CZFB presents the third edition of Barcelona New Economy Week, the most disruptive B2B hybrid event of economy 4.0

Barcelona will be the world capital of the new economy

During the four days, BNEW will bring together 600 speakers who will offer up to 180 hours of content distributed in 130 panels, sessions and debates. This international event will also have a forecast of more than 12.000 attendees from more than 100 countries.

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The Barcelona Free Zone Consortium (CZFB) has presented the third edition of the Barcelona New Economy Week (BNEW) in the emblematic building DFactory. From October 3 to 6, this event will once again turn Barcelona into the world capital of the new economy.

 

During the four days, BNEW will bring together 600 speakers who will offer up to 180 hours of content distributed in 130 panels, sessions and debates. This international event will also have a forecast of more than 12.000 attendees from more than 100 countries. This successful format encompasses seven main sectors of this global transformation: Digital Industry, Invest, Sustainability, Mobility, Real Estate, Talent and Experience.

 

The media have received a special welcome from Pepper, a humanoid robot from the Alisys company with DFactory offices, the ecosystem that promotes the promotion and development of the digital industry in Europe, as an example of the avant-garde advances that are taking place in this building. After this, both Pere Navarro, special delegate of the State in the CZFB, as Blanca Sorigué, general director of the CZFB, have addressed the media present to explain the importance of organizing this event as an organization that promotes the new economy 4.0. In addition, they presented the different verticals and content that will be discussed during these days.

 

This presentation has also been followed by many media through streaming thanks to the platform provided by the CZFB. As Pere Navarro has explained, “BNEW aims to unite the entire new economy industry under one banner to build together the roadmap of the future.” The delegate also assured that "the CZFB works to promote the transformation of the productive fabric and reinforce the projection of the city of Barcelona and its metropolitan region at an international level."

 

Blanca Sorigué, for her part, has stated that “The 7 selected verticals have also been proposed transversally; Thus we find issues of sustainability, digitalization or equality in any of them.” Furthermore, he has emphasized that "these panels have been expressly selected according to the most current trends and exploring multiple aspects related to the new opportunities and the dizzying economic and technological transformations that we are experiencing."

 

BNEW 2022 will have 7 verticals: Digital Industry, Invest, Sustainability, Mobility, Real Estate, Talent and Experience

 

The 7 verticals of the new economy

 

At BNEW Digital Industry, the possibilities offered by the digital world will be addressed, such as the metaverse in the smart manufacturing model, cybersecurity in industry 4.0 or the key role of women in technology. One of the new features in this edition will be the study of new investment trends around the world, in the vertical called BNEW Invest, emphasizing the risks and opportunities of the current economy, investment in renewable energies or cryptocurrencies.

 

BNEW Real Estate will bring together the main actors and companies under themes referring to commercial real state, sustainable architecture, smart cities or Proptech. in the vertical BNEW Mobility The private and public sectors meet to present a series of solutions and proposals regarding mobility, study the new challenges regarding the future of the railway, Smart ports and the designation of green airplanes.

 

Although sustainability will be transversal with presence in the rest of the verticals, the CZFB is committed to its commitment to the SDGs established in the 2030 Agenda through BNEW Sustainability, dealing with topics related to sustainable consumption, the importance of the circular economy or waste management, in important sectors such as fashion and food. The panel called BNEW Talent It is another of the verticals of greatest interest, since it will talk about the great challenges of the sector, such as education, equality or the new profiles that industry 4.0 is creating.

 

Among the speakers who will participate in these panels we find: Daniel Seto, general director of ALISYS; Maria Camila Moreno, executive director of the Association of Free Zones of the Americas (AZFA); Javier Burón, housing manager at Barcelona City Council; Sara Aagensen, Secretary of State for Energy at the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge; Josefina Lindblom, policy officer at the European Commission; Raul Blanco, Secretary General of Industry and Small and Medium Enterprises of the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism; o Conxita Font, responsible for European funds at the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and the EU.

 

As a vertical different from the rest, there will be BNEW Experience, focused on publicizing the leisure and culture offer of the city of Barcelona. Culinary events, with wine, chocolate or Gin tasting, by Damm, Fever-Tree, Barcelona Chocolate Tours, Bodega Miquel Jané, El Bandarra, Fliwer, Boqueria 180, Penedès Denominació d'Orígen, Xerigots; showcookings by prominent chefs such as Nuria Gironés from Ca'l Isidre; Paco Pérez from Miramar Restaurant; Hideki Matsuhisa of Koy Shunca restaurant; and Romain Fornell of Caelis restaurant; technological and immersive experiences with Cubiart, Alisys, Innovae or Pintura Mural Barcelona; or even sculpture, painting and fashion exhibitions by LAB Barcelona + B, Taller d'Art, Areny, Vito Thiel.

 

The BNEW will also organize the Inspirational Speakers sessions, where personalities such as Josef Ajram, stock and markets specialist, or Laura Rojas-Marcos, doctor in psychology, will tell us about their own experiences in the sector. Likewise, on October 5, the Best Innovation Start-up awards will be presented, within the BNEW StartUp Innovation Hub, which will recognize the work of the most disruptive startups in each of the verticals, and where the 50 candidates will seek the opportunity to present your project to an audience of investors, companies, clients, potential partners and specialized audiences from around the world.

 

DFactory, the avant-garde stage of the CZFB

 

After two years marked by the restrictions of the pandemic, the CZFB is betting on in-person attendance in this edition. The modern DFactory building will be the star of all conferences, panels and experiences. This avant-garde center is also a tool to promote the transformation of the Spanish productive framework and supports companies during their digitalization process, thus promoting the creation of an ecosystem to attract talent, technology and investment. In fact, in its short history, it already has an occupancy rate of 50%, with 30 companies and 500 people working in a single 17.000 square meter building.

 

However, the CZFB continues to support a hybrid event thanks to its digital platform where all activities can be followed from anywhere in the world, both live and recorded.