The PUZZLE X, Expoquimia collaboration will support both organizations' events. AMPT will in turn support Expoquimia, promoting the event to the members of the Advanced Material Future Preparedness Taskforce (AMPT), which organizes PUZZLE X together with Fira and Mobile World Capital Barcelona.

AMPT is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Ramon Betolaza as a member of the Advisory Council of AMPT, effective August 17, 2021. Mr. Betolaza is the managing partner at Black Toro Capital and member of the board at Hyperloop Transportation Technologies. Ramon has over 20 years of global investment expertise in company distress, rescue and stabilization situations with proven track record of investment portfolio across Europe, USA and Asia.

Advanced Material Future Preparedness Taskforce (AMPT), Fira de Barcelona and the Mobile World Capital Barcelona will jointly launch PUZZLE X next November, a new initiative focused on the use of Materials Deep Tech to build a better and more sustainable future for humanity in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Supported by several public administrations, PUZZLE X aims to grasp the potential of Frontier materials to solve some of the challenges that society is facing. The initiative includes a yearly event and a venture builder incubator to support Materials Deep Tech startups, attract investment and build a global ecosystem.

The letter orchestrated by AMPT and signed by over a thousand scientists, industry leaders and Frontier Material stakeholders, urges Secretary Guterres to convene a strategic forum of dialogue and action for material science responding to complex global challenges

The Institute of Photonic Sciences (ICFO) and Advanced Material Pandemic & Future Preparedness Taskforce (AMPT) sign Memorandum of Understanding to facilitate solving global challenges using advanced materials • International network to pool expertise to create international synergies to respond to imminent societal needs