Partners, Members & Sponsors

Impuls'Innov believes that innovation is essential for viable long-term growth. The company helps entrepreneurs and companies rise to their future challenges in Sustainable Innovation offering consulting services, support and coaching for business and innovation strategy.

INBRAIN Neuroelectronics are developing the next generation of neuroelectronic therapies powered by machine learning. The company is working on graphene-brain interfaces that have the capability of reading at a resolution never seen before, as well as detecting therapy-specific biomarkers and triggering highly focal adaptive neuromodulation for increased outcomes in personalised neurological therapies.

For more than 60 years, IESE has been at the forefront of management education and leadership development. Our mission today remains the same as it was back in 1958: to educate and inspire leaders who wish to have a positive and lasting impact on people, business and society.

ICREA, Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Studies, is a foundation jointly promoted by the Catalan Government through its Department of Innovation, Universities and Enterprise, and the Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation (FCRI). ICREA was created in 2000 aiming to boost the research system of Catalonia via the recruitment of top scientists for the Catalan R&D system, scientists capable of leading new research groups, strengthening existing groups, and opening up novel forefront lines of research.

The Institut Català de Nanociència i Nanotecnologia, with its official English translation Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and acronym ICN2, is a non-profit international research institute located close to Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain). It is devoted to the generation of knowledge, materials and devices in the broad fields of ICT, health, energy and the environment. The expertise of the ICN2 lies at the nanoscale, where new properties, interactions and ways to exploit them in everyday life are being discovered. Among its goals is to bring together scientists from diverse backgrounds in the pursuit of better science, better training and better outreach to society, while also seeking out new ways to engage with local and global industry.

ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences is a research center devoted to the science and technology of light. Located in Castelldefels, ICFO was created in 2002 by the Government of Catalonia and the Technical University of Catalonia. The Institute carries out research and trains scientists and technologists.

Hymet produces advanced materials for cooling high powered, compact and complex electronics everywhere. We deliver a new category of composite metamaterials, physically speaking, this results in shrinking or removing heat sinks, decreasing weight, volume, material costs, and we can even provide EMI shielding.

Housatonic is a creative studio based in Bologna,Italy, focused on helping organization simplify complexity. They facilitate communication, allowing organizations and communities to be more inclusive and sustainable, integrating Visualization, Facilitation and Design: events, workshops, scribing and graphic facilitation, graphics and editorial projects, videos and animations. Housatonic facilitates to share and collaborate, visualizes to reveal and understand, designs to communicate and engage.

The Hospital Clínic de Barcelona is a century-old, public university hospital that is committed to research. Healthcare, research and teaching are our raison d'être and the hospital is active within these spheres in order to achieve excellence.Research is fundamental for progress, for improving our patients’ health, and for trying to identify the causes of diseases and ways of curing them.

Graphmatech AB is a materials technology company that invents, develops and sells graphene-based materials. The company is based in Sweden and is made up of a diverse, international team spanning nine nationalities.

The ultimate vision of the GraphCAT Community is to establish Catalonia as an international reference in graphene research, development and innovation, with multiple local industries deriving strong competitive advantage in the global marketplace through the integration of proprietary graphene technologies into their products and services. GraphCAT will achieve this by cultivating a strong community of international graphene researchers, practitioners and businesses, bringing their combined expertise to the development of cutting-edge graphene technologies for and by Catalan industry. It will also provide support for the transfer of technology to industry, as well as the creation of spin-off companies. Specifically, it will do so through GraphCAT projects, led by Community members and co-funded through the Catalan regional research and innovation strategy for smart specialisation, RIS3CAT.

The mission of the company is to develop and commercialize new materials and technologies for industrial application so as to create new products with the aim to improve quality of life, work and environment. The company acts as a go-between among many industrial branches and research fields, particularly in: - Living Materials - Sustainable support - ecofriendly - quality of life - New performing materials and technologies for furnishing, automotive, nautical, medical areas; - Customized textile structures, special yarn and fibers; - Dispersion of carbon nanotubes in polymers, fibers, fabrics, advanced textile structures (geotextile, pre-preg etc);

Empowering future knowledge leaders to solve the world’s most pressing scientific and technological challenges. Global Talent Mentoring fosters excellence in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and medical sciences (STEMM) worldwide for exceptionally talented youth through evidence-based, long-term online mentoring.

The Generalitat de Catalunya, or the Government of Catalonia, is the institutional system by which Catalonia politically organizes its self-government. It is formed by the Parliament of Catalonia, the Presidency of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and the Executive Council of Catalonia.

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting more than 750 operators with almost 400 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset and device makers, software companies, equipment providers and internet companies, as well as organisations in adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the industry-leading MWC events held annually in Barcelona, Los Angeles and Shanghai, as well as the Mobile 360 Series of regional conferences.

Floatech is a spinoff from IMDEA Materials Institute in Madrid, Spain. The startup focuses on the development of silicon nanowires that are cheaper, more efficient, and sustainable. Applications include lithium-ion batteries because silicon has about ten times more electrochemical capacity than graphite.

Fira de Barcelona is one of the most important trade fair organisations in Europe in terms of the volume and quality of its events, the high level of its venues and its organisational experience and professionalism.

The most innovative materials and their potential applications, will be showcased at Expoquimia in Area Mat 20-30. Designed with the support of the Materfad Materials Centre in Barcelona, the Leitat technology centre and Materplat, the Spanish technology platform for advanced materials and nanomaterials, this specific area will present the latest developments in critical raw materials, green chemistry and advanced materials. Companies such as Novamont, Astrea Materials and Advanced Nanotechnologies and organisations such as the Advanced Materials Cluster of Catalonia will present real examples of applied solutions based on new materials such as biodegradable and compostable biopolymers, stretchable films for the food industry and nanofilters using particles of gold.