More than 120 startups will be featured on the second day of BNEW with disruptive solutions for the New Economy.

 

The sixth edition of the Barcelona New Economy Week (BNEW) has highlighted the potential of start-ups. In the BNEW Startup Innovation Hub 2025, the five finalist startups from each vertical (Mobility, Sustainability, Talent, Aviation, Digital Industry and Health) defended their proposals before an audience specialized in the space BNEW TalentThese projects compete for the BNEW 2025 Best Startup Award, which will be presented tomorrow at the DFactory Barcelona Auditorium.

 

The variety and innovation of the ideas presented was remarkable, ranging from drones for surveillance and security to artificial intelligence software for independent telephone agents. Technologies for identifying brain biomarkers with a drop of blood, solutions of Smart cities such as bus stops and solar traffic lights, oceanic intelligences for real-time data and sustainable alternative fuels.

 

Blanca SoriguéThe general manager of the Consorci in the Barcelona Free Trade Zone, emphasized the value of this gathering of talent: "Having the opportunity to learn about such innovative and diverse ideas as those we have heard this morning, and the fact of bringing all that talent together in a single space, is a clear example of the capacity that [the Consortium] has BNEW "To connect sectors that might initially have nothing in common, but which end up generating wonderful synergies. And this is what confirms its position as the benchmark event for the new economy."

 

The Future of Work and the New Economy in Figures

 

Space BNEW Talent He also addressed crucial issues for the future of work, such as synergies between junior and senior talent, Barcelona as a pole of attraction for the digital nomads and KM0 talent with the participation of mayors from nearby municipalities.

 

Within the framework of the event, the Third Observatory of the New Economy BNEW, with relevant data on employment expectations:

 

• El 46,7 % of the companies participating in BNEW 2025 plan expand their templates due to the digital transformation.

• Only 5,2% believe it will decrease.

• El 83,3 % Plans startups Participants express their intention to hire staff in the next year, and 25,1% of them plan to add more than five people.

 

Sustainability and Smart Mobility in the Debate

 

The verticals of Sustainability y Mobility were the focus of much of the day's debate.

 

En BNEW Sustainability, the circular economy It stood out as a driver of new business models, along with the contribution of startups to the SDGs and the Smart factories with a green purpose. It was concluded that the Sustainability is an axis of business competitiveness and not an option, something confirmed by institutions and large companies such as CSIC, Prezero, BBVA and EY. This priority is reflected in the Observatory, where a 98,8 % of companies and a 91,7 % of the startups are already developing sustainable initiatives.

 

On the other hand, BNEW Mobility brought together experts from entities such as Ebro, Abertis, DGT and Flixbus, with the focus on the use of data and technology to a efficient, intelligent and connected mobilityThe debate revolved around the data ecosystems and living labs to transform mobility by making it people-centered and sustainable.

 

The day concluded with the Mobility, Sustainability and Talent programs, giving way tomorrow to the verticals of Digital Industry, Health and Aviation. BNEW will feature 320 speakers in 66 sessions over four days, all hosted in DFactory Barcelona, the benchmark Industry 4.0 ecosystem.