Chairman of the Board of Grupo iCities — The Smart Cities Hub, a pioneering company in the smart cities ecosystem, founded in Brazil in 2011. He serves as Brazil Ambassador for Fira Barcelona, organiser of the Smart City Expo World Congress — the world’s largest smart cities event — and leads its Brazilian edition, Smart City Expo Curitiba, which attracted 15,000 participants and representatives from 450 municipalities at its most recent edition. A specialist in urban innovation and public sector digital transformation, Beto Marcelino bridges government, private sector and technology with a focus on building more efficient, sustainable and human-centred cities.