BNEW Barcelona

That was BNEW 2026

The Voices Transforming the New Economy

Marina Espin

Vice President, Business Development

Mario Navarro

Innovation Technician in Digital Health

Fatima Lopez-Fernández

Head of Technology Transfer

Núria Salán

Deputy Director of Institutional Promotion

Ingrid Canal

Founder

Bernat Monter

CEO

Paula Serra

Editorial Director & Agenda

Ismael Colomina

CEO and Chief Scientist

Montserrat Puig

CEO

José Ramón Fernández

Head of Department Entrepreneurship & ICT ICEX

Anna Carabús

CiPA Sectoral Coordinator

Marisol López Vicente

Director General for Innovation and Digital Culture

Sandra Prior

Partner & Consulting Leader of PwC Catalonia and Andorra

Eduard Sanz

Mayor

Gloria García-Cuadrado

President & Founder

Maurici Hervas

Energy Transition Manager

Jose Ramón Martín

BStartup Advisor

Joan Lluís Mas

Scientific Director, Digital Tech

Albert Aguado

CEO

Claudia Romeo

Founder & CEO

Ona Lázaro

Sant Boi team spokesperson

Carla Salas

Data Scientist

Álex Uhalde

Global Business Developer - Europe, South America & the Nordics

José Manuel Vílchez

Full Research Professor

Victoria Mejías

Founder & Instructional Designer

Mike Blackman

Managing Director

Mar Mezcua

Staff Research / Scientific Deputy Director

Albert Salarich

Councilor of Enterprise, Innovation and Internationalization and Energy

Josep Maria Ribes

AI Observatory Director

Joan Francesc Bañó

Executive Director

Fernando Casado

Cofounder & General Partner de Inclimo Climate Tech Fund

Cristina Arumí

Recognised Researcher

José Antonio Pastor Cantarino

Commander of El Prat Air Base

Daniel Casellas

Scientific Director

Sandra Mingot

Head of EU and Defence Space Programs

Brigitte Pérez

Career Services and Employment Director

Joel Rojas

Student

Anna Majó

Director of Strategic Sectors and Innovation

Pelayo García de Arquer

Professor and Group Leader

Aleix Serrallonga

Coordinator of the Acelera Pyme Office

Ricardo Oliver

Head of AI Transformation Spain

Joan Solé

CEO Founder

Lluís Soldevila

Digital Leadership Professor

Xavier Hormigos

Head of the Service of the Transport Arbitration Board

Alba Ferre

Aerospace Systems Engineering Student

Sergio Otero

Business Development Manager – Flexible Production & SIMOVE

Oscar Garcia Pañella

Director

Miguel Silva

Founder

Laura Benítez

President

Manuel Villa

CEO

Miriam Corredor

CEO

Ernesto Fernández del Río

Retail Value Proposition Manager

Jaume Ferre

CTO

Alejandro Sanchez

Industrial Laison Office Director

Alberto Barriga

Energy Lawyer

María Sánchez Leiva

Creative & Art Director

Ainhoa López

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Viladecans team)

Anna Golsa

CEO

Carme Plasencia

Chief Executive Officer

Rosa Maria Meseguer

Manager DCA-Space

Jaume Sanpera

CEO

Sílvia Cufí

Medical Unit Director

Oriol Sentís

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Esplugues team)

Yolanda Rey

Career Advisor

JangMi Baek

Co-founder

Alexander Phimister

Founder & CEO

Gerard Valverde

Partner

Jaume Casadesús

Researcher

Rodrigo Tofollo

Co-founder & Country Manager Spain

Miguel Chillón

ICREA Researcher

Diana Colom

Co-founder & Biologist specialized in genetics

Josep Manel Rodeiro

CEO & Founder

Angela Lalatta

Tetiana Klymchuk

Co-Founder

Oscar Pera

3D Printing Coordinator

José María Gil

Director

Isaac Grau

COO & Co - Founder

Gema Guzmán

Talent Programs Director

Manuel Járrega

President

Elisabeth Latorre

2n Deputy Mayor

Aïda Figuerola

Founder

Imma Haro

Chief Business Officer

Eudald Casas

General Manager

Alexandre Besenval

Founder and CEO

Cristina Padilla

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

Antonio Gil

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

Marga Torre

Research and Innovation. Technical Office

Cinta Daudé

Project Manager

Gerard Moya

CEO

Juan Carlos Ibáñez

Head of Applied AI

Eduardo Ferrer

CEO & Co-Founder

Laura García

Expansion and Energy Transition Director

Tiago Santos

VP of Community and Growth

Alex Viladomiu

Director Agency Office Leasing Barcelona

Olga Escriu

Director of Business Solutions at Catalonia

Óscar Pérez Albet

Chief Scientific Officer

Josep Samitier

Executive Director

Daniela Tost

CEO

Carol Benedí

Business development Manager. Food Industries

Frederick Ayala

Marketing Data Scientist

Joaquín Poley

Project Manager for Technological Innovation

Enrique Fernández Ambel

Brigadier General. Operations Division Chief, Air Staff

Antoni Paz

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

Pol Gibert

General Secretary of the Department of Business and Employment

Fernando Marzal

Founder & CEO

Irene Quintero

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Gavà team)

Uliana Torkunova

CEO

Oriol Alcoba

Director of Innovation and Knowledge Transfer

Núria Sicart

Finance and Corporate Services Director

Jesús Fernández Gómez

Drive Systems Business Unit Director

Silvia Cabrera

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

Joan Antoni López Martínez

Professor and Researcher

Gabriela Musterova

Founder & CEO

Montse Barceló

Growth Strategy Advisor

Vicent Altava

Technician at the Modelling and Applied Research Unit

Albert Almajano

Regional IT Head Western Europe

Andrea Villena

Recruitment Headhunter Director

Alvar Gràcia

Senior Researcher

Catelijn Kerstens

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

Isabel Comas

Coordinator of Career Guidance Services and Programs

Thomas Lemesle

Chief Operating Officer

Albert Sampietro

VP Product Engineering

Ivan Vaquero

Founder & CEO

José Luis Lajusticia

Culture, Engagement & Professional Development Head

Fernando García

Strategic Market Development Europe Director -Datacenters

Nelson Atipo

CEO & Co-Founder

Miguel Luis Lapeña

Deputy Director for City Promotion

Jesús Prada

CEO

Jordi Barceló

CEO

Diego Perino

BSC AI Institute Director

Licia Verde

ICREA Professor

Felip Miralles

Executive Director - Health Tecnologies

Ana Moliner

Innovation Business Development Director

Jorge Juan Fernández

Chief Innovation Manager

Eduard Obis

CEO

Josep Lluís Pelegrí

Research Professor

Marian Iglesias

Technical Responsible 3D Unit

Jaume Rey

Founder and Director

Cathy Morghese

Integrative Nutritional Therapist

Barbara Eisele

DCA-IA Manager

Esther Calbo

Professor and Chair of Medicine

Carmen Ovejero

Head of AgriFood & Bioeconomy Unit

Alex Tortosa

Senior Manager

Marta Princep

Senior Manager Innovation

Jesús Subirana

Co-CEO

Sandra Adrián

CEO

Gemma Marfany

Full Professor of Genetics

Oscar Fonrodona

CEO

Josep Rodríguez

Head of Strategic Projects, Tourism Department

Alvaro de Ramón

Chief of Customer Experience Division

Sandra Sieber

Professor in the Entrepreneurship Department

José Antonio Domínguez Andreu

Commercial Manager – Agri-food Business

Mercè Romero-Gómez

Associate Professor

Antonio Berdiel

Founder & CEO

Javier Peña

Co-Founder & CEO

Joan Puaté

Cluster Manager

Mireia Sebastià

Enterpreneurship Manager

Joana Sánchez

Deputy Mayor for Business and Tourism

Marta Gascón

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

Mª Carmen Noel

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

Joan Ribal

Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Javier González Abad

Regional Tourism Councilor of Baix Llobregat

Jan Samsó

Founder & CEO

Alba Rosado

Strategic Growth Lead

Carmen Casals

CEO

Antonio Gamiz

Head of Innovation Merlin Properties & Loom

Angie Granado

Project Manager

Isabel Pérez Ennes

Head IT Region Europe

José Ignacio Rodríguez Modroño

Managing Director

Carla Rebés

Cluster Operations Manager

Núria Gavaldà

Strategy Director & ATMP Platform Director

Fernando de Santos

IAON Coordinator

Juan Castilla

Manager

Vanessa Palmer

Business Development Director

Aina Villalba

Technical Product Manager

Iñaki Nieto

CEO

Karla Trejo

Head of Innovation - Distributed Artificial Intelligence Research Group

Santiago Lopezbarrena

Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs Manager

Daniel Marsol

DIRCOM-CMO

Jorge Roca

Founder / Strategic Energy & Sustainability Advisor

Mª Gabriela López

Founder & CEO

Mónica Beatriz Della Pirriera

Photonic and Vision R&D Area manager

Laia Parellada

HR Manager Spain & Portugal

Aymen Jemni

CEO

Lara Iglesia

CEO

Fernando Fernández-Aranda

Head of Clinical Psychology Service Section, Full Professor of Psychology

Pablo José Román

Head of Sales Iberia

Jonne Ziengs

Head of Sales

Ahina Fulquet

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

Anna Fernández

Institutional Relations Manager

Òscar Ribas

Regional Energy Manager Catalonia

Pep Malagrava

Project Manager Levantino Balear Zone

Marc Fortuny

Ceo & founder

David Ros

Deputy Director of Railway Tourism Services and Montserrat Manager

David Martín

Chief Technology & Data Officer

Mara Dierssen

Group Leader

Esteban Rodríguez Guisado

Head of Climate Division

Vicenç Polo

Coordinator European Projects

Consuelo Rebolledo

Talent Manager

Jaume Soler

Participant in the TFS26 Program (Cerdanyola team)

Valera Vasylenko

Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer

Santi Molins

CoFounder

Alfonso Cossío

Country Leader - Applications Iberia

Carla Meléndez

Talent Development Manager

Evelyn Moreno

International Projects Deputy Director

Joan Arnedo

Associate professor

Jordi Candela

Corporate Director of Catalonia Airports

Xavier Pérez

CEO

Marcos González

CEO

Miguel Álvarez

Founder & CEO

Adrià Marín

Project Manager, Construction & Housing Polymers

Marc Vicens

Boss of the Soil Unit

Xavier Roca

Director General of Industry

María Pilar González

Head of Institutional Promotion and Regional Cooperation

Carlos Martínez

Head of Studio

Carolina Angelini

Director of Strategic Projects

Conxi Pérez

CEO & Co-Founder

Albert Anglarill

Territorial and Projects Director Catalonia

Antoni Gilabert

Chief Innovation Officer

Jorge Blasco

Partner

Alexandra Olarte

Smart Factory & Cybersecurity Leader

Alfredo Sanz y Calabria

Chief Risk Officer

Xiker Portillo

CFO

Abel Torrelles

CEO

Joana Barbany

President

David Gómez

Academic Teacher

Alberto F. Ballesteros

Strategic Alliances Manager for Catalonia

Jaume Miralles Solé

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

Sergi Loras

Meteorologist

Neema Balolebwami Nelly

Artificial Intelligence Expert & CEO

Sergi Florensa

CEO

Eric García

CEO & Co-founder

Marta Sainz

Founder & CEO

Franz Bechtold

Sales Director Spain

Ivan Zaguirre

Head of Studio

Ana García

President of Economics and Sustainability Committee

Mariona Vidal

Director of Spain

Oriol Güell

Chief of Innovation and Digitalization

Toni Forrellat

Business Development Manager

Beatriz Cardona

Partnerships Director

Àngel Josep García

Valorisation Manager

Javier Serrano

Electrical Business Engineer

Miquel Salas

Scale-up and Access Director

Raúl Enrique Orrego

General Manager

Susanna Visauta

CEO

Lluís Blanch

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

Pau Pamplona

Ecosystema Manager

Marc Balagué

Infrastructure Management Department Technician

Lourdes Borrell

Mayor

Wulfran Martínez

CEO - Founder

Montserrat Rigall

VerificaRTVE journalist specializing in AI

Anna Estella

Deputy Director General for People and Nature

David García

CEO

Alberto Bayo

CTO

Ferran Puntí

CEO

Ignacio Rubio

President

Ariadna Puig

CCO

Toni Ruiz

Senior Technology Entrepreneurship Consultant

Josep-Francesc Valls

Distinguished Professor

Xavier Ribas

Director

David Comellas

CEO

Jose María Santos

Head of Institutional Business

Jaime Vives

Past President

Daniel Furlan

Vicepresident

Sergi Company

CEO

Alexandre Llusera

Sales Manager

Sònia Callau-Berenguer

Head of Agrarian Spaces Directorate

Full list of speakers

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Barcelona New Economy Week – BNEW is a physical and digital B2B event that gathers unique events of the sectors of AGROFOOD, AI, AVIATION & SPACE, ENERGY, GAMING, HEALTH, SCIENCE and TALENT. They all share a common denominator: New Economy.

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