Berlin, Rabat, May 14 2025, – FIWARE Global Summit – one of the leading open source events for business, policy, and technology, organized by FIWARE Foundation and University Mohammed VI Polytechnic in Morocco, will take place for the first time ever in Moroccan capital Rabat on 22-23 May 2025, highlighting the innovative potential of smart and sustainable territories beyond Europe. As part of the Morocco Smart Cities Roadshow under leadership of UM6P, the 11th edition of the Summit will showcase cutting-edge technologies for innovative and sustainable smart cities, energy, water, mobility, and governance, as well as digital transformation from Europe to the Moroccan and African territories.

FIWARE Global Summit and its Global Community are supporting the main strategy of Rabat Smart City to contribute to “Maroc Digital 2030” national strategy in the frame of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (in particular, SDG 11 on inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable cities) and invest in the development of urban innovation, territorial intelligence, social inclusion, and public efficiency of the territories for the 2030 World Cup, which Morocco will co-host with Spain and Portugal. In a bid to achieve this, the 11th Summit edition is aiming to bring together worldwide experts, open source gurus, thought leaders, and analysts, as well as Moroccan businesses, policymakers, academia, and developers for a joint contribution in innovative technologies such as AI, IoT, Digital Twins, Data Spaces, Big Data, Smart Data Models, and robotics for building an intelligent, digital, resilient, and inclusive future.

Prof. Aawatif Hayar, Chairman of the Smart Cities Morocco Roadshow in UM6P and former Moroccan Minister stated:

“Inspired by the vision of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, may God assist him, we are contributing, through the Smart City Morocco Roadshow and the SMART@UM6P initiative, to a collective ambition: preparing our territories to be smarter, more inclusive, and sustainable. As Morocco co-hosts the 2030 FIFA World Cup alongside Spain and Portugal, this initiative seeks to mobilize artificial intelligence, local innovation, and citizen engagement to strengthen our urban resilience and ensure that our cities are ready; not only for global events, but for the everyday well-being of all citizens, in line with the UN SDGs and African Union’s Agenda 2063.”

Mr Chandra Challagonda, CEO of FIWARE Foundation added:

«Hosting the 11th FIWARE Global Summit in Rabat Smart City is a powerful statement of intent — to extend the reach of open innovation beyond Europe and into regions driving sustainable digital transformation. We are proud to bring our global community to Rabat, joining forces with Moroccan partners to support the ambitious Maroc Digital 2030 strategy. With UM6P and our global community, we are shaping the future of smart, secure, and inclusive territories through interoperable trusted technologies and open standards. This Summit is not just about technology; it’s about enabling real impact — empowering cities, regions, and citizens to thrive sustainably, collaboratively, and with resilience as we look toward milestones like the 2030 World Cup and beyond.»

FIWARE Global Summit 2025 will be a unique platform to meet ministries and governors from all regions of Morocco, honored guests and official representatives of Spain, Portugal, and Germany, as well as renowned speakers and key opinion leaders from the global organisations and leading private ICT companies such as: NEC Corporation, Engineering, Telefónica, Mitsubishi Electric, OASC, Libelium, Latitudo 40 and many others.

The Summit will feature two days of impactful programming, including keynote speeches from leaders of industry, interactive panel discussions, matchmaking and networking opportunities. On May 22nd, the first day of the conference, will focus on the plenary sessions highlighting:

• Global FIWARE Use Cases shaping smart cities to support Morocco to adopt scalable, interoperable technologies to enhance city services and infrastructure for 2030.
• Next-Generation Governance: How Morocco is modernizing administration, enhancing transparency through data sharing, and leveraging AI for smarter public services to build agile and citizen-focused governance to host the FIFA World Cup 2030.
• Sustainable Smart Cities: How cutting-edge technologies can elevate urban management: from predictive planning to real-time simulations, smart tools enable cities to optimize security, mobility, tourism, and resource management.
• SDG-Driven Solutions for a Sustainable World Cup Legacy: How sustainable energy and water management are essential to building climate-resilient cities and how Morocco can ensure their efficiency and environmental stewardship by integrating green technologies, digital water solutions, and circular economy models.

On May 23rd, the program will be focused on presenting Data Spaces, Digital Twins and Smart Data Models to implement trusted, interoperable solutions for secure cities and their ecosystems and resilient event management. The second day will also present the best smart cities use cases of Morocco such as Province of Benguerir and Berkane, Commune of Agadir, Tetouan, and Chefchaouen. The event will close with a session on academic partnerships.

A key feature of the Summit is a two-day Training program for developers, software engineers, tech leads and CTOs providing interactive and hands-on sessions, explaining how to benefit from using standards in context data management, exploring practical examples on how to utilize context data in robotics and machine learning, deep dive into NGSI-LD within any domain, Digital Twins and Data Modelling, connection to IoT and Robotics, Security, Data Spaces, and Machine Learning deployment.

For more information about the FIWARE Global Summit 2025 please visit the website.
To attend the FIWARE Global Summit and the Training please register in the following link.

Press Office:

Mrs. Kseniia Chernikova, Communication Manager, FIWARE Foundation
kseniia.chernikova@fiware.org

Mrs. Salma Bouaissi, Communication Executive, UM6P
salma.bouaissi@um6p.ma

About FIWARE Foundation

Together with its members and partners, FIWARE Foundation drives the definition – and the Open Source implementation – of key open standards that enable the development of portable and interoperable smart solutions in a faster, easier and affordable way, avoiding vendor lock-in scenarios, whilst also nurturing FIWARE as a sustainable and innovation-driven business ecosystem. Serving diverse domains, FIWARE is today the world leading Open Source technology for the digitization of smart cities and regions.

The foundation achieves this through its offering of reference architectures, standard building blocks, roughly 1,200 Smart Data Models, a standard API, its 46 Innovation Hubs (iHubs), the FIWARE Showcase, and the support of its fast-growing global community that shares a common vision and combines their efforts toward making FIWARE the Open Source technology of choice for industries, governments, universities and associations to reach their full potential and scale up their activities, thereby, entering new markets and growing their businesses. Founded in 2016, the foundation has Atos, Meditech, Madinah City, NEC, Telefonica among its 650 members. For further information, visit fiware.org and follow the organization on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.

About UM6P

University Mohammed VI Polytechnic is a Moroccan university, focused on developing solutions to specific continental and more broadly global challenges. UM6P is oriented towards education and research, with strong links to industry, business and innovation. The University is committed to empowering a new generation of talents that will build and lead the future of Africa. UM6P’s philosophy is to respond to the various needs of African economies. From its main campus in Benguerir, near Marrakech, and its branches in Rabat, Laayoune and Paris, the University offers a new kind of learning environment, inspiring innovation and entrepreneurship through its Living Labs and peer-to-peer learning.

With academic departments and research programs spanning science and technology, business and management, humanities and medicine, UM6P is designed to benefit not just Africa, but the world, with a research solving-problem approach.

For more information please visit: https://www.um6p.ma/en