29 February 2024 4YFN

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4YFN24 DAY 4: The startup world has grown

29 February 2024 4YFN

Last year La Vanguardia headlined: “The 4YFN is too small and asks to grow; the startup pavilion is confirmed as one of the most dynamic at Mobile”. And indeed, coinciding with its tenth anniversary, the event of choice for startups has grown. A decade ago, only a few people in Barcelona knew what a startup was. However, the success of this year’s 4YFN, with two jam-packed halls, shows that the ecosystem is firmly recognised as a fundamental part of the economic system. Entrepreneurs are still coming, but no longer just to proclaim their ideas for changing the world. They are now presenting tech solutions, and their audiences are large corporations, innovative SMEs and public administrations looking for inspiration and solutions.

For our part, we can only celebrate with pride that we have accompanied 16 startups at our stand (and more than 80 members and partners throughout the MWC), organised more than 25 content sessions (many of them sponsored by important partners such as the Port of Barcelona), received hundreds of visits (from well-known faces and others to meet again) and participated in some of the most powerful panels of the event.

And although, in theory, this fourth day was supposed to be ‘quiet’, it didn’t go off without a bang either, leaving us with some outstanding moments:

 

Visit of the Minister of Science, Innovation and Universities Diana Morant

We welcomed Minister Diana Morant to Tech Barcelona’s stand to present some of the most disruptive projects in Barcelona, when she even joked about her particular resemblance to Aima’s artificial intelligence. Thanks for the visit!

 

Visit by the Consul General of Portugal in Barcelona, Ana Coelho

We also spoke with Ana Coelho about the potential of the local entrepreneurial ecosystem and the opportunity to create shared spaces for technological collaboration between Catalan and Portuguese companies and organisations.


Hey, we’re on TV!

The cameras of TV3 and the Catalan News Agency (ACN) have got up early in the morning to reflect the success of the 4YFN. And our spokespersons were delighted to participate! The smile on Mar Galtés’ face, director of corporate development at Tech Barcelona, reveals that she still has the journalism bug inside her.

 

Connecting innovation: Exploring Barcelona’s tech ecosystem

Enisa has been an excellent host in a conversation between Juan Baselga (Tech Barcelona) and the brand new winner of the EmprendeXXI award and CEO of Keybotic Irene Gómez. Together we will always go further.

 

We sneak off to MWC

Our curious minds couldn’t resist and we took it in turns to see first-hand if what was hiding behind the walls of Hall 8.1 and 8.0 was as impressive as reported in the news. And indeed, the Huawei space continues to impress yet another year; the intelligent humanoid robot Ameca arouses a mixture of awe and fear; the Talent Arena boxing ring is a brilliant idea for future editions; and artificial intelligence and chips continue to compete to become the new gold rush.

 

Local study, global impact

Call Of Duty has become a legendary videogame saga on a global scale. But did you know that a Barcelona studio is in charge of developing the mobile game for it? Some members of the Tech Barcelona team enjoyed, as fans and casual gamers, the talk by Xavier Carrillo-Costa, CEO and founder of Digital Legends, a company acquired by Activision and a benchmark in the video game sector in Barcelona.

 

Team lunch
We’re up to our ears in pulpo a feira. Nothing else to say.

On behalf of the entire Tech Barcelona team, thank you for joining us during these four days. Let the rhythm keep going!

28 February 2024 4YFN

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4YFN24 DAY 3: Just do it

28 February 2024 4YFN

Stop for a moment and look around you. You will soon notice that 4YFN is something out of the ordinary. You will see brave, non-conformist, dreamy people who disrupt, drive and co-create as if we were already in 2028. Because although this technological look into the future may seem distant, these people know that the time to start acting is now. “Just do it” and, if possible, in good company.

 

The CEO journey: disruption, skills & scaling

We don’t know to what extent these CEOs have been inspired by the famous swoosh brand, but Carlota Pi (CEO of Holaluz), Aram Sargsyan (COO of FreeNow) and Oriol Hernàndez (CEO of Rever) firmly believe that their slogan – even modus vivendi – also applies to running a company. In a session moderated by Miquel Martí (CEO of Tech Barcelona) at the Banco Sabadell Stage, they pointed out the importance of having vision, building a solid relationship with the founding team, focusing on scaling, also as a person, and being prepared to accept mistakes and make difficult decisions. 30 minutes were not enough time to summarise the odyssey involved in taking on the position of CEO.

Institutional visits

Today we were visited by Albert Castellanos, secretary general of Empresa i Treball, and a delegation led by Josep Sánchez Llibre, president of Foment del Treball Nacional.

 

BCN-MAD airlift

“The more we are, the more strength we will have to get where we want to go”. Juan Baselga and Sara Pedraz shared the models of Tech Barcelona and Patio Madrid as promoters of the two largest technological ecosystems in the country, showing that we are united by the same purpose and ambition.

 

TB pitching Session 3 & 4.

More than 20 people, once again, brave, non-conformist, dreamers, who disrupt, drive and co-create, have pitched at our stand today. And, to top it off, they are our members.

 

Going for a walk

The retail sector is also attending 4YFN in search of technological solutions, and we at Tech Barcelona can guide them. This morning we accompanied the participants of the TB Retail Working Group to show them some of the most outstanding projects at the MWC: from technology already applied by IBM and Vodafone, to developments in progress at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and other research centres.

TB Content session. “Welcome to the future of mobility: from research to reality”

Indeed, we insist once again, bringing the large amount of science we generate in Catalonia to the market would make us take a giant step forward at a global level. It is in this process of making initiatives tangible in order to generate impact on society where actors such as i2Cat, a research centre that on this occasion has presented some of its mobility projects: autonomous vehicles, digital twins, etc., come into play.

 

Bingo!

At this time last year, Sycai Medical claimed victory in the EmprendeXXI awards. Now, in 2024, it has achieved success once again by winning the Impact Awards from EAE Business School. Congrats!

 

Full sail astern

If they tell you that sails in offshore sailing are a thing of the past, tell them they couldn’t be more wrong. Eva Pizá (ACE Barcelona) talked about the power of the America’s Cup and Dana Camps (Bound4blue) opened our eyes with great merchant ships powered by the wind.

 

TB Content session. Talent trends by Michael Page

Did you know that 7 out of 10 people prefer work-life balance over professional success? Joana Barbany (Page Group) presented the results of the latest Michael Page International Talent Report..

 

And many more TB Content Sessions

Scaling and innovating with Qonto, financing with Capital Cell and tidying up the data of a monster in the gaming sector like Scopely with MongoDB. Here we see them in all colours.

 

Just do it and come tomorrow too.

27 February 2024 4YFN

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4YFN24 DAY 2: Who takes the prize?

27 February 2024 4YFN

The hustle and bustle continues, meetings multiply at stands and in corridors, and technology content fills an unreachable number of stages. As you can’t be at everything, we take a look back at some of the highlights and projects from the second day of the event.


EmprènXXI Awards

And what better way to start than by getting to know the most innovative startup in Catalonia. Keybotic, a member of the association, has won the top prize in the EmprènXXI awards, promoted by CaixaBank through DayOne and with the support of Tech Barcelona, ACCIÓ, Barcelona Activa and Enisa. The startup led by Irene Gómez and Hilario Tomé designs autonomous robot dogs to carry out industrial inspections, a project that has already won awards from the US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). You can learn more about Keybotic in this recent TB Members Calling.

 

Outstanding visits

We received a delegation led by the Honourable Mr. Manel Balcells, Catalan Minister of Health, who showed special interest in some of the startups present at our stand, such as Wivi Vision and Aima. Ángel Rivera, CEO of Santander Spain, and Chema Alonso, Chief Digital Officer of Telefónica, also visited the stand. As we said, it is a meeting point for all those who want to take the pulse of the ecosystem.

 

Tech Hubs’ Tech Challenges

International technology hubs are also competing for a prize: that of attracting the best technological talent in a market with more demand than supply. Consequently, many of them have joined forces through Tech Barcelona’s Tech Up Nights initiative which, after 10 editions, has managed to bring their most disruptive projects to an audience of developers, programmers, big data analysts, engineers and other IT profiles. Once again at the CaixaBank DayOne stand, Mar Galtés (Tech Barcelona) moderated a round table with Susana Pastor, Xavier Morejón and Guillem Vila, respective directors of the technology hubs of Nestlé, MediaMarkt and Ocado Technology, to highlight the keys to success and the challenges ahead. Stay tuned because we will soon announce the next event.

 

Changing Health: the AI revolution in healthcare

Full house on the Sky Stage (Hall 8.0) to listen to Peter Ploeger, Country Managing Director of Boehringer Ingelheim, and Juan Fernando Muñoz, Secretary General for Digital Health, Information and Innovation in the National Health System, who kicked off a long conference day organised by the German pharmaceutical company and dedicated exclusively to artificial intelligence in the health sector.

 

Yes, even more artificial intelligence

No one wants to – or should – be left behind in the field of trendy technology. And Veepee, which operates in the digital environment of ecommerce, has shown its clear commitment to AI as a driver of innovative development. A transformative role that, in a presentation sponsored by the Port of Barcelona, was highlighted once again by Karina Gibert, professor and current director of the Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence research centre (IDEAI-UPC). Sorry to be so heavy-handed, but the not-so-distant future is largely marked by daily advances in this area.

 

BlueTechPort Startup Pitch Session

The BlueTechPort, a space designed jointly by Tech Barcelona and the Port of Barcelona at Pier01 to promote the blue economy, hosts many innovative projects: Mireia Coll and Cristina Arenas (BelongtoSea), Francesco Pititto (Envjoy Nature), Sebastian Stockzelius (Janah Cycle), Henry Hooper (Metarina), Tomas Puno (Navozyme) and Pau Guasch (Seabots). We invite you to visit them any day.

 

TB Content Sessions w/ Aptki y Artefacto y Semrush

Of course, we also focused on business. Aptki taught us how to finance the growth of a startup, Artefacto Studio revealed forward-thinking strategies and Semrush provided insights of interest to marketers.

 

Face to face between two historic figures in the sector on technocapitalism

Aleix Valls (Liquid Lab) and Ignasi Costas (RCD), each with their own particular vision of how to navigate and succeed in the dynamic digital world.

 

TB Pitching Session 2

Second round for Tech Barcelona members. More tomorrow.

 

We’ve sung the line. We’re moving on to bingo.

26 February 2024 4YFN

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4YFN24 DAY 1: 4YFN madness is back

26 February 2024 4YFN

The queue of people at the entrance went around the building. And not because of bad organisation – in fact, it was moving very fast – but because 4 Years From Now (4YFN) has unleashed the madness of the tech world: two halls packed to the rafters with attendees interested in the present and future of artificial intelligence, robotics, innovation in health, projects with impact and much, much more. Of course, Tech Barcelona did not miss the event, accompanying 14 startups in Hall 8.1 B23 and more than 80 partners and associates throughout the Congress, and providing a meeting point for the ecosystem. This is just the beginning.

 

Here is a summary of everything that happened during the first day of 4YFN.

The Power of Inside-Out Innovation – EAE Business School Stand


The essence of 4YFN is summed up in this first talk with Carles Mur (EAE), Jesús Checa (Bacardí) and Juan Baselga (Tech Barcelona): collaboration between talent generators, small and large companies to create innovation. We are in charge of making the connections.

 

TB Content Session: Mango StartUp Studio’s Success Stories


Pulling on the thread, Mango has opened the Agora Port de Barcelona, in our stand, to share two success stories of open innovation supported by its accelerator: Union Avatars and Ziknes. Thank you, Belén Rallo (Mango Startup Studio), Cai Felip (Union Avatars) and Nacho León (Ziknes) for inspiring us.

 

Developing Gen AI that cares
As generative artificial intelligence advances, ethical questions arise, not only about its use, but also about the information and code with which it is built. Thanks to LEVEL Airlines, we bring from New York Ariadna Font Llitjós, former director of engineering for Twitter’s Machine Learning platform and current CEO of Alinia, a startup that helps companies implement AI reliably, securely and ethically. “We all need to be transparent in building values into generative AI schemes, companies too,” said Ari.

 

10 Years of Local Heroes
If the event par excellence is celebrating its tenth anniversary, it is thanks to local heroes who have made the growth of the ecosystem possible. Rubén Bonet (Fractus), María Martín (Tiendeo) and Alejandro Martí (Mitiga Solutions) have recognised the importance of 4YFN as a global showcase to highlight the local sector, an essential resource to break through and gain access to the international market.

 

TB Content Session: Oracle NetSuite & Nude Project

International and local. Corporation and startup. These binomials, by nature and ambition, once again make an appearance at the hand of the American business management software company and one of the most successful fashion brands. Alberto Lozano (Oracle NetSuite) has repeated for the second consecutive year in our stand, this time, together with Javier Arcones (Nude Project).

 

Ecology, 5G and IoT at the Port of Barcelona

The Port of Barcelona is a world reference in the bluetech sector, and this was demonstrated throughout the day with presentations by Miquel de la Mano (Fundació BCN Port Innovation), Javier Garrido (Innovation Manager at Port de Barcelona) and Gianlucca Redolfi (Sateliot).

 

Tech Barcelona Pitching Session 1

Time to get to know the 14 startups that accompany us at our stand. With images as curious as this one.

TB Content Session: Unleashing Potential – Co-innovation at GFT


“Nobody can innovate alone”. The German technology consultancy closed the day at our stand by highlighting the role of its Innovation Lab in the design of new technological solutions applied to sectors such as finance, insurance and the automotive industry.

 

By Miguel Gómez, Tech Barcelona.

16 February 2024 4YFN

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Tech Barcelona’s Agenda at 4YFN 2024

16 February 2024 4YFN

DAY 1 – Monday 26th

  • 9am –  Networking coffee | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11.30am – TB Content Session: Mango Studio | Agora Port de Barcelona
  • 12.45pm –  “Developing Gen AI that cares” with Ariadna Font | Sabadell Stage
  • 3.30pm –  “Maritime 5G for intelligent vessel location ” with Javier Garrido, Innovation Manager at Port de Barcelona | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4pm – “Massive IoT for logistics: a better world is coming ” with Gianluca Redolfi, CCO at Sateliot | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4.30pm – Pitching session for Tech Barcelona’s members | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 5.30pm – Content Session: GFT | Agora Port de Barcelona

 

DAY 2 – Tuesday 27th

  • 9am –  Networking coffee | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 10am –  BlueTechPort startups pitching session | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11am – “Driving Innovation through GenAI at Veepee” with Catrinel Bianca Fratean-Product Principal at Veepee | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11.30am – Pitching session for Tech Barcelona’s members | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 12pm –  Content Session: Sequra
  • xx.xx – Descubre Cómo Financiar el Crecimiento de Tu Startup: Aspectos claves para conseguir inversión privada y pública” by Chema Pina, CEO at Aptki. | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 3.30pm – Port de Barcelona content session | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4pm – “10YFN: Construyendo estrategias resilientes con pensamiento sistémico y prospección de futuros” with Ana Galindo & Frederic Dalmau, Co-CEOs at Artefacto E2E. | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4.30pm – “Navigating Digital Horizons: Insights for Marketers in 2024 (Research)” by Fernando Angulo, Senior Market Research Manager at Semrush | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 5pm –  TB Content Session: TBD | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 5.30pm – TB Content Session: TBD | CaixaBank Stage

 

DAY 3 – Wednesday 28th

  • 9am –  Networking coffee
  • 10am – “The CEO journey: disruption, skills & scaling” | Sabadell Stage
    • Carlota Pi (CEO at Holaluz), Thomas Zimmermann (CEO at Freenow) and Rever CEO Oriol Hernández (CEO at Rever). Moderates: Miquel Martí, CEO at Tech Barcelona
  • 10.30am – TB Content Session: Mongo DB | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11am – TB Content Session: Qonto | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11.30am – Pitching session for Tech Barcelona’s members | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 12.30pm –  TB Content Session: i2Cat | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 1pm – “The Missing Link: early-stage investment in biotechnology” | Stand Tech Barcelona
    • Daniel Oliver, Director at Capital Cell & Martí Dalmases, CEO at Ahed Therapeutics.
  • 3.30pm – Bound 4 Blue | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4pm – “Impulsando ecosistemas tecnológicos: los modelos Patio Madrid y Tech Barcelona” with Miquel Martí & Sara Pedraz | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 4.30pm – Pitching session for Tech Barcelona’s members | Stand Tech Barcelona

 

DAY 4 –  Thursday 29th

  • 9am –  Networking coffee
  • 10am – Bound 4 Blue | Stand Tech Barcelona
  • 11am – “Talent Trends by Michael Page” by Joana Barbany, Business Developer Director at Technology by Page Group
3 March 2023 4YFN

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All photos from 4YFN23

3 March 2023 4YFN

After four days full of innovation and technology at 4YFN-MWC 2023, Tech Barcelona would like to share with you some of the highlights: we have prepared a gallery of images so that you can feel the energy that was experienced during these intense days.

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE PHOTOS IN THIS LINK

 

 

2 March 2023 4YFN

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4YFN23 DAY 4: The startup community is hungry for growth

2 March 2023 4YFN

“The 4YFN has become too crowded and will gain more space in the next edition; the startup pavilion is confirmed as one of the most dynamic at Mobile”, writes La Vanguardia. The world’s leading event for startups continues to grow year after year. Tech Barcelona has been part of a frenetic activity: more than 20 sessions and 12 hours of content in the Agora Port de Barcelona, two debates on the CaixaBank DayOne stage, and a successful talk on artificial intelligence in the Agora Stage of 4YFN.

The 16 startups that accompanied us at the Tech Barcelona stand, as well as the more than 50 members of the association present at the event, held meetings and established numerous contacts, representing the local ecosystem and projecting it internationally.

Next year, MORE and BETTER!

 

Now, we take a look back at the highlights of the last day of 4YFN.

Blue Regentech – where technology meets nature

Seastainable Ventures has presented two projects aimed at restoring the ocean. On the one hand, Ocean Ecostructures uses technology (Life Bio Boosting System) that enables the regeneration of biodiversity in areas such as ports, wind farms or oil platforms. On the other hand, Seabots has autonomous underwater robots capable of monitoring the state of the ocean or identifying and mapping marine environments, among other functionalities.

 

America’s Cup

It is not only the biggest sailing event in the world. It is also the third most watched sporting event with around 3 million viewers. And Tech Barcelona’s Pier01 will have a privileged location to experience the competition.

1 March 2023 4YFN

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4YFN23 DAY 3: Music, pastry, fashion or energy… innovation is everywhere.

1 March 2023 4YFN

The third day of 4YFN 2023 was the busiest of the event so far. Tech Barcelona’s stand was visited by master pastry chef Christian Escribà, Mango start-up accelerator, technology companies such as Holaluz and Oracle Netsuite, and Barcelona Music Tech Hub. After all, innovation is in all sectors and works with a multitude of technologies.

 

4YFN Awards

Payflow, a startup that offers services for flexibility in the payment of salaries (and member of Tech Barcelona), is the winner of the 4YFN23 Award. Congratulations!

 

Parity and diversity: challenges and actions in the tech sector

In 2007, McKinsey published a famous study entitled “Woman Matter” in which it already confirmed that companies perform better when they have more women in management positions. Sixteen years later, we are still wondering why we are so far from parity. Mar Galtés, Corporate Development Director at Tech Barcelona, moderated a round table to discuss the issue together with Gemma Beltrán, Director of Technology Companies-Investors at CaixaBank DayOne; Judit Camargo, founder of Roka Furadada; Carolina Pinart, Head of R&D Information Technology at Nestlé; and Guillem Llacuna, co-founder of Talent Match. A link to the session will be available shortly.

 

Escribà: Tradition, Creativity and Innovation

From five-metre-high cakes to chocolates with QR codes. Escribà, one of Barcelona’s most traditional patisseries, talked about developing creativity and innovation in his business to remain at the cutting edge and disruptive. Experienced master pastry chef Christian Escribà has many stories to tell.

 

Mango Startup Studio: Success stories

Mango’s startup accelerator has shared the stage with Payflow and Recovo (buys and sells surplus textiles for reuse), two startups participating in the Mango Startup Studio programme.

 

Digitalisation and growth: challenges and keys to success for scaling up your business

Oracle Netsuite, an American company specialised in cloud solutions, has presented together with Holaluz the case of success in the digitalisation process of the energy company.

 

Pitch: Creative Solutions to challenges & Ports 4.0. Funds for startups and entrepreneurs

Port of Barcelona has created the necessary structures to support and develop new innovative solutions for the logistics and port sector. From autonomous transport vehicles to IoT applications to track devices in real time. It is also involved in Ports 4.0, the innovation fund for start-ups promoted by Puertos del Estado.

 

Musictech. New thriving ecosystem

Tech Barcelona is committed, together with Sónar, to the Barcelona Music Tech Hub, a project that seeks to create a suitable environment for the music sector to grow through technology.

 

Tech Barcelona Pitching Session III

Third and final pitch round. Those Tech Barcelona members who have not been able to present their company to the 4YFN audience will be able to do so at the next Afterwork in March.

28 February 2023 4YFN

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4YFN23 DAY 2: The most innovative startup in Catalonia

28 February 2023 4YFN

Full stands and aisles, informal meetings on stools, sofas and beanbags, and plenty of content on sectors as heterogeneous as e-commerce, the marine economy or health, but all sharing an interest in technology. The second day of 4YFN 2023 was buzzing with energy, so we recap some of the highlights below.

 

Premis EmprènXXI

Sycai Medical has won the award for the most innovative startup in Catalonia at the EmprènXXI awards, promoted by Caixabank through DayOne and the support of Tech Barcelona, ACCIÓ, Barcelona Activa and ENISA. The startup has developed a medical assistant that helps radiologists detect cystic lesions in the pancreas, thanks to artificial intelligence that facilitates diagnosis and predicts the likelihood that these lesions are malignant. Tech Barcelona also congratulates Nuwe, Rever, Haddock, Nimble Diagnostics and SolarMente as award finalists.

 

Institutional visit

Miquel Martí, CEO of Tech Barcelona, and Mar Galtés, Corporate Development Director of Tech Barcelona, has received a delegation led by the Honourable Mr. Roger Torrent, Minister for Business and Labour, and Albert Castellanos, General Secretary of Business and Labour and CEO of ACCIÓ.

 

Key e-commerce insights: a glimpse from Nestlé and Unilever

Nestlé and Unilever, Tech Barcelona Global Partners, talked about their respective e-commerce strategies, the importance of rethinking internal structures to innovate and the rise of e-retail media.

 

Biocat – Health & Life Sciences Startups

It showcases the power of the health and life sciences sector with the presentation of some of its startups. As last year, the images speak for themselves and demonstrate the interest in healthtech and digital health projects among the congress audience.

 

Fundació BCN Port Innovation Business Case & Pitch Blue-up

Technology related to the sea and ports is a recurring theme at Barcelona’s Agora Port, featuring a session led by the BCN Port Innovation foundation and another dedicated to growing blue economy startups. The America’s World Cup, the world’s largest nautical event, is approaching, and the city is ready to host it.

 

APB y KH-7 Dakar Business Case

And we are also talking about hydrogen-powered vehicles at Dakar. At Tech Barcelona’s stand (Hall 8.1 Stand 8.1B23) we welcome all kinds of sustainable technology projects and solutions.

 

Tech Barcelona Pitching Session II

Second round of pitches for Tech Barcelona members. Tomorrow more 😉

27 February 2023 4YFN

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4YFN23 DAY 1: We meet again at 4YFN

27 February 2023 4YFN

4 Years From Now (4YFN) – Mobile World Congress (MWC) is back with all the energy and drive of the technological and entrepreneurial world. Gone are the masks and long-distance greetings of previous years; Tech Barcelonas’ stand, in Hall 8.1 of the Fira de Barcelona, where 16 startups are present, has once again become a great meeting place for the Barcelona ecosystem.

 

Here is a summary of everything that happened on the first day of 4YFN

Artificial Intelligence: between social debate and real impact in today’s society

“The debate organised by Tech Barcelona on the real impact of artificial intelligence in the midst of so much expectation accumulated a queue at the entrance that almost doubled the capacity of the space it hosted”, is how Paula Clemente, journalist at El Periódico, describes what she experienced at the Ágora Stage. We can only thank Carla Zaldúa, CEO and co-founder of AcceXible; Josep M. Ganyet, CEO of Mortensen; Alex Martí, CEO and co-founder of Mitiga Solutions; and Adrià Quintana, CEO and co-founder of Factic, for explaining how they apply AI to positively impact society.

On the occasion of the debate, journalists Samanta Villar and Carlos Santos, from RNE’s ‘A media mañana’ programme, wanted to take the pulse of this edition of the MWC by interviewing Miquel Martí and Josep M. Ganyet on the topic that is on everyone’s lips: AI. We have been seeing its impact for decades, but now it has burst into our daily lives with force. “And like all revolutions, it can generate fear”, explains Miquel Martí. Josep M. Ganyet, for his part, reassures us: “these systems have high capacities, but they are not intelligent. They have no will, no objective or agency, just a syntactic vision of the world”.

 

From full remote to full flexibility: how tech companies are shaping the future of work

From Tech Barcelona we took the Future of Work Working Group to the DayOne Stage. Moderated by Paula Serra, BI & Project Manager at Tech Barcelona, and with the participation of Selena Sabiote, Senior Manager in Technology at Hays Technology; Guillem Vila, Technology Centres Director at Ocado Technology; Eusebi Llensa, CEO of Outvise; and Diego Calvo, Workplace Experience Lead at Adevinta Spain. We will soon share the conclusions of the working group in the next TB Insights.

 

Mobile World Congress, molt més que un congrés de telefonia

Mar Galtés, Corporate Development Director of Tech Barcelona, and Albert Cuesta, a journalist specialising in technology, analysed the impact of the MWC on Els Matins de TV3.

 

Tech Barcelona Pitching Session 1

Time to get to know the 16 projects that accompany us at our stand.

 

Using Deeptech to create the next wave of disruptive companies

Farside Ventures and its sustainability vertical Green Ventures presented success stories from the fintech and climatetech sectors.

 

5G Private Network at Port de Barcelona

The first Port of Barcelona content session, led by its CIO David Serral, dealt with 5G capacity and its integration into the port’s daily operations.

 

See you tomorrow!