Casablanca Smart City 2025: Transparency, participation, and innovation at the heart of the sustainable city - Industrie du Maroc

The 9th edition of the Casablanca Smart City Forum, organized under the High Patronage of His Majesty King Mohammed VI, brought together a panel of national and international experts on Wednesday around the theme: "Smart NextGen Cities: Innovating for a sustainable and inclusive metropolis."
At the heart of the discussions: an essential triptych for building a smart and human city: transparency, participation, and innovation. These pillars were widely defended by the forum's panelists, who are calling for open, connected digital governance focused on improving the quality of life.
Towards more human digital governance
During a panel dedicated to "participatory and connected governance," Anouar Sabri, President of the Parliamentary Working Group on AI, stressed that the Smart City must above all be a social project, driven by collective intelligence and anchored in diversity and urban me…