Caravana Smart City 2026

Audience

To keep the audience relevant, entry to Caravana 2026 is limited to participants approved by ARSC. In the room you find administrations with real energy projects, funders, central institutions and solution partners - so that every discussion matters to everyone present.

Central and local administrations and the technical teams already working on energy projects

Entry to Caravana 2026 is by invitation, or by registration followed by ARSC approval. The target audience is administrations with real projects - so that the discussion matters to everyone present.

A

City halls with contracted funding

Local administrative units that have signed funding contracts for projects in energy, energy efficiency, street lighting, renewables, public buildings, prosumers or electric mobility.

B

County councils

County councils managing projects in infrastructure, hospitals, schools, public buildings, lighting, solar parks or county energy strategies.

C

Towns and cities at the tender stage

Administrations preparing tender documentation that need to understand the market before the procedures are launched.

D

Communes with AFM, Modernisation Fund and regional projects

Local administrative units that have secured funding through AFM (the Environment Fund Administration), the Modernisation Fund or regional programmes, but need technical and operational clarity.

E

Technical directors and procurement officers

The people directly responsible for tender specifications, technical specifications and the implementation timetable.

F

Professional ecosystem

Regional Development Agencies (ADRs), funding consultants, utility operators, design firms, professional associations, technical universities and representatives of central institutions.

Entry by invitation or by registration approved by ARSC

The event's value comes from the quality of the audience, not its size. That is why entry is controlled and the participant list is built around real projects.

Direct invitation

Decision-makers and officials (VIP)

Mayors, county council presidents and representatives of ministries, central institutions and funders (ADR, AFM) attend by direct invitation, without registering. They are invited by name by the organiser and the local host.

Approved registration

Technical teams, consultants, partners

Technical directors, procurement officers, consultants and company representatives register through a form, and ARSC approves participation based on relevance to the edition's theme. Participation is free for public administrations, subject to selection.

How invited administrations are prioritised

The invitation is not generic. The list of local administrative units is built on projects that are funded, approved or in the pipeline.

01

Signed funding contract

The most relevant group - administrations about to enter the procurement stage.

02

Project approved or at an advanced stage of evaluation

Relevant for early learning and orientation, before the documentation is finalised.

03

Tender planned within 3-9 months

The ideal time for discussion, before the tender specifications are final.

04

High project value

Projects with significant impact and budget, relevant to partners and to the region.

05

Relevant regional standing

Cities, regional hub cities, county councils and large communes in the event's region.

06

Potential to be replicated

Administrations that can become examples for other local administrative units across the country.

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An event organised by ARSC, the Romanian Smart City Association

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