From 25 to 26 November, more than 30 international experts will discuss at Smart City Expo Doha how technological advances will help develop and transform cities in the Middle East, in order to make them more efficient, sustainable and liveable. The event organised by Fira de Barcelona and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) of Qatar will focus on the impact of AI in fields such as mobility, design, and urban management.

BARCELONA, Spain , Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Under the slogan ‘Beyond connectivity: a digital solutions pathway to a smarter, thriving future’ SCE Doha 2025 has a programme articulated around five main thematic areas: intelligent digital innovation, disruptive technology, digital economies and talent of the future, connected infrastructures and government of the future.

Smart City Doha will take place from November 25 to November 26.

Among the most prominent speakers is Kent Larson, an MIT professor specializing in urban design, microhousing and autonomous mobility, who will provide his vision of how technology and human vision can shape the cities of the future. The expert in AI and innovation Jesús Serrano, for his part, will focus on how to use new technologies to achieve real and effective solutions.

H.E. Reem Al Mansoori, Assistant Undersecretary of Digital Industry Affairs at the MCIT, will discuss the Qatari government’s strategy on urban transformation. And finally, Ghanim Al-Muftah, Qatari entrepreneur and FIFA ambassador suffering from a disease that limits his mobility, will offer attendees his powerful testimony of resilience as well as his vision for inclusive design.

This year, Smart City Expo Doha will be featured at MWC25 Doha. Organised by the GSMA in collaboration with MCIT, the first MWC event in the MENA (Middle East and Africa) region is expected to bring together more than 200 speakers and more than 200 exhibitors.

Smart City Expo in the world
Smart City Expo World Congress is the world’s leading event on smart cities, which brought together 1,190 companies, 600 experts, and more than 27,000 visitors in its latest edition held in Barcelona two weeks ago. SCE Doha is one of its local editions organized outside Spain in 2025, including those in New York (USA), Curitiba (Brazil), Puebla (Mexico), Santiago del Estero (Argentina), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), and Tomorrow.City in Shanghai (China).

From 25 to 26 November, more than 30 international experts will discuss at Smart City Expo Doha how technological advances will help develop and transform cities in the Middle East, in order to make them more efficient, sustainable and liveable. The event organised by Fira de Barcelona and the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) of Qatar will focus on the impact of AI in fields such as mobility, design, and urban management.

BARCELONA, Spain , Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Under the slogan ‘Beyond connectivity: a digital solutions pathway to a smarter, thriving future’ SCE Doha 2025 has a programme articulated around five main thematic areas: intelligent digital innovation, disruptive technology, digital economies and talent of the future, connected infrastructures and government of the future.

Smart City Doha will take place from November 25 to November 26.

Among the most prominent speakers is Kent Larson, an MIT professor specializing in urban design, microhousing and autonomous mobility, who will provide his vision of how technology and human vision can shape the cities of the future. The expert in AI and innovation Jesús Serrano, for his part, will focus on how to use new technologies to achieve real and effective solutions.

H.E. Reem Al Mansoori, Assistant Undersecretary of Digital Industry Affairs at the MCIT, will discuss the Qatari government’s strategy on urban transformation. And finally, Ghanim Al-Muftah, Qatari entrepreneur and FIFA ambassador suffering from a disease that limits his mobility, will offer attendees his powerful testimony of resilience as well as his vision for inclusive design.

This year, Smart City Expo Doha will be featured at MWC25 Doha. Organised by the GSMA in collaboration with MCIT, the first MWC event in the MENA (Middle East and Africa) region is expected to bring together more than 200 speakers and more than 200 exhibitors.

Smart City Expo in the world
Smart City Expo World Congress is the world’s leading event on smart cities, which brought together 1,190 companies, 600 experts, and more than 27,000 visitors in its latest edition held in Barcelona two weeks ago. SCE Doha is one of its local editions organized outside Spain in 2025, including those in New York (USA), Curitiba (Brazil), Puebla (Mexico), Santiago del Estero (Argentina), Santiago de Chile (Chile), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Cartagena de Indias (Colombia), and Tomorrow.City in Shanghai (China).

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — 5day.io is a project management software taking a bold new path: one that strips away the noise and puts focus back on outcomes.

5day.io Launches Globally to Redefine the Future of Work, From Project Management to Intelligent Orchestration

Founded by Jinal and Saumil Shah, it is a minimalist project management platform that helps teams reclaim speed, transparency, and calm in a world obsessed with features. The platform unites Projects, Tasks, Collaboration, Automation, and Timesheets into a single, distraction-free workspace that helps teams achieve more.

“We built 5day.io because we saw a pattern across every company we worked with,” says Jinal Shah, Co-founder. “Teams were doing everything right: setting goals, tracking progress, collaborating, and yet feeling overwhelmed. It wasn’t work that was exhausting them. It was the systems around it.”

Why 5day.io Feels Different Than Its Counterparts

While other popular platforms offer extensive features, these features often overwhelm teams with layers of configuration. They provide everything, but sometimes everything is too much. 5day.io takes the opposite approach: it delivers focus through design restraint. The platform allows teams to work in Minimal Mode, prioritizing impactful work by enabling flow.

“The problem we were solving applied to almost every startup and mid-sized company,” says Saumil Shah, Co-founder. “With hybrid and remote work becoming the norm, people crave flexibility, while companies crave outcomes. Building a platform that was flexible and genuinely delivered outcomes was the need of the hour.”

Focusing on the Future

The company’s roadmap moves beyond traditional project management. The team is building an AI-driven orchestration layer powered by contextual agents that understand projects, tasks, and client data. It enables work agent-to-agent to automate outcome delivery. “The future of work isn’t about humans managing tasks; it’s about intelligent systems managing context,” explains Saumil. “Our goal is to make 5day.io the operational brain of every modern company, a calm layer of intelligence that makes things happen.”

A Different Kind of Growth

Clean typography, a serene interface, and restraint in design mirror its philosophy. Where competitors grow by adding features, 5day.io grows by refining what’s essential.

“People are at their best when work feels simple,” says Jinal. With a growing global presence, 5day.io is building the future of work by giving teams space to think, create, and breathe again.

5day.io currently offers a 30-day trial for all users to experience their platform.

Media Contact

Mansi Shah
Product Marketer
Email: mansi.shah@5day.io
Press Inquiries: press@5day.io 

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — 5day.io is a project management software taking a bold new path: one that strips away the noise and puts focus back on outcomes.

5day.io Launches Globally to Redefine the Future of Work, From Project Management to Intelligent Orchestration

Founded by Jinal and Saumil Shah, it is a minimalist project management platform that helps teams reclaim speed, transparency, and calm in a world obsessed with features. The platform unites Projects, Tasks, Collaboration, Automation, and Timesheets into a single, distraction-free workspace that helps teams achieve more.

“We built 5day.io because we saw a pattern across every company we worked with,” says Jinal Shah, Co-founder. “Teams were doing everything right: setting goals, tracking progress, collaborating, and yet feeling overwhelmed. It wasn’t work that was exhausting them. It was the systems around it.”

Why 5day.io Feels Different Than Its Counterparts

While other popular platforms offer extensive features, these features often overwhelm teams with layers of configuration. They provide everything, but sometimes everything is too much. 5day.io takes the opposite approach: it delivers focus through design restraint. The platform allows teams to work in Minimal Mode, prioritizing impactful work by enabling flow.

“The problem we were solving applied to almost every startup and mid-sized company,” says Saumil Shah, Co-founder. “With hybrid and remote work becoming the norm, people crave flexibility, while companies crave outcomes. Building a platform that was flexible and genuinely delivered outcomes was the need of the hour.”

Focusing on the Future

The company’s roadmap moves beyond traditional project management. The team is building an AI-driven orchestration layer powered by contextual agents that understand projects, tasks, and client data. It enables work agent-to-agent to automate outcome delivery. “The future of work isn’t about humans managing tasks; it’s about intelligent systems managing context,” explains Saumil. “Our goal is to make 5day.io the operational brain of every modern company, a calm layer of intelligence that makes things happen.”

A Different Kind of Growth

Clean typography, a serene interface, and restraint in design mirror its philosophy. Where competitors grow by adding features, 5day.io grows by refining what’s essential.

“People are at their best when work feels simple,” says Jinal. With a growing global presence, 5day.io is building the future of work by giving teams space to think, create, and breathe again.

5day.io currently offers a 30-day trial for all users to experience their platform.

Media Contact

Mansi Shah
Product Marketer
Email: mansi.shah@5day.io
Press Inquiries: press@5day.io 

• From poetic vignettes to cinematic journeys, the festival spotlights global creators shaping the next era of animation and visual storytelling
  
• Award-winning shorts to be showcased this December in Hong Kong at Asia’s leading animation and visual effects event

HONG KONG, Nov. 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Animation’s future will be on full display as the SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Computer Animation Festival (CAF), organized by Koelnmesse Pte Ltd, announces this year’s winners –  works that redefine the boundaries of technology, art, and storytelling. Watch the official CAF 2025 Trailer here.

With 488 entries spanning 39 countries, the 2025 festival celebrates the extraordinary vision of creators using digital tools to tell deeply human stories. The winners, selected by an international jury of industry leaders, will be presented in full this December in Hong Kong, when SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 convenes the world’s foremost artists, researchers, and technologists under the theme “Generative Renaissance.” 

Best in Show — “Windy Day” (France)

• Directors: Martin Chailloux, Ai Kim Crespin, Elise Golfouse, Chloé Lab, Hugo Taillez, and Camille Truding
• Producer: Julien Deparis, l’École des Nouvelles Images, Avignon, France

A poetic and visually stunning short, Windy Day captures how a sudden gust of wind brings together strangers in a moment of transformation. Through meticulous animation and elegant rhythm, the film explores connection, chaos, and renewal in a world swept off its feet.
Watch the trailer here.

Best Student Project — “A Sparrow’s Song” (Germany)

• Director: Tobias Eckerlin, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Ludwigsburg, Germany

Inspired by true events, A Sparrow’s Song follows an elderly widow in wartime Germany who finds purpose and hope through her bond with an injured sparrow — a tender reflection on resilience, art, and healing amid conflict.
Watch trailer here.

Jury’s Choice — “Son” (Russia)

• Director: Zhanna Bekmambetova, Bazelevs, Moscow, Russia

Son tells the moving story of a young boy and his father whose shared fascination with space exploration helps them overcome disability and despair — a heartfelt testament to perseverance, imagination, and love.
Watch trailer here.

Tim Cheung, Computer Animation Festival Chair and Director of DoubleBlink Animation Studios (Hong Kong), said: “The Computer Animation Festival (CAF) has always been a reflection of where technology and storytelling meet. This year’s winners are extraordinary not only for their technical mastery but for their emotional truth. They remind us that animation continues to push not just pixels, but boundaries — and that creative courage remains its greatest engine.”

Jennifer Lee, Computer Animation Festival Producer and Director of Act Plus Animation & Media Studio (Hong Kong), added, “CAF is where emerging voices stand alongside established creators — a space that celebrates imagination without borders. The winning works illuminate how technology can deepen our capacity for empathy and wonder, and we can’t wait to showcase them on the big screen this December in Hong Kong.”

The Best in Show, Best Student Project, Jury’s Choice, and the newly introduced Audience Choice Award will be presented following the final Electronic Theater screening from 6:00–6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, 17 December 2025, at Level 3, Hall 3F.

• Access the Computer Animation Festival Schedule HERE
• Access SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Conference and Exhibition details HERE

REGISTRATION
https://asia.siggraph.org/2025/register is now open to trade visitors and members of the public.

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 Program Highlights:

• Art Gallery
• Art Papers
• Birds of a Feather
• Computer Animation Festival (CAF)
• Courses
• Educator’s Forum
• Emerging Technologies
• Featured Sessions
• Games
• Keynotes
• Posters
• Real-Time Live!
• Technical Communications
• Technical Papers
• XR

New

• Workshops

PR Newswire is the Official Press Release Distribution Partner for SIGGRAPH Asia 2025.

Note to Editors:

• Please visit SIGGRAPH Asia online Press Centre for the latest updates.
• Media may apply for accreditation here.
• Full Program Agenda here.
• Access high-resolution stock images and all speaker profile images here.
• Interview requests with speakers, committee, exhibitors, or sponsors, can be directed to siggraph@prbespoke.com.

Register for On-Site Press Conference:
16 December, Tuesday, 11:15am-12:15pm (HKT) – A press conference will be hosted onsite at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC) by SIGGRAPH Asia Conference Chair, respective Program Chairs, conference speakers, and exhibition partners, who will showcase each facet of the program, and describe the immersive experiences and technological innovations that visitors can explore. Media that attend will be given an exclusive tour of the exhibition as well. Please register directly by emailing: siggraph@prbespoke.com.  

About ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH is an international community of researchers, artists, developers, filmmakers, scientists, and business professionals with a shared interest in computer graphics and interactive techniques. A special interest group of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), the world’s first and largest computing society, our mission is to nurture, champion, and connect like-minded researchers and practitioners to catalyze innovation in computer graphics and interactive techniques.

ACM SIGGRAPH offers two of the premier technology conferences in the world, one in North America and one in Asia. Attended by tens of thousands of computer graphics professionals, SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia are highly respected venues for the presentation of new computer graphics technology and research. For more information, please visit www.siggraph.org.

About Koelnmesse
Koelnmesse Pte Ltd is one of the world’s largest trade fair companies. Its more than 80 trade fairs and exhibitions have the broadest international scope in the industry, as 60 percent of the exhibitors and 40 percent of the visitors come from outside Germany. The Koelnmesse events include leading global trade fairs for 25 sectors, such as Imm Cologne, Anuga, IDS, INTERMOT, Interzum Cologne, gamescom, and the International Hardware Fair Cologne. Koelnmesse is ACM SIGGRAPH’s event organizer for the last 17 editions of SIGGRAPH Asia.

For more information, please visit www.koelnmesse.asia.