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That was BNEW 2026

The Voices Transforming the New Economy

Esteban Rodríguez Guisado

Head of Climate Division

Carla Rebés

Cluster Operations Manager

Jonne Ziengs

Head of Sales

José Manuel Vílchez

Full Research Professor

Jaume Soler

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Cerdanyola team)

Diana Colom

Co-founder & Biologist specialized in genetics

Montserrat Puig

CEO

Joan Antoni López Martínez

Professor and Researcher

Anna Golsa

CEO

Sergio Otero

Business Development Manager – Flexible Production & SIMOVE

Carmen Casals

CEO

Paula Serra

Editorial Director & Agenda

Anna Carabús

CiPA Sectoral Coordinator

Marcos González

CEO

Sandra Sieber

Professor in the Entrepreneurship Department

Mario Navarro

Innovation Technician in Digital Health

Yolanda Rey

Career Advisor

Irene Quintero

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Gavà team)

Alexander Phimister

Founder & CEO

Uliana Torkunova

CEO

David Ros

Deputy Director of Railway Tourism Services and Montserrat Manager

Maurici Hervas

Energy Transition Manager

Sònia Callau-Berenguer

Head of Agrarian Spaces Directorate

Marta Princep

Senior Manager Innovation

Carolina Angelini

Director of Strategic Projects

Adrià Marín

Project Manager, Construction & Housing Polymers

Enrique Fernández Ambel

Brigadier General. Operations Division Chief, Air Staff

Alvar Gràcia

Senior Researcher

Angie Granado

Project Manager

Alexandre Besenval

Founder and CEO

Mónica Beatriz Della Pirriera

Photonic and Vision R&D Area manager

Joana Barbany

President

Victoria Mejías

Founder & Instructional Designer

Marian Iglesias

Technical Responsible 3D Unit

Jesús Fernández Gómez

Drive Systems Business Unit Director

Ismael Colomina

CEO and Chief Scientist

Jose María Santos

Head of Institutional Business

Fatima Lopez-Fernández

Head of Technology Transfer

Jordi Barceló

CEO

David García

CEO

Montserrat Rigall

VerificaRTVE journalist specializing in AI

Angela Lalatta

Manuel Villa

CEO

Tiago Santos

VP of Community and Growth

Brigitte Pérez

Career Services and Employment Director

Fernando Casado

Cofounder & General Partner de Inclimo Climate Tech Fund

Miguel Chillón

ICREA Researcher

Cristina Padilla

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

Vicent Altava

Technician at the Modelling and Applied Research Unit

Montse Barceló

Growth Strategy Advisor

Fernando de Santos

IAON Coordinator

Josep Manel Rodeiro

CEO & Founder

Albert Sampietro

VP Product Engineering

Ricardo Oliver

Head of AI Transformation Spain

Alexandre Llusera

Sales Manager

Jan Samsó

Founder & CEO

Joan Arnedo

Associate professor

Rosa Maria Meseguer

Manager DCA-Space

Oscar Fonrodona

CEO

Aymen Jemni

CEO

Miguel Luis Lapeña

Deputy Director for City Promotion

Laia Parellada

HR Manager Spain & Portugal

Mercè Romero-Gómez

Associate Professor

Silvia Cabrera

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

Isabel Pérez Ennes

Head IT Region Europe

Pol Gibert

General Secretary of the Department of Business and Employment

Marga Torre

Research and Innovation. Technical Office

Abel Torrelles

CEO

Jesús Subirana

Co-CEO

Valera Vasylenko

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Fernando Marzal

Founder & CEO

Álex Uhalde

Global Business Developer - Europe, South America & the Nordics

Miriam Corredor

CEO

Fernando García

Strategic Market Development Europe Director -Datacenters

Eduard Obis

CEO

Jaume Ferre

CTO

Jaume Miralles Solé

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

José Ignacio Rodríguez Modroño

Managing Director

Daniel Furlan

Vicepresident

Raúl Enrique Orrego

General Manager

Toni Forrellat

Business Development Manager

Franz Bechtold

Sales Director Spain

José Antonio Pastor Cantarino

Commander of El Prat Air Base

Consuelo Rebolledo

Talent Manager

Aïda Figuerola

Founder

Anna Majó

Director of Strategic Sectors and Innovation

Alexandra Olarte

Smart Factory & Cybersecurity Leader

Joan Puaté

Cluster Manager

Aleix Serrallonga

Coordinator of the Acelera Pyme Office

Conxi Pérez

CEO & Co-Founder

Carla Meléndez

Talent Development Manager

Lara Iglesia

CEO

Jorge Blasco

Partner

Marina Espin

Vice President, Business Development

Marc Vicens

Boss of the Soil Unit

Jaime Vives

Past President

Ainhoa López

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Viladecans team)

Joel Rojas

Student

Joana Sánchez

Deputy Mayor for Business and Tourism

Sílvia Cufí

Medical Unit Director

Ignacio Rubio

President

Eduard Sanz

Mayor

Jesús Prada

CEO

Mª Gabriela López

Founder & CEO

Alex Viladomiu

Director Agency Office Leasing Barcelona

Barbara Eisele

DCA-IA Manager

Tetiana Klymchuk

Co-Founder

Mara Dierssen

Group Leader

Mireia Sebastià

Enterpreneurship Manager

JangMi Baek

Co-founder

David Comellas

CEO

Pep Malagrava

Project Manager Levantino Balear Zone

Joan Lluís Mas

Scientific Director, Digital Tech

Gerard Valverde

Partner

Esther Calbo

Professor and Chair of Medicine

Mar Mezcua

Staff Research / Scientific Deputy Director

Juan Carlos Ibáñez

Head of Applied AI

Andrea Villena

Recruitment Headhunter Director

Iñaki Nieto

CEO

José Ramón Fernández

Head of Department Entrepreneurship & ICT ICEX

Cristina Arumí

Recognised Researcher

Alfredo Sanz y Calabria

Chief Risk Officer

Eduardo Ferrer

CEO & Co-Founder

Anna Fernández

Institutional Relations Manager

Oscar Garcia Pañella

Director

Alex Tortosa

Senior Manager

Josep Rodríguez

Head of Strategic Projects, Tourism Department

Isabel Comas

Coordinator of Career Guidance Services and Programs

Ana Moliner

Innovation Business Development Director

Oriol Alcoba

Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer

Josep-Francesc Valls

Distinguished Professor

Jaume Casadesús

Researcher

Fernando Fernández-Aranda

Head of Clinical Psychology Service Section, Full Professor of Psychology

Miguel Álvarez

Founder & CEO

Carlos Martínez

Head of Studio

Albert Almajano

Regional IT Head Western Europe

Pau Pamplona

Ecosystema Manager

Àngel Josep García

Valorisation Manager

Beatriz Cardona

Partnerships Director

Javier Peña

Co-Founder & CEO

Laura Benítez

President

Albert Anglarill

Territorial and Projects Director Catalonia

Mike Blackman

Managing Director

Thomas Lemesle

Chief Operating Officer

Claudia Romeo

Founder & CEO

Wulfran Martínez

CEO - Founder

Xavier Hormigos

Head of the Service of the Transport Arbitration Board

José María Gil

Director

Carla Salas

Data Scientist

Laura García

Expansion and Energy Transition Director

Daniel Marsol

DIRCOM-CMO

Oscar Pera

3D Printing Coordinator

Xavier Roca

Director General of Industry

Eric García

CEO & Co-founder

Antoni Paz

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

Ana García

President of Economics and Sustainability Committee

José Luis Lajusticia

Culture, Engagement & Professional Development Head

Sergi Company

CEO

Javier González Abad

Regional Tourism Councilor of Baix Llobregat

Ivan Vaquero

Founder & CEO

Manuel Járrega

President

David Martín

Chief Technology & Data Officer

Ingrid Canal

Founder

Alba Rosado

Strategic Growth Lead

Sergi Florensa

CEO

Antonio Gil

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

Sandra Adrián

CEO

Susanna Visauta

CEO

Vanessa Palmer

Business Development Director

Xavier Pérez

CEO

Daniela Tost

CEO

Carol Benedí

Business development Manager. Food Industries

Jorge Roca

Founder / Strategic Energy & Sustainability Advisor

Ariadna Puig

CCO

Evelyn Moreno

International Projects Deputy Director

Joaquín Poley

Project Manager for Technological Innovation

Marc Fortuny

Ceo & founder

Marta Gascón

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

Ahina Fulquet

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

Carmen Ovejero

Head of AgriFood & Bioeconomy Unit

Alberto Bayo

CTO

Cinta Daudé

Project Manager

Aina Villalba

Technical Product Manager

Lourdes Borrell

Mayor

Alfonso Cossío

Country Leader - Applications Iberia

Jorge Juan Fernández

Chief Innovation Manager

María Pilar González

Head of Institutional Promotion and Regional Cooperation

Felip Miralles

Executive Director - Health Tecnologies

David Gómez

Academic Teacher

Elisabeth Latorre

2n Deputy Mayor

José Antonio Domínguez Andreu

Commercial Manager – Agri-food Business

Jordi Candela

Corporate Director of Catalonia Airports

Óscar Pérez Albet

Chief Scientific Officer

Daniel Casellas

Scientific Director

Gemma Marfany

Full Professor of Genetics

Jaume Sanpera

CEO

Cathy Morghese

Integrative Nutritional Therapist

Antonio Berdiel

Founder & CEO

Lluís Soldevila

Digital Leadership Professor

Ferran Puntí

CEO

Ivan Zaguirre

Head of Studio

Ona Lázaro

Sant Boi team spokesperson

Núria Gavaldà

Strategy Director & ATMP Platform Director

Antonio Gamiz

Head of Innovation Merlin Properties & Loom

Gema Guzmán

Talent Programs Director

Catelijn Kerstens

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

Alba Ferre

Aerospace Systems Engineering Student

Antoni Gilabert

Chief Innovation Officer

Nelson Atipo

CEO & Co-Founder

María Sánchez Leiva

Creative & Art Director

Oriol Sentís

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Esplugues team)

Albert Aguado

CEO

Jaume Rey

Founder and Director

Miguel Silva

Founder

Josep Maria Ribes

AI Observatory Director

Rodrigo Tofollo

Co-founder & Country Manager Spain

Bernat Monter

CEO

Anna Estella

Deputy Director General for People and Nature

Lluís Blanch

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

Joan Ribal

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Diego Perino

BSC AI Institute Director

Oriol Güell

Chief of Innovation and Digitalization

Karla Trejo

Head of Innovation - Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Group

Neema Balolebwami Nelly

Artificial Intelligence Expert & CEO

Marta Sainz

Founder & CEO

Xavier Ribas

Director

Alvaro de Ramón

Chief of Customer Experience Division

Toni Ruiz

Senior Technology Entrepreneurship Consultant

Sandra Prior

Partner & Consulting Leader of PwC Catalonia and Andorra

Vicenç Polo

Coordinator European Projects

Eudald Casas

General Manager

Isaac Grau

COO & Co - Founder

Gabriela Musterova

Founder & CEO

Ernesto Fernández del Río

Retail Value Proposition Manager

Josep Samitier

Executive Director

Joan Francesc Bañó

Executive Director

Josep Lluís Pelegrí

Research Professor

Gerard Moya

CEO

Javier Serrano

Electrical Business Engineer

Sergi Loras

Meteorologist

Núria Salán

Deputy Director of Institutional Promotion

Joan Solé

CEO Founder

Pelayo García de Arquer

Professor and Group Leader

Núria Sicart

Finance and Corporate Services Director

Alberto F. Ballesteros

Strategic Alliances Manager for Catalonia

Miquel Salas

Scale-up and Access Director

Licia Verde

ICREA Professor

Marisol López Vicente

Director General for Innovation and Digital Culture

Mª Carmen Noel

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

Marc Balagué

Infrastructure Management Department Technician

Olga Escriu

Director of Business Solutions at Catalonia

Carme Plasencia

Chief Executive Officer

Santiago Lopezbarrena

Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Sandra Mingot

Head of EU and Defence Space Programs

Jose Ramón Martín

BStartup Advisor

Òscar Ribas

Regional Energy Manager Catalonia

Albert Salarich

Councilor of Enterprise, Innovation and Internationalization and Energy

Alberto Barriga

Energy Lawyer

Frederick Ayala

Marketing Data Scientist

Santi Molins

CoFounder

Mariona Vidal

Director of Spain

Gloria García-Cuadrado

President & Founder

Pablo José Román

Head of Sales Iberia

Xiker Portillo

CFO

Juan Castilla

Manager

Imma Haro

Chief Business Officer

Alejandro Sanchez

Industrial Laison Office Director

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