Barcelona
3 – 4 July | 2025
Scaleup Summits are the Mind the Bridge’s global format where corporates, scaleups, government organizations, and investors come together to share data, insights, and best practices around open innovation
The Scaleup Summit Barcelona 2025, hosted by Tech Barcelona, is a premier invite-only event designed for international corporates looking to explore the latest innovation trends and benchmark their open innovation strategies
The Scaleup Summit offers an in-depth immersion into the Catalan tech ecosystem through panels, curated meetings with key stakeholders, and selected one-on-one sessions with high-potential startups
Mind the Bridge runs together with Tech Barcelona the Tech Barcelona Innovation Council, an initiative involving the innovation executives of 15+ Catalan companies. Closed door meetings are organized quarterly.
Exceptionally the June session will be open to the executives of the companies participating in the Scaleup Summit
Agenda
Scaleup Summit
3:00 PM | Welcome by the Host Miquel Marti, CEO, Tech Barcelona |
3:15 PM | Opening and Who’s Who Alberto Onetti, Chairman, Mind the Bridge Luciano De Propris, Head of Open Innovation, ELIS Innovation Hub |
3:30 PM | Startup Spain. Where are We? Presentation of Tech Scaleup Spain Report 2025 Alberto Onetti, Chairman at Mind the Bridge |
3:45 PM | Fireside Talk: Building a Unicorn Anna Cejudo Mercado, Co-CEO and Co-founder at Founderz |
4:15 PM | Meet the Local Innovator: GCO Ventures |
5:00 PM | Corporate Startup Stars Panel Irene Gomez, Telefonica Diego Diaz Pilas, Iberdrola Rafael Fernandez, Ferrovial Gema Garcia Gonzalez, Repsol Bessem Ayari, ERGO Munich Re Orr Hameiri, P&G |
6:00 PM | Startup Discovery: 1:1 Meetings with local Startups |
7:00 PM | Networking |
Tech Barcelona Innovation Council
9:30 AM | Welcome to the Tech Barcelona Open Innovation Working Group Juan Baselga, Partnerships and Ext. Relations Director, Tech Barcelona |
9:45 AM | Introduction of Visiting Corporates to Open Innovation Working Group Members |
10:30 AM | Unveiling the Innovation Journey: Caixa Bank Presentation and Discussion among members |
11:00 AM | Unveiling the Innovation Journey: Fluidra Presentation and Discussion among members |
11:30 AM | Q&A |
12:30 AM | End of the Session |
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