Guiding the 64 selected European cities towards the green and digital transition of local economies: this was the intent of the Intelligent Cities Challenge Conference, an event promoted by the European Commission in which a delegation from Legnano made up of the municipal administration, Confindustria and Confartigianato took part Alto Milanese and the Legnano territorial association of Unione Confcommercio. Present at the conference, held at the Palácio da Bolsa, were the councilor for Sustainability Luca Benetti, the general director of Confindustria Alto Milanese Andrea Pontani and the secretaries of Confartigianato Alto Milanese and Unione Confcommercio Legnano Giacomo Rossini and Diego Panigo: the aim of the conference was to develop and encourage a close discussion between the administrators of the selected cities and the companies of those realities on the concrete actions to be developed with a view to the environmental sustainability of the urban system, social well-being and the sustainable development of the entrepreneurial fabric. “In the speech I gave in front of various European political and business leaders – said Benetti regarding this trip – I illustrated the path that the city, as an administration, has undertaken with these partners of ours along the lines of reducing energy consumption, of energy production from renewable sources and the optimization of waste management from a circular economy perspective and I focused on the concrete and specific projects linked to these directions that we are planning together with local stakeholders”. PG
