcased concrete pathways toward a smarter, more resilient, and inclusive future
Read MoreSustainable Places 2025: Driving Europe’s Green and Digital TransitionAI, Ethics, and the City of Tomorrow: Lessons from Smart City Expo Miami 2025
Smart City Expo Miami 2025 gathered global urban leaders to explore how AI, ethics, and empathy can shape the next generation of human-centered cities. The discussions emphasized inclusion, transparency, and resilience as core elements of smart urban governance. From data strategy to climate action, the Miami event highlighted that the true intelligence of cities lies in their humanity.
Read MoreAI, Ethics, and the City of Tomorrow: Lessons from Smart City Expo Miami 2025Energy Week Western Balkans 2025: Turning Ambition into Action
The conversations at Energy Week Western Balkans 2025 went far beyond policy talk. They tackled how to turn climate ambition into action. From grid modernisation to industrial decarbonisation, the event captured the region’s struggle and readiness to change. Montenegro’s coast became a stage for tough questions, bold ideas, and new partnerships shaping Southeast Europe’s energy transition.
Read MoreEnergy Week Western Balkans 2025: Turning Ambition into ActionSustainability Summit Africa 2025: Charting the Path to a Green Transition
The 5th Sustainability Summit Africa, held on 16–17 September 2025 in Johannesburg, brought together leaders and experts to shape the continent’s inclusive green transition. Discussions highlighted Africa’s vast renewable energy potential, the urgency of climate resilience, and the critical role of innovative financing for sustainable growth.
Read MoreSustainability Summit Africa 2025: Charting the Path to a Green TransitionBuilding a Balkan Regional Platform for the SDGs : Interview with Kosta Živanović
How can the Western Balkans deliver the SDGs amid war, heat, and rapid technological change? In this interview, SDF President Kosta Živanović details th e Forum’s 2025 agenda—competitiveness in turbulent times, the energy paradox, near-shoring and resilient supply chains, and scaling AI and clean tech. He explains why Belgrade can act as a regional hub and how SDF connects local actors to global standards to turn goals into practical action on energy, food systems, and governance.
Read MoreBuilding a Balkan Regional Platform for the SDGs : Interview with Kosta ŽivanovićThe 31st ITS World Congress: The V2X Frenzy Is Beyond Words
V2X technology dominated ITSWC 2025, highlighted by the U.S. DOT’s large-scale showcase and Utah’s real-world deployment across 800 intersections. While widely demonstrated in OBU/RSU development and smart infrastructure, truly innovative breakthroughs remained limited.
Read MoreThe 31st ITS World Congress: The V2X Frenzy Is Beyond Words