AI is already a reality, but consciously adopting it remains a challenge for most organisations.

Seventy per cent of projects fail to generate real impact. This is not due to a lack of technology, but rather to weak strategies, poorly prepared data and processes that people do not adopt.

Our next webinar gets straight to the point: honest, no hype, and designed to help you build AI that delivers real, sustainable value. No spectacular demos that later fade away; we’ll talk about people, business, and technology working in balance.

📅 Date: Tuesday, 7 October 2025
‍⏰ Time: 10:00 – 11:00
‍📍Format: Online (access after registration)

While you wait, you can get started with this article where we share why 70% of AI projects fail and how to avoid it:

Don’t miss the opportunity to rethink your AI strategy without smoke and mirrors and with real impact.

Sign up and take the first step towards conscious AI.

Yes, young people also create (digital) culture. Want to discover it?

On 14 November, Urbine (Districte Cultural de l’Hospitalet) will host the 3rd edition of the young digital culture festival, where culture, technology and entrepreneurship come together to give a voice to emerging talent.
What can you expect?

• Afternoon (4–8 p.m.): video games, hands-on workshops, digital art demos, fashion tech performances and music jams.
• Evening (8 p.m.–midnight): concerts, DJ sets and immersive experiences that will transform your Friday into a party.

Immerse yourself in digital culture and discover more than 20 projects in gaming, food tech, fashion tech, digital art, music tech and new technologies (AI, VR, AR).
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Tickets now available!
👉 Buy your ticket here
Come and experience a different kind of Friday

On Wednesday, November 12th, Tech Up Nights returns to Pier01! In its 18th edition, this event will feature Ocado Technology tech use cases, followed by a networking session designed by and for tech profiles.

SPEAKERS & CONTENT

From Systems Thinking to Holistic Product Strategy

Join us to learn how we united cross-functional teams to be more user-focused and create a “big picture” view of an e-commerce platform. This session will shed light on how we connected basket-building features, identifying gaps and overlaps, and aligning teams to generate opportunities that impact the entire user journey. We will show how UX research and design can shape a powerful, holistic strategy, leading to innovative solutions that delight users and optimise basket building for both shoppers and businesses.

• Amalia Speratti – Senior UX Researcher at Ocado Technology
• Ligia Olmos – Senior UX Designer at Ocado Technology

🍕🍺 Pizza and beers included! There’s no better way to expand your network.

The event will be held in English. Register now!

ATTENTION: Registration will be open until 6:45 pm.

RIGHT OF ADMISSION RESERVED

Tech Up Nights is an initiative created with Ocado Technology to bring together the tech community of Barcelona. Our goal is to inspire you with high-quality content and provide the opportunity to establish an open dialogue between technical attendees and tech speakers. We aim to create a space for engineers, data scientists, UX specialists, software product managers, and similar profiles to share best practices and challenges, learn from mistakes, and solve doubts.

ICEX Spain Export and Investment and the Spanish Economic and Commercial Office in Miami, in collaboration with eMerge Americas, are organising this ICEX Conference and pitch competition on 16 October 2025.

The eMerge Americas fair is the most important technology event in Miami. Held annually since 2013, it has been a key element in turning this city into a leading technology hub, promoting innovation and investment in Florida and Latin America and allowing foreign companies access to these markets.

During the event, opportunities offered by Miami to Spanish start-ups will be promoted, and representatives from the fair will encourage participation in eMerge Americas 2026, to be held on 23-24 April 2026. ICEX, Red.es and the Spanish Economic and Commercial Office in Miami will organise the Spanish National Pavilion at eMerge Americas and immersion in the local ecosystem, with a delegation of more than 50 Spanish companies.

What will we talk about and do at this conference?

• The technology and innovation ecosystem in Miami and the annual eMerge Americas conference.
• Round table (moderated by ICEX) with representatives from eMerge, Madrid’s One-Stop Shop for Internationalisation, Ubicuity and Lodgerin.
• Coffee networking.
• Pitch competition for 8 start-ups.

The event will conclude with the selection of two winners to participate directly in the eMerge Accelerator programme, which is a great opportunity.

Register before 3 October!

We are turning metropolitan municipalities into laboratories for innovation in water and sustainability!

Aigües de Barcelona and Cornellà de Llobregat City Council are seeking innovative solutions to improve the renaturalisation of aquatic ecosystems in urban areas. This will accelerate open innovation in the region with scalable, autonomous solutions that transform water challenges into opportunities for the future.

Who can participate?

• National and international start-ups with digital and technological solutions that can respond to the water-related challenges of each municipality. The solutions must have a technological development level equal to or higher than TRL (Technology Readiness Level) 6, and their implementation through a pilot project must be viable, both technically and economically, within a period of 6 to 9 months.
• Solutions with potential for scalability and management that is as autonomous or independent as possible will be viewed favourably.
• The solution must respond to at least one of Aigües de Barcelona’s six lines of action and contribute to the achievement of one or more Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), as well as the objectives of the Spanish Urban Agenda roadmap.

For more information, click here.

Transform data into innovation for the future of water! At Aigües de Barcelona, we seek to respond to environmental and social challenges by using service data to transform it into a source of interdisciplinary innovation, in collaboration with universities and other entities in Catalonia’s innovation ecosystem.

The challenges that the AB Data Challenge aims to tackle:

• Detection of abnormal consumption: Advanced data analysis techniques offer new opportunities to understand and characterise water consumption patterns. In this context, the development of new variables and innovative analytical models opens up the possibility of identifying abnormal consumption behaviour with greater precision.
• Impact of global changes on water consumption: Water consumption patterns are constantly evolving, influenced by multiple external factors. This challenge seeks to develop analytical models that allow us to understand how different contexts (climate change, droughts, economic fluctuations or tourist pressure) affect domestic consumption habits, as well as the behaviour of large industrial and commercial customers.
• Water leaks and customer experience: Efficient management of water leaks is a fundamental challenge that directly impacts the customer experience. Each incident has particular characteristics that are reflected in consumption patterns and generate different responses from users. This challenge seeks to deepen understanding of the types of leaks and their relationship with the customer experience, from detection to resolution.
• Predicting incidents in smart meters: Water meter maintenance is essential to ensure service continuity and quality. This challenge seeks to develop innovative predictive models that, by analysing patterns in data transmission (such as a progressive decrease in the number of readings), make it possible to anticipate possible equipment failures or deterioration.
• Open innovation: In addition to the challenges proposed in the programme, AB Fecha Challenge is open to receiving and considering new proposals and initiatives submitted by participants. These new ideas must be aligned with the main objectives of the competition, which are to promote innovation in the use of data, encourage collaboration between different sectors and disciplines, and drive data-driven solutions to address social and environmental challenges.

Prizes of up to €6,000 for the winning teams! For more information, click here.

From the Àrea d’Emprenedoria i Formació del Departament d’Empresa i Treball , we want to continue mapping innovation in Catalunya with a new edition of Mapathon, a biennial event that highlights innovative entrepreneurship initiatives developed throughout the country.

Following the success of the 2023 edition, in 2025 we want to shake up the Catalan innovation ecosystem once again, connecting talent and sharing some of the best practices in innovation between companies and organisations, facilitating the exchange of experiences at all times.

To achieve this, we have scheduled four sessions where, with the help of the consulting firm Matteria, we will collectively analyse the strengths and growth potential of four ecosystems, identifying opportunities for collaboration and models that can be extrapolated between different territories.

Specifically, Mapathon 2025 will take us to:

• Penedès and Anoia: Tuesday, 11 November 2025.
• Ripollès and Berguedà: Thursday, 13 November 2025.
• Terres de l’Ebre: Tuesday, 18 November 2025.
• Alt Pirineu and Aran: Thursday, 20 November 2025.

Your participation is key to shaping the innovative future of Catalonia. We look forward to seeing you there!

Sign up and participate!

Are you ready to be part of Europe’s most influential blockchain event? With 6,000 attendees and 300 speakers, the European Blockchain Convention is back for its 12th edition!

Join us in Barcelona for two days of entertainment and discover the entire Web3 ecosystem in one place. Experience an unforgettable event with three stages, an expanded exhibition area, start-up competitions, VIP meetings and Europe’s largest cryptocurrency networking programme.

Tech Barcelona’s members have a 15% discount code with the code: TechBCN15 |  Ticket link

At SCEWC 2025, the Government of Catalonia stand in Hall 3, Stand D-50, will showcase innovations from 20 Catalan companies. They come from the engineering, energy, data analytics, and security industries and showcase the expertise and range of Catalonia’s urban innovation ecosystem.

Join the Catalonia Trade & Investment’s events and activities organized under the framework of SCEWC 2025.

Open Innovation Challenge:

If you are a technology provider or a startup, the Open Innovation Challenge at SCEWC 2025 allows you to present your urban solutions to major global corporations, institutions, and governments. Key organizations participating include Port de Barcelona, l’Energètica, Infraestructures.cat, Autoritat del Transport Metropolità, COMSA, REPSOL, EDP, and many more.

The Open Innovation Challenge will focus on a wide range of topics, such as energy efficiency, automation, improved mobility, robotics, electric vehicles, and new materials. By participating, you can discover these organizations’ specific challenges and request meetings with them if your solution fits. This is a unique opportunity to position your technology or startup at the forefront of urban innovation.

Meetings with the corporations can be held physically at the SCEWC in Barcelona from November 4-6 or online during the designated dates in late October and early November.

Participation is free of charge. Register on the Open Innovation Challenge platform as a tech or solution provider by October 29th.

Catalonia Urban Solutions:

Catalonia Urban Solutions is an on-site B2B and B2G event that connects international companies, entities, and institutions with Catalan suppliers. It offers cutting-edge, innovative solutions market-ready to be implemented or commercialized.

This matchmaking event, meetings 1:1 and personalised fair-guided tours, allows international participants to share their needs and interests with Catalan suppliers, showcasing their solutions; it helps set pre-scheduled meetings and arrange fair-guided tours, cost-efficiently generate valuable leads and partnerships. By attending, participants can stay ahead of industry trends and network with key players worldwide.

Do you have an idea, a project, or simply want to enjoy a unique entrepreneurial experience?

Join Startup Weekend Perpignan, from October 17th to 19th 2025 in Le Soler (near Perpignan).

In 54 hours, participants from all walks of life – developers, designers, marketing specialists, students, entrepreneurs – come together to transform ideas into real projects.

On the programme: pitches, mentoring, prototyping, co-living and lots of collective energy!

An ideal opportunity to connect the French and Catalan ecosystems in a cross-border and creative spirit.

Tech Barcelona members have access to an exclusive promotional code – TECHBCN – which allows them to register for the event free of charge.

More information and registration at this link.