The Lord Mayor of Dublin hosted the Dublin – Budapest Smart City Forum in City Hall on 11th May and welcomed the Deputy Mayor of Budapest  Ms. Alexandra Szalay-Bobrovniczky,  the Ambassador of Hungary H.E Mr. Istvan S. Palffy, and the Chair of the Board of Budapest Enterprise Agency Ms. Piroska Szalai to the Dublin – Budapest Smart City Forum in City Hall.   

He also welcomed six Hungarian smart city start ups from Budapest,  who were selected  by the Budapest Enterprise Agency to present their innovations and share their experience and knowledge about smart cities projects and to give short presentations  introducing their smart technology businesses - giving an insight into the new technologies emerging from Budapest.