BNEW Barcelona

The Voices Transforming the New Economy

Sandra Sieber

Professor in the Entrepreneurship Department

Marian Iglesias

Technical Responsible 3D Unit

José Luis Lajusticia

Culture, Engagement & Professional Development Head

Victoria Mejías

Founder & Instructional Designer

Àngel Josep García

Valorisation Manager

Isabel Pérez Ennes

Head IT Region Europe

Vanessa Palmer

Business Development Director

Santiago Lopezbarrena

Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Jose María Santos

Head of Institutional Business

Jorge Roca

Founder / Strategic Energy & Sustainability Advisor

Carolina Angelini

Director of Strategic Projects

Sergi Florensa

CEO

Miguel Luis Lapeña

Deputy Director for City Promotion

Claudia Romeo

Founder & CEO

Oscar Pera

3D Printing Coordinator

David García

CEO

Santi Molins

CoFounder

Eudald Casas

General Manager

Juan Carlos Ibáñez

Head of Applied AI

Alberto Barriga

Energy Lawyer

Aleix Serrallonga

Coordinator of the Acelera Pyme Office

Yolanda Rey

Career Advisor

Lluís Blanch

Founding Partner of BETTER CARE and Coordinator of the PLATAFORMA ITEMAS-ISCIII

Jorge Juan Fernández

Chief Innovation Manager

Núria Gavaldà

Strategy Director & ATMP Platform Director

José Manuel Vílchez

Full Research Professor

Angela Lalatta

Licia Verde

ICREA Professor

Jaume Soler

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Cerdanyola team)

Abel Torrelles

CEO

Ana Moliner

Innovation Business Development Director

Miquel Salas

Scale-up and Access Director

Miguel Silva

Founder

Joana Barbany

President

Albert Aguado

CEO

Fatima Lopez-Fernández

Head of Technology Transfer

Cristina Arumí

Recognised Researcher

Vicenç Polo

Coordinator European Projects

Sònia Callau-Berenguer

Head of Agrarian Spaces Directorate

Montse Barceló

Growth Strategy Advisor

Sandra Mingot

Head of EU and Defence Space Programs

Nelson Atipo

CEO & Co-Founder

Alexandre Besenval

Founder and CEO

Òscar Ribas

Regional Energy Manager Catalonia

Laia Parellada

HR Manager Spain & Portugal

Jorge Blasco

Partner

Pelayo García de Arquer

Professor and Group Leader

Javier González Abad

Regional Tourism Councilor of Baix Llobregat

Tiago Santos

VP of Community and Growth

Xavier Ribas

Director

Mario Navarro

Innovation Technician in Digital Health

Lourdes Borrell

Mayor

Marga Torre

Research and Innovation. Technical Office

Elisabeth Latorre

2n Deputy Mayor

Esteban Rodríguez Guisado

Head of Climate Division

Álex Uhalde

Global Business Developer - Europe, South America & the Nordics

Marina Espin

Vice President, Business Development

Carla Salas

Data Scientist

Evelyn Moreno

International Projects Deputy Director

Alex Tortosa

Senior Manager

Joana Sánchez

Deputy Mayor for Business and Tourism

Marc Fortuny

Ceo & founder

Irene Quintero

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Gavà team)

Marisol López Vicente

Director General for Innovation and Digital Culture

Jesús Subirana

Co-CEO

Ingrid Canal

Founder

Xiker Portillo

CFO

Mariona Vidal

Director of Spain

Oriol Güell

Chief of Innovation and Digitalization

Anna Fernández

Institutional Relations Manager

José Antonio Pastor Cantarino

Commander of El Prat Air Base

Josep Rodríguez

Head of Strategic Projects, Tourism Department

Fernando García

Strategic Market Development Europe Director -Datacenters

David Ros

Deputy Director of Railway Tourism Services and Montserrat Manager

Ignacio Rubio

President

Pau Pamplona

Ecosystema Manager

Alberto Bayo

CTO

Eric García

CEO & Co-founder

Antonio Berdiel

Founder & CEO

Marcos González

CEO

María Pilar González

Head of Institutional Promotion and Regional Cooperation

Cathy Morghese

Integrative Nutritional Therapist

Jaime Vives

Past President

Franz Bechtold

Sales Director Spain

Isaac Grau

COO & Co - Founder

Maurici Hervas

Energy Transition Manager

Marta Princep

Senior Manager Innovation

Javier Peña

Co-Founder & CEO

Pablo José Román

Head of Sales Iberia

Gerard Moya

CEO

Lara Iglesia

CEO

Jan Samsó

Founder & CEO

Anna Majó

Director of Strategic Sectors and Innovation

Carme Plasencia

Chief Executive Officer

Mª Carmen Noel

Human Resources and Wellness Executive, U.N. Store Management

Jordi Candela

Corporate Director of Catalonia Airports

Laura Benítez

President

Oriol Sentís

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Esplugues team)

Antoni Gilabert

Chief Innovation Officer

Joan Francesc Bañó

Executive Director

Joan Arnedo

Associate professor

Karla Trejo

Head of Innovation - Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Group

Joaquín Poley

Project Manager for Technological Innovation - Economic Development Department

Daniel Casellas

Scientific Director

Ana García

President of Economics and Sustainability Committee

Susanna Visauta

CEO

Carmen Casals

CEO

Lluís Soldevila

Digital Leadership Professor

Bernat Monter

CEO

Ivan Vaquero

Founder & CEO

Alvaro de Ramón

Chief of Customer Experience Division

José Ramón Fernández

Head of Department Entrepreneurship & ICT ICEX

Aïda Figuerola

Founder

María Sánchez Leiva

Creative & Art Director

Alba Rosado

Strategic Growth Lead

Josep Maria Ribes

AI Observatory Director

Gabriela Musterova

Founder & CEO

Carmen Ovejero

Head of AgriFood & Bioeconomy Unit

Gloria García-Cuadrado

President & Founder

Laura García

Expansion and Energy Transition Director

Ernesto Fernández del Río

Retail Value Proposition Manager

Jaume Rey

Founder and Director

Alfredo Sanz y Calabria

Chief Risk Officer

Antoni Paz

Technical Secretary and Director of the Task Force, and Director of Fundación KIMbcn

Barbara Eisele

DCA-IA Manager

Eduard Sanz

Mayor

Alexandre Llusera

Sales Manager

Sílvia Cufí

Medical Unit Director

Alexandra Olarte

Smart Factory & Cybersecurity Leader

Carla Rebés

Cluster Operations Manager

Jesús Fernández Gómez

Drive Systems Business Unit Director

Joan Lluís Mas

Scientific Director, Digital Tech

Sandra Adrián

CEO

David Gómez

Academic Teacher

Josep Samitier

Executive Director

José María Gil

Director

Manuel Villa

CEO

Eduardo Ferrer

CEO & Co-Founder

Thomas Lemesle

Chief Operating Officer

Beatriz Cardona

Partnerships Director

Valera Vasylenko

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Olga Escriu

Director of Business Solutions at Catalonia

Mónica Beatriz Della Pirriera

Photonic and Vision R&D Area manager

Antonio Gil

Professor of Aviation Law - Former Head of Catalonia's Air Traffic Control Towers

Carla Meléndez

Talent Development Manager

Albert Salarich

Councilor of Enterprise, Innovation and Internationalization and Energy

Jesús Prada

CEO

Felip Miralles

Executive Director - Health Tecnologies

Alfonso Cossío

Country Leader - Applications Iberia

Brigitte Pérez

Career Services and Employment Director

Jaume Ferre

CTO

Mara Dierssen

Group Leader

Wulfran Martínez

CEO - Founder

Toni Forrellat

Business Development Manager

Montserrat Rigall

VerificaRTVE journalist specializing in AI

Cristina Padilla

Councilor for Economic Promotion, Commerce and Markets, Business and Industrial Estates, Occupation and Training

Juan Castilla

Manager

Mike Blackman

Managing Director

Frederick Ayala

Marketing Data Scientist

Fernando de Santos

IAON Coordinator

Eduard Obis

CEO

Carlos Martínez

Head of Studio

Núria Sicart

Finance and Corporate Services Director

Sandra Prior

Partner & Consulting Leader of PwC Catalonia and Andorra

Pol Gibert

General Secretary of the Department of Business and Employment

Gerard Valverde

Partner

Sergi Company

CEO

Pep Malagrava

Project Manager Levantino Balear Zone

Jordi Barceló

CEO

Albert Anglarill

Territorial and Projects Director Catalonia

Albert Almajano

Regional IT Head Western Europe

Mar Mezcua

Staff Research / Scientific Deputy Director

Antonio Gamiz

Head of Innovation Merlin Properties & Loom

Oscar Garcia Pañella

Director

Uliana Torkunova

CEO

Marc Balagué

Infrastructure Management Department Technician

Rosa Maria Meseguer

Manager DCA-Space

Daniela Tost

CEO

Tetiana Klymchuk

Co-Founder

Miriam Corredor

CEO

Marc Vicens

Boss of the Soil Unit

Isabel Comas

Coordinator of Career Guidance Services and Programs

Sergi Loras

Meteorologist

Alberto F. Ballesteros

Strategic Alliances Manager for Catalonia

Paula Serra

Editorial Director & Agenda

Fernando Fernández-Aranda

Head of Clinical Psychology Service Section, Full Profesor of Psychology

Diego Perino

BSC AI Institute Director

Daniel Marsol

DIRCOM-CMO

Josep Manel Rodeiro

CEO & Founder

Imma Haro

Chief Business Officer

Aymen Jemni

CEO

Anna Carabús

CiPA Sectoral Coordinator

Enrique Fernández Ambel

Brigadier General. Operations Division Chief, Air Staff

Montserrat Puig

CEO

Anna Golsa

CEO

Gemma Marfany

Full Professor of Genetics

Albert Sampietro

VP Product Engineering

Oscar Fonrodona

CEO

Joan Solé

CEO Founder

David Martín

Chief Technology & Data Officer

Daniel Furlan

Vicepresident

Carol Benedí

Business development Manager. Food Industries

Anna Estella

Deputy Director General for People and Nature

Ismael Colomina

CEO and Chief Scientist

Fernando Marzal

Founder & CEO

Ariadna Puig

CCO

Josep Lluís Pelegrí

Research Professor

Silvia Cabrera

Head of Promotion, Governance, and Operation of Digital Infrastructure - General Directorate of Digital Infrastructure, Secretariat of Telecommunications and Digital Transformation

Oriol Alcoba

Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer

Rodrigo Tofollo

Co-founder & Country Manager Spain

Alejandro Sanchez

Industrial Laison Office Director

Josep-Francesc Valls

Distinguished professor

Ahina Fulquet

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Sant Feliu de Llobregat team)

José Antonio Domínguez Andreu

Commercial Manager – Agri-food Business

Ricardo Oliver

Head of AI Transformation Spain

José Ignacio Rodríguez Modroño

Managing Director

Iñaki Nieto

CEO

Manuel Járrega

President

Raúl Enrique Orrego

General Manager

Jonne Ziengs

Head of Sales

Joan Ribal

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Alba Ferre

Aerospace Systems Engineering Student

Mercè Romero-Gómez

Associate Professor

Alex Viladomiu

Director Agency Office Leasing Barcelona

Andrea Villena

Recruitment Headhunter Director

Xavier Roca

Director General of Industry

Ainhoa López

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Viladecans team)

Neema Balolebwami Nelly

Artificial Intelligence Expert & CEO

Xavier Pérez

CEO

Angie Granado

Project Manager

Jaume Miralles Solé

Director General of Artificial Intelligence, Efficiency and Data in the Administration

Alvar Gràcia

Senior Researcher

Jordi Ferrer

CEO - Founder

Jaume Casadesús

Researcher

Joel Rojas

Student

Jaume Sanpera

CEO

Javier Serrano

Electrical Business Engineer

Catelijn Kerstens

Councilwoman responsible for Economic Development, Commerce, Tourism, and City Promotion

Óscar Pérez Albet

Chief Scientific Officer

Sergio Otero

Business Development Manager – Flexible Production & SIMOVE

Joan Antoni López Martínez

Professor and Researcher

Núria Salán

Deputy Director of Institutional Promotion

Marta Gascón

Head of People Analytics & AI HR at NTTData Europe & LATAM

Mª Gabriela López

Founder & CEO

Xavier Hormigos

Head of the Service of the Transport Arbitration Board

Gema Guzmán

Talent Programs Director

Ferran Puntí

CEO

Miguel Álvarez

Founder & CEO

Toni Ruiz

Senior Technology Entrepreneurship Consultant

Ivan Zaguirre

Head of Studio

Jose Ramón Martín

BStartup Advisor

Fernando Casado

Cofounder & General Partner de Inclimo Climate Tech Fund

Marta Sainz

Founder & CEO

Alexander Phimister

Founder & CEO

Conxi Pérez

CEO & Co-Founder

JangMi Baek

Co-founder

Ona Lázaro

Sant Boi team spokesperson

Aina Villalba

Technical Product Manager

David Comellas

CEO

Joan Puaté

Cluster Manager

Adrià Marín

Project Manager, Construction & Housing Polymers

Mireia Sebastià

Enterpreneurship Manager

Cinta Daudé

Project Manager

Miguel Chillón

ICREA Researcher

Consuelo Rebolledo

Talent Manager

Esther Calbo

Professor and Chair of Medicine

Diana Colom

Co-founder & Biologist specialized in genetics

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