The cities of Barcelona, Caceres, Chicago, Eindhoven, La Selva, Oeiras, Sant Cugat, Stockholm and Taipei, have joined Living Labs Global to announce the solutions selected to address major societal challenges. 11 winners, now invited to implement their solutions in the participating cities, were announced last night at an Award Ceremony held in Sant Cugat del Valles with participation of 150 international Mayors and business leaders.

On 27 January, at the International Business Centre of Catalonia, 22@Barcelona and Pimec hosted a conference to inform companies from the local area and the Bon Pastor Industrial estate about new lines of financing, training and technological applications offered by the leading agents established in the district.

22@Barcelona and KimBCN are organising the forthcoming SynergyS 22@Barcelona, an afternoon of networking between research and business, as part of the Smart Geometry 2010 congress, where the latest trends and benefits in the field of innovative design technologies and tools for exploring new forms of architectural and structural expression will be presented.

The Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Shipping of Barcelona , Barcelona Activa  and the Department of International Economic Promotion of the City Council  with the collaboration of Barcelona Digital Centre Tecnològic  are organising a new Technology and Innovation Bridge in the USA aimed at new technologies companies, ICT companies, and the university, scientific, technology, logistics and research sectors.