The sixth edition of BNEW, celebrated in Barcelona and promoted by the CZFB, has opened intense debates on the internationalization and the new economy with aviation, healthcare, and the digital industry as its core focuses. Following the successful incorporation of the company last year, the vertical Aviation has delved into air defense, with the participation of spokespersons from the Ministry of Defence, and has addressed the creation of cross-border air corridors for drones.
In addition, the event has explored in detail the value chain of the corporate aviation and the challenges in the Attracting and retaining talent 4.0 in the aeronautical industry.
A crucial point has been the technological transformation of infrastructures. Representatives of AENA, AESA and Vueling have detailed how innovation is turning airports into smart airports, safer, more efficient, and passenger-centric ecosystems. Experts have concluded that technology not only drives efficiency and sustainability, but also "It redefines the way we experience air travel.".
Life Science and the gender perspective in health
The vertical Health has brought together experts from various institutions such as the Hospital del Mar and the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona to discuss about pioneering advances in the treatment of neurological diseases and public-private partnership for technology transfer. A prominent theme has been the focus on the health with a gender perspective and humanization of technology for person-centered care.
Blanca SoriguéThe CEO of the CZFB highlighted the event's adaptability and its relevance to society: «BNEW is a living, resilient event that evolves to adapt to the needs and concerns of the moment. In the same way that, in the first edition, we dedicated one of the verticals to logistics to highlight its importance during the pandemic, throughout the six editions we have been incorporating new sectors, which we considered should be present in the debate on the new economy.«.
Referring to the health sector, he added that:Health is not a topic that is foreign to anyone; it concerns absolutely all of us. And the advances made possible by new technologies, as well as the strategic changes in organizations to adapt to changing times, are aspects that concern the whole of society.«.
The unstoppable advance of AI and automation
The vertical digital industry has revealed the accelerated digital transformation In the era of the new economy, analyzing concepts such as extended reality, the industrial automation, the cyber resilience and quantum revolution.
The data of the III Observatory of the New Economy BNEW 2025 confirm the dominance of the Artificial Intelligence: A 71,5% of companies already uses it and a 15,6 % plans to do so. In the startups, this use is even greater, reaching the 79,2 %Virtually all of the companies surveyed plan to invest in technologies such as AI, Big Data o Blockchain.
The program, with a total of 320 speakers, 100 hours of content y 66 sessions, has had the participation of spokespersons from large companies and institutions such as Siemens, SEAT, Repsol, BBVA, Caixabank and the Ministry of Defence, consolidating BNEW as a "window of knowledge open to the world", accessible at streaming and with registered of More than 80 countriesThe event will culminate with the presentation of the Best Award Startup 2025 en DFactory Barcelona.
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