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MWCapital at 4YFN 2022


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Feb 28, 2022 - Mar 3, 2022
09:00H - 17:00H

4YFN, founded by MWCapital and managed by GSMA is one of the most important and influential events in the world.



From February 28th until March 3rd, 2022, Barcelona will be the center of interest of entrepreneur and digital development ecosystem.


Startups, investors, companies and public institutions will collaborate to create new projects together thanks to the different initiatives that will be carried out throughout the year nationally and internationally.


Programme
Monday 28 Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3
Session language: English

Presentation for start-ups focused on how to scale through B2B sales and avoid typical mistakes of entrepreneurship.
Speakers:
Pablo Penas Franco, CEO and Founder at Scale-Up Partner
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Presentation of Gridspertise Mission as newborn startup incorporated by Enel and open innovation approach.
Speakers: Santiago Cascante, Chief Commercial Officer at Grindspertise
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: English
This session will approach the topic of Low-Code and No-Code as a new trend in the software development field. Furthermore, it will raise awareness about its impact on the ecosystem, how startups and corporations are demanding these new software applications platforms and their impact in bridging the digital skills shortage. According to Forrester, every professional developer company will count on four citizens developers by 2023
Speakers:
Oscar Pallissa, CIO at Zurich
Pere Pons, Head of Automotive & Manufacturing at NTT DATA
Elena Vigo, Head of IT Software Development en SEAT, S.A.
Moderator: Pipo Serrano, Journalist | Deputy General Manager and Head of Innovation & New Business at Broadcaster
Agora Stage, 4YFN
Session language: Spanish
From Barcelona Digital Talent we drive a Hackathon that gathers the best 20 digital junior talents in Frontend, Backend, Data Science and the main companies of the digital ecosystem in the city such as Ocado Technology, Bayer, Accenture or Expertis. The companies will have the chance to test the professionals digital skills and look for new talent through this activity In this first session the workteams will be established, the challenges will be presented and each team will start programming its solution.
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: English
Come to 4YFN Discovery Area and listen to The Collider deep tech startups pitches in search for investment.
With the pitches of:
Exheus (Health)
The Predictive Company (CleanTech)
RheoDx (Health)
Ephion (Health)
Pharmacelera (Health)
Allread (Logistics)
DeepDetection (Agri-food)
FilmarketHub (Marketplace-Entertainment)
4YFN Discovery Stage
Session language: English
This session will focus on the introductory discussion of the groundbreaking 5G Turbo Accelerator initiative sponsored by EIT Urban Mobility where we will discover how Startups can help the community make SMART moves.
Speakers:
Raul Feliu, Project Officer of 5G Turbo Accelerator Programme & Business Creation Manager en EIT Urban Mobility
Florent Anon, Project Coordinator of the 5G Turbo Project & Innovation management & EU projects management en NextMove
Cristina Juarez, CIO en CARNET
Izabela Zrazinska, Senior EU Project Manager I Digitalization in Manufacturing I AI I Photonics en Funding Box
Robert Nordentoft, Chief Executive Officer en TrafficNow
Moderator:
Ola Sawicka Green, Funding Box
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Catalan/Spanish
Participate and let us know your experience about entrepreneur scientific challenges, how to deal with them and which are the success keys in deeptech spinoffs.
Speakers:
Manuel Palacín (The Collider): Our OTRIS and scientific capability programs. Testimonial presentations and debate moderator.
Stefano Lacaita (Scientific and spinoffs projects mentor): Success keys in scientific journeys through technologies and business ideas.
Blanca Tejedor (Building Research Groups, UPC): My experience as entrepreneur scientist at The Collider OnCampus.
Julia Palma (UAB): Opportunities and challenges in creating EBTs
Julia Palma (UAB)
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Catalan/Spanish
Don't miss the opportunity to attend the presentations of hardworking teams who had been working to valorize their technologies and business ideas. Experience a Demo Day by yourself. In collaboration of BlueNetCat.
Speakers:
Pablo Bou (R+D+I BlueNetCat Network): BlueNet OnCampus Program.
Manuel Palacín (The Collider): Objectives, participants, jury members and Demo Day sesion guidelines.
Project representative researchers (BlueNet Centers) show their respective projects related to blue economy.
Jury members and mentors offer their constructive point of view to beneficiary researchers of scientific entrepreneurship program.
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Company and business presentation.
Speakers:
Enric Batalla Robert, CMO at Wiz Music
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Exheus team will speak about the genetic RNA tests they have developed and some real examples of its use in health sector.
Speakers:
Pol Cervera Infantes, Cofounder and COO at Exheus
Teresa Tárrago, CEO at Exheus
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish
Presentation of Elewit.
Use cases of 5G technology in progress at Red Eléctrica de España:
(1) Digital twin and large area protection
(2) Remote visual inspection / SF6 sensing in substations
(3) Substation and line inspection with robot and drones
(4) Infrastructure Project
5G Redundancy use case via satellite

Speakers:
Diana Ortega, Innovation Strategic Alliance Manager at Elewit, Grupo Red Eléctrica
Javier Martin, 5G Tech Manager at Elewit, Grupo Red Eléctrica
Nuria Candelaria Trujillo, Hispasat
MWCapital stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: English

SAALG Geomechanics is a Barcelona based software and engineering startup specialized in real time monitoring data analysis. They aim to provide the construction industry with a tool that empowers data driven decision making by analyzing large volumes of monitoring data in real time, in order to minimize risk , save time and maximize profit of your construction project.
Speakers: Marc Llobet Rossich, Sales & Business Development Director at SAALG Geomechanics
Session Language: Spanish
Throughout all day the teams will work to solve the challenge proposed for each category: Frontend, Backend and Data Science. They will be assisted by Hackathon mentors from the recruiting companies, such as Agbar, CaixaBank or i2cat Foundation. At the end of the second day, the teams will present their solutions in front of the audience and the Hackathon jury will evaluate and select the winner team.
MWCapital Stage at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish
Barcelona Digital Talent organises a Speed Dating at 4YFN aimed to ease the incorporation of new digital talent to the market. Professionals and recruiters will gather in 15 minutes job interviews where they can connect and identify professional oportunities. The Speed Dating will last for two days and will count with 24 companies such as Sanofi, Pepsico, Adsmurai or Zurich.
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Discover the value that startups can bring to big companies and which are the keys for an effective and satisfactory collaboration.
In collaboration with: GoHub
Speakers:
Fernando Sandoval, Innovation Hub Manager at Enel
Oscar Villanueva, CEO at Nymiz
Ruben Colomer, Investment Manager at GoHub
Moderator
Marisol Menéndez
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Report presentation "Estado del Arte de la Innovación Corporativa - 10 flashes" with the success cases of Enagás and AstraZeneca.
In collaboartion with: Area 101

Speakers: Cristian Ull, Area 101 Pol Hortal, The Collider
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish
Which will be the key skills that professionals have to improve this 2022? There are new digital skills emerging from the implementation of disruptive technologies in the market? Which ones will evolve and which ones will become the winners? We will talk with some of the most relevant digital schools such as Ironhack, Nuclio Digital School and Assembler Institute of Technology about predictions arround the skills and new digital jobs for this year and the future.
Speakers:
Adela Martínez, Digital Talent Partners Manager at Barcelona Digital Talent
Tiago Santos, General Manager at Ironhack
Francesc Calabia, General Manager at Nuclio Digital School
Cristian Fondevila, CEO & Co-fundador at Assembler Institute of Technology
Moderator:
Adela Martínez, Digital Talent Partners Manager at MWCapital
MWCapital Stage at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: English
An informal chat between two exceptional speakers in a great stage. Discover the keys of the HP case and inspire yourself. Speakers: Oscar Sala (The Collider Director, Mobile World Capital Barcelona)
Virginia Palacios (HP 3DP New Business Incubation Director, HP)
4YFN Banco Sabadell Stage
Session language: Spanish

Conversation session between executive women of #WomenInTechSpain and a honor guest. We will talk about the role of conversation in ecosystems, and human connection in the digital world.
Ponentes:
Marisol Menendez, CEO en Women in Tech Spain
Estrella Montoliu
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish
Barcelona Digital Talent organises a Speed Dating at 4YFN aimed to ease the incorporation of new digital talent to the market. Professionals and recruiters will gather in 15 minutes job interviews where they can connect and identify professional oportunities. The Speed Dating will last for two days and will count with 24 companies such as Sanofi, Pepsico, Adsmurai or Zurich.
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Presentation of Bayer's LifeHub Barcelona. Designed to connect with local innovation ecosystems and solve challenges in health and nutrition.
Speakers:
Anabel León, Digital Lead Pharma at Bayer
Roberto Álvarez, Head of Customer Engagement & Marketing Excellence MED at Bayer
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish
In this second session of Speed Dating we will have more digital ecosystem compenies. Throughout all morning they will interview professionals with different profiles such as: Fullstack Developer, Backend Developer, Data Analytics, UX/UI Designer or Security Analytics.
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: English
Diversity is, more than ever, a key asset for organizations that compete in unpredictable environments that require agility and innovation. Creating teams with diverse backgrounds like gender, age, ethnicity, specialization, or functional diversity, the corporations and startups foster their creative potential. Also, they can develop products with a variety of points of view that mirrors the diversity of the society that consumes them, and their employer branding becomes more powerful when attracting digital talent.
Speakers:
Isabel Salazar, Country Manager Spain en ManoMano
Judith Palmés, Managing Director.Business Consulting. Customers and Services at Accenture.
Cristina Ghetti, Global Head of Workforce 360 and Nearshore It hub Barcelona & Milán en Nestlé.
Moderator:
Pipo Serrano, Journalist | Deputy General Manager and Head of Innovation & New Business at Broadcaster
Agora Stage, 4YFN
Session language: Spanish

Presentation of AGBAR's open innovation activity with testimonials from beneficiary startups.
Speakersbr> Ramón López Roldán, Open Innovation Manager at AGBAR
Jordi Ferré, CEO and cofounder at Kamleon
Javier Achiaga, Founding partner and CEO at Cooling Photonics
Sandrine Gil, Commercial delegate at Wave Bumper
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
Session language: Spanish

Presentación of B2B SaaS Technology aimed to detect and remove negative reputation.
Speakers:
Josep Coll, CEO at RepScan (SaaS Negative Reputation management)
MWCapital Stand at 4YFN (Hall 6)
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