One-liner: AVAESEN's cross-sector working-group structure that co-designs "cities of the future" with mayors, corporate CEOs, and investors — a distinct, priced membership product (startup tier: €500/year) separate from general AVAESEN cluster membership.
What you get
- Membership in one (or more) of three working groups:
- GT1 – Challenges: identifying municipal needs, developing a Smart City Master Plan.
- GT2 – Solutions: selecting integrated proposals across mobility, energy efficiency, water management, and other smart-city domains.
- GT3 – Funding & Outreach: securing financing and promoting projects.
- Direct table access with mayors, city-council CEOs, and investment agents — a market-access/lobbying channel distinct from AVAESEN's general cleantech networking.
- Spain's largest self-described smart-city ecosystem convening, per AVAESEN's own positioning ("leads the largest smart-cities ecosystem in Spain").
Who it's for
- Cleantech, smart-mobility, energy, water, and security-tech startups (early-to-growth) wanting a direct route into municipal decision-makers and corporate/investor co-design of city projects.
- Municipal governments, provincial councils, universities, research centers, and industry associations are also eligible members (often free).
How to engage
- Apply via the online membership form at avaesen.es/smart-city.
- Cost tiers: Startups €500/year; companies pay standard AVAESEN dues; universities/municipalities/public administration free; tech institutes/associations free if they bring 2 member companies.
- No deadline — rolling enrollment.
- Contact: info@avaesen.es · +34 961 06 25 51.
Key facts
- Distinct membership product from general AVAESEN cluster membership (see Cluster Membership) and from CleanConnect VLC / AVAESEN LLAMP 3i — this is the smart-city-specific vertical, previously only mentioned in passing on the AVAESEN org page without its concrete membership structure.
- Was not previously recorded as its own program page; the AVAESEN org page mentioned "Smart City Think Tank" and a "dedicated Smart City vertical" but had no pricing/eligibility/application detail until this 2026-07-05 capture.
Relations
- Run by: AVAESEN
- See also: Cleantech (niche)
- See also: CleanConnect VLC
- See also: AVAESEN LLAMP 3i