PUZZLE X 2023 program

ultimate connectivity: Sentient cities

Transcending biology

Nov 7 | 9:30 AM - 7 PM CET

9:30-10:00 AM (CET)

Opening Remarks

Welcome to the era of Exponential Technology

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER
Francesc Fajula | CEO | Mobile World Capital
John Hoffman | CEO | GSMA Ltd.
Miquel Rey | Director General de Negocio | Eurecat

10:00-10:10 AM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

Digital... Building the Physical

Jon Hammant | Head of Compute for EMEA | AWS

10:10-10:50 AM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Panel

What's Beyond connectivity ...?

Tommy Bjorkberg | Snr. Director - CTO Group | ZTE
Dr. Chema Alonso | Chief Digital Officer | Telefónica
Alejandro Carballo | Public Sector Director | Vodafone
Jennifer Schenker | Founder and Editor-in-Chief | The Innovator

10:50-11:00 AM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

Air: The hottest New Material for Telecom


Miguel Arranz | CTO North Europe | ZTE

11:00-11:10 AM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Neuro Twins for Your brain health

Ana Maiques | CEO & Co-Founder | Neuroelectrics

11:10-11:50 AM (CET)

Coffee Break & networking

11:50-12:30 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Panel

What creates the spark for science going from the lab to economic & social impact?

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER
Dr. Andreu Mas-Colell | Founder | Barcelona School of Economics
Cristina Gallach | Honorable Representative | Ministry of Economy of Spain
Dr. Eduard Vallory | Director-General | BIST
Dr. Paul Smith | COO | Perimeter Institute

12:30-12:40 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Demo

Herbie: The 1st Generation Autonomous Plant wants to talk to you

Dr. Cecilia Tham| CEO | Futurity Systems
Mark Bünger | CTO & Cofounder | Futurity Systems

12:40-12:50 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Is your next computer made of...DNA?

Dr. Hyunjun Park | CEO and Co-founder | CATALOG

12:50-1:00 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Can we really transform our genes?

Dr. Dina Zielinski | Head of Scientific Partnerships and Innovation | Whitelab Genomics

1:00-1:10 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Bits to bases: Synthesizing the DNA data storage revolution

Dr. Esther Singer | Director of Product and Market Development | Twist Bioscience

1:10-1:20 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Demo Art

Memories in DNA: from the ephemeral to the eternal

Solimán López | Founder | Harddiskmuseum

1:20-1:30 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Hack your brain chemistry

Dr. Anne Andrews | Professor of Psychiatry, Chemistry & Biochemistry | UCLA

1:30-1:40 PM (CET)

Announcement

Gen Z is here

Sasha Ermilova |  Marketing & Communication Associate | PUZZLE X

1:40-1:50 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

The future is flexible! where are we with flexible electronics?

Naila Moloo | Activator | TKS

Lunch Break & networking

1:50-2:40 PM(CET)

2:40-2:50 PM (CET)

Announcement

Investing in creativity

Aurea Rodriguez | Interim Director | EIT Culture and Creativity South West

2:50-3:00 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

A printer for Microchips

Dr. Ahmed Busnaina | WL Smith Chair and University Distinguished Professor | Northeastern University

3:00-3:10 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

Giving world a 6th sense: smart electronics

Dr. Laetitia Gazagnes | CEO | Impuls'Innov

3:10-3:20 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Growing meat, fish, and tumor avatars... in the lab

Dr. Paul Weiss | UC Presidential Chair & Distinguished Professor | UCLA

3:20-3:30 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology | Performative Keynote

Building a Digital Twin for your ...Heart

Dr. Roozbeh Jafari | Professor | Texas A&M University

3:30-3:40 PM (CET)

Ultimate connectivity & Sentient Cities | Performative Keynote

The Hydrogen Wave: $12 Trillion Market by 2050

Dr. Vivek Koncherry | CEO | Graphene Innovations Manchester

3:40-4:10 PM (CET)

Transcending Biology| Fireside Chat

Can you resurrect a wooly mammoth with DNA?

Dr. James Banal | Co-Founder | Cache DNA
Dr. George Church | Professor of Genetics | Harvard

4:10-4:30 PM (CET)

Government

Government Visit

Jordi Valls

A Hand Poem | Live Music

Happy hour & Break | Live Music & Beer

4:30-4:50 PM (CET)

4:50-5:00 PM (CET)

MATTER EXPRESSIONISM

Opening | Bring your Beer

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER

5:00-5:10 PM (CET)

MATTER EXPRESSIONISM | Performance

The Song of Machines & Humans

Prof. Bob Coecke | Chief Scientist | Quantinuum

5:10-5:20 PM (CET)

MATTER EXPRESSIONISM | Performative Keynote

Art + Quantum = Let's play!

Fabienne Marco | Research Assistant | TUM

5:20-5:30 PM (CET)

MATTER EXPRESSIONISM | Performative Keynote

Quantum Cipher garden

Alexander Orlov | Student Research Assistant | TUM

5:30-5:50 PM (CET)

MATTER EXPRESSIONISM | Performance | World's First Demo

A Quantum symphony of biology

Harry Kumar | CCO & Co-Founder | Moth
Ben Nott | Co-Founder | Blanco AD
Dr. Daniel Ortmann | Stem Cell Researcher

Nov 7 | 9:50 AM - 7:10 PM CET

9:50-9:55 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

opening remarks

Sasha Ermilova | Marketing & Communication Associate | Puzzle X

9:55-10:00 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

Harnessing Nanotech: A Sustainable Future for Energy Storage

Olivia Avalos Villar | Innovator | TKS

10:00-10:05 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

Study Of Microglia In Alzheimer’s Disease: Chemical Structure And Modeling Of TREM2

Elena Mishina | Activate Student | TKS

10:05-10:10 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

Magnetized target fusion reactor

Tomas Esteves | Activate Student | TKS

10:10-10:15 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

New methods of encryption

Antonio Pontikakis

10:15-10:20 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

OASIS: Bringing water from air to homes using hydrogel technology

Annie Zountsa | Innovator | TKS

10:25-10:30 AM (CET)

Gen Z Spark

Algae walls

Nayra Niño

10:30-10:50 AM (CET)

Fireside chat

New Urban Purpose - LOGOS | PATHOS | ETHOS | KAIROS | TOPOIArch.

Ben Nott | Co-Founder | Blanco AD
Dr. Haris Piplas | Co-Directing Urban Design, Planning and Development | Drees & Sommer Switzerland

10:50-12:10 PM (CET)

Made In Barcelona

Made in Barcelona: The most relevant deep tech hub in Southern Europe


12:20-13:20 PM (CET)

Made In Barcelona

Made in Barcelona: The most relevant deep tech hub in Southern Europe

Oriol Sans | Senior Startups Manager | ACCIÓ

12:10-12:50 PM (CET)

Panel

Accelerating SDG Action with Quantum Computing

Mira Dechant | VP PR and Marketing | QMware AG
Romi Sumaria | Head of Business Development & Partnerships | Terra Quantum AG
Carlos Kuchkovsky | CEO & Cofounder | QCentroid

12:50-1:00 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

opening remarks


1:00-1:10 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

handPoem

Oriol Ribera | CEO & Founder | Handpoem Interactive S.L.

1:10-1:20 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Cellgrid - 7 billion people

Michael Malkin | CEO | Cellgrid

1:20-2:00 PM (CET)

Ask Me Anything

The future of DNA data storage & computation

Dr. Hyunjun Park | CEO and Co-founder | CATALOG
Dr. Rob Carlson | Managing Director | Planetary Technologies
Dr. James Banal | Co-Founder | Cache DNA
Dr. Dina Zielinski | Head of Scientific Partnerships and Innovation | Whitelab Genomics

2:00-2:10 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Opening

Shubhadeep Majumdar | Academic and Partnership Liaison | PUZZLE X

2:10-2:15 PM (CET)

Science Spark

MXene Enabled Wearable Energy Storage Solutions

Alex Inman | PhD Candidate | Drexel University

2:15-2:20 PM (CET)

Science Spark

The ultimate guide for finding an optimal life partner - a mathematical approach

Kilian Pschierer | Maths student | Technical University of Munich

2:20-2:25 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Biocompatible fluorescent carbon dots nanoparticles used for anti-counterfeiting of cultural artefacts

Theo Duarte | PhD Student | University of Technology of Troyes

2:25-2:30 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Textile based self-powered wearable system for smart applications

Dr. Iftikhar Ali | PhD Researcher | Center for Print Research, University of the West of England, UK

2:30-2:35 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Novel Radiation Sensor Enables Lifelong Spacecraft Monitoring

Stefan Ilic | PhD student, Junior Research Assistant | Institute of Chemistry, Technology and Metallurgy

2:35-2:40 PM (CET)

Science Spark

MEWron: Revolutionizing additive manufacturing through open-source melt electrowriting devices

Paula Gonzalez Saiz | Postdoctoral Researcher | University of Oregon / BCMaterials

2:40-2:45 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Highly-sensitive graphene MEMS condenser microphones

Roberto Pezone | PhD Candidate | Delft University of Technology

2:50-2:55 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Flax fiber damping: a sustainable breakthrough in composite materials

Fanny Pelisson | PhD student | FEMTO-ST

2:55-3:00 PM (CET)

Science Spark

Soft micro-robots shaping tomorrow’s surgery

Yekaterina Tskhe | PhD Student | Trinity College Dublin

3:10-3:20 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Elisava - atom h2

Anna Martin Barrabés | Co-Founder & CEO | Atom H2
Marcel Rovira Corral | Co-Founder | Atom H2
Mariona Figueras Planaguma | Design Engineer | ELISAVA

3:20-3:30 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Flexiramics - Flexible ceramics for advanced technologies

Gerard Cadafalch | CTO | Flexiramics B.V.

3:30-3:40 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Adaptis - Future of construction: circular and resilient

Dr. Sheida Shahi | Co-Founder & CEO | Adaptis

3:40-3:50 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Loop DX - Early Sepsis Diagnosis

Joan Vieyra Gali | CTO & Co-founder | Loop Diagnostics S.L.

3:50-4:00 PM (CET)

Lightning Talk

Will Innovation Save Us or Kill Us?

Sindre Kaupang | Idea generator & filmmaker | Procubate

4:10-4:40 PM (CET)

Hand Poem

Hand poem music session

Oriol Ribera | CEO & Founder | Handpoem Interactive S.L.

4:40-5:10 PM (CET)

Panel

Giving Electronics A 6th Sense

Dr. Laetitia Gazagnes | CEO | Impuls'Innov
Miguel Ridao | Co-Founder & CEO | SensingTex
Dr. Ahmed  Busnaina | WL Smith Chair and University Distinguished Professor | Northeastern University

5:10-5:30 PM (CET)

Fireside chat

The Mysteries of the Brain

Dr. Paul Weiss | UC Presidential Chair & Distinguished Professor | UCLA
Dr. Anne Andrews | Professor of Psychiatry and Chemistry & Biochemistry | UCLA

5:30-5:50 PM (CET)

Fireside chat

Exponential Tech for A Sustainable World

Amir Alexander Karim | Head of Communication | Harbour Space
Dr. Lukasz Miroslaw | Senior EMEA HPC & AI SpecialistSenior EMEA HPC & AI Specialist | Microsoft

5:50-6:20 PM (CET)

Ask Me Anything

The quantum symphony of biology

Ben Nott | Co-Founder | Blanco AD
Harry Kumar | CCO & Co-Founder | Moth
Dr. Daniel Ortmann | Stem Cell Researcher
Ilā Kamalagharan |

Quantum world

Ai: what's Next?

exotic computing

Nov 8 | 9:45 AM - 7 PM CET

9:45-10:10 AM (CET)

Announcement

Opening Remarks

Gina Tost | Secretary of Digital Policies | Generalitat de Catalunya

10:10-10:20 AM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

A proposal to the UN: The year of quantum

Dr. Joseph Niemela | Scientist Emeritus | ICTP-UNESCO

10:20-10:30 AM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

From AI to super intelligence: Transcending The Quantum Frontier

Markus Pflitsch | CEO and Founder | Terra Quantum

10:30-10:40 AM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Analog QASIC: Qilimanjaro's journey into the future of quantum computing


Dr. Marta P Estarellas | Chief Executive Officer | Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

10:40-10:50 AM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Green Quantum AI

Dr. Roman Orus | Chief Scientific Officer | Multiverse Computing

10:50-11:00 AM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

The next 1 trillion dollar opportunity in quantum finance

Henning Soller | Partner | Mckinsey

11:00-11:10 AM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

particle physics: children as citizen scientists

Whurley | Founder & CEO | Strangeworks

11:10-11:20 AM (CET)

FQxI World| Perfornative Keynote

Black Holes, Consciousness and the Nature of time: Changing science by asking big questions

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER
David Sloan | Chief Scientific Officer | FQxI

11:20-11:30 AM (CET)

FQxI World | Perfornative Keynote

Quantum in pictures...Quantum for everyone

Prof. Bob Coecke | Chief Scientist | Quantinuum

11:30-12:00 PM (CET)

FQxI World | Fireside chat with a Nobel Laureate

Are conciousssness & Quantum Linked?

Sir Roger Penrose | Nobel Laureate | University of Oxford
Prof. Bob Coecke | Chief Scientist | Quantinuum

12:00-12:30 PM (CET)

Coffee Break & networking

12:30-12:40 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

Trillion AI models

Prof. Brian Subirana | Professor of Artificial Intelligence | M.I.T, Harvard University and EADA Business School

12:40-12:50 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

AI + Quantum convergence = revolution

Fernando Dominguez Pinuaga | Vice President | SandboxAQ

12:50-1:00 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Live Demo

"Let's Clone Your Life!"

David Brebner | CEO & Founder | Umajin

1:00-1:30 PM (CET)

A Sing Along Fireside chat

On life...microchips, friends ...and music | A sing along with Sir Robin Saxby

Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER
Sir Robin Saxby | Founding CEO | ARM

Lunch Break

1:30-2:50 PM(CET)

2:50-3:00 PM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

Contrails, quantum, AI, molecules: The role of tech in the quest for sustainable flying

Erin Beilharz | Head of Innovation Partnerships| Lufthansa

3:00-3:10 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Should you pay attention? Quantum for finance

Escolastico Sanchez | Executive Director | BBVA

3:10-3:20 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

The future of biology is quantum

Clarice d'Aiello | Principal Investigator | (QuBiT) Lab

3:20-3:30 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

Generative AI A Revolution In BioTech

Dr. Fausto Artico | Global Head of Innovation and Data Science | GSK

3:30-3:40 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

Imagination Machines 2.0

Dr. Ron Chrisley | Co-Founder | Tenyx

3:40-3:50 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

How AI transformers have transformed the world forever

Asier Arranz | Robotics & Embedded AI | NVIDIA

3:50-4:00 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

luxury communism with Gen AI

Greg Demchak | Senior Director, Digital Innovation Lab | Bentley Systems

4:00-4:10 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

The Perfume Algorithm | Designing scents for every human

Anahita Mekanik | Co-founder & Head of Scent Design | ScenTronix

4:10-4:20 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

When AI meets product Design

Ashish Naik | Senior Specialist - Advanced Computing | AWS

4:20-4:35 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Fireside Chat

Redesigning oil with Digital

Nabil Alnuiam | CEO | Aramco Digital
Dr. Zina Jarrahi Cinker | Director General | MATTER

Happy Hour & Break | Live Music & Beer

4:35-4:50 PM(CET)

4:50-5:00 PM (CET)

Exotic Computing | A world's first | Live Demo Art

Live Demo | Saving PUZZLE X memories inside DNA

Solimán López | Founder | Harddiskmuseum

5:00-5:10 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next? | Performative Keynote

The reality spectrum: XR, AI & the future in the Metaverse

Micaela Mantegna | Member, Global Future Council on the Future of the Metaverse | World Economic Forum

5:10-5:20 PM (CET)

Exotic Computing| Performative Keynote

Bio computing: Programming matter in the world around us

Dr. Rob Carlson | Managing Director | Planetary Technologies

5:20-5:50 PM (CET)

Exotic Computing | Performative Keynote

Reprograming the software of life

Dr. Michael Levin | Vannevar Bush Professor | Tufts University

5:50-6:00 PM (CET)

Exotic Computing | Performative Keynote

Xenobots | Bio robots designed by Humans + AI

Eugene Durenard | Founder & CEO | Hyperbolic Holdings

6:00-6:10 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Quantum-secure technologies for aerospace and defence

Dr. Johanna Sepúlveda | Chief Engineer | Airbus Defence and Space-Intelligence

6:10-6:20 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Quantum

Dr. José Ignacio Latorre | Director Centre for Quantum Technologies | National University of Singapore

6:20-6:50 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Panel

A year later: no hype: will quantum change our world?

Ricardo Enriquez | Quantum Computing Optimist | Repsol
Carlos Kuchkovsky | CEO & Co-founder | QCentroid
Dr. Eduard Alarcon | Professor | UPC BarcelonaTech
Romi Sumaria | Head of Business Development & Partnerships | Terra Quantum AG

Nov 8 | 10:30 AM - 6:40 PM CET

10:30-11:40 AM (CET)

Made in Barcelona

Made in Barcelona: A great combination of Science and Business


11:40-11:50 AM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

opening remarks

Dr. Zina Cinker | Director General | MATTER

11:50-12:00 PM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

Hynts analytics

Nicolas Sanchez Berardo | Co-founder | Hynts Analytics

12:00-12:10 PM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

Folgrid

Oriol Sanchez Garcia | CEO | Folgrid Technologies SL

12:10-12:20 PM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

Esencia Food

Dr. Bruno Scocozza | Co-founder & CTO | Esencia Foods

12:20-12:30 PM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

Apellix

Robert Dahlstrom | Founder & CEO | Apellix

12:30-12:40 PM (CET)

LIGHTNING TALKS

Additive Spaces

Alejandro Cavazos | Founder & COO | Additive Spaces

12:40-1:00 PM (CET)

Ask Me Anything

A proposal to the UN to proclaim 2025 as the International Year of Quantum)

Dr. Joseph Niemela | Scientist Emeritus | ICTP-UNESCO

1:00-2:00 PM (CET)

Keynote Panel

How to scale your quantum business

Henning Soller | Head of Global Quantum Research | McKinsey & Company
Nicole Morgan | Consultant | McKinsey & Company
Jon Hammant | Head of Compute for EMEA | AWS
Whurley | Founder & CEO | Strangeworks
Prof. Bob Coecke | Chief Scientist | Quantinuum

2:00-2:30 PM (CET)

Keynote Fireside Chat

A Candid chat about technology & the future we build for the next generation

Fui Meng Liew | Chief, Digital Centre of Excellence | UNICEF
Sir Robin Saxby | Founding CEO | ARM

2:30-3:10 PM (CET)

Panel

The Global Quantum Industry

Matsuoka Tomoyo | COO | QunaSys
Hirokazu Sato | Technology specialist | Bridgestone
Dr. John Barnes | Founder & CEO | Entangled Positions
Anca Albu | CMO | QAI Ventures AG

3:10-3:40 PM (CET)

Panel

Sustainable Excellence: Harnessing Quantum Computing to Enhance ESG Strategies and Performance

Carlos Kuchkovsky | CEO & Cofounder | QCentroid
Fernando Dominguez Pinuaga | Vice President | SandboxAQ

3:40-4:00 PM (CET)

Ask Me Anything

How to "truly" innovate...

Maurizio Rossi | European Digital Leader | World Economic Forum

4:00-4:30 PM (CET)

Panel

Quantum Spain

Dr. Carmen Almudéver | Distinguished Researcher | Technical University of Valencia
Dr. Eduard Alarcon | Professor at UPC BarcelonaTech | UPC
Víctor Canivell | Co-Founder | Qilimanjaro Quantum Tech

4:30-5:00 PM (CET)

Music

Bob The Quantum Guy Plays music...

Dr. Bob Coecke | Chief Scientist | Quantinuum

5:00-5:30 PM (CET)

Fireside Chat

The Future of the Future: Type 1 Civilizations

Mariam Brian | CEO | Holo Art
Anders Indset | Author | The Quantum Economy

5:30-6:00 PM (CET)

Ask me anything

How did we record PUZZLE X memories in DNA? And what are we going to do next?

Solimán López | Founder | Harddiskmuseum

6:00-6:20 PM (CET)

Fireside chat

Scents & 0s and 1s

Anahita Mekanik | Co-founder & Head of Scent Design | ScenTronix

6:20-6:40 PM (CET)

Fireside chat

CitiVerse : A citizen centric future | Powered by AI, Digital Twins and Quantum

Ben Nott | Co-Founder | Blanco AD
Dr. Christina Yan Zhang | CEO and Founder | The Metaverse Institute

6:40-7:00 PM (CET)

Fireside chat

Digital Matter ...

Areti Markopoulou | Academic Director | IAAC
Amir Alexander Karim | Head of Communication | Harbour Space

planet Tech

Quantum
world

Nov 9 | 9:30 AM - 7 PM CET

9:30-10:00 AM (CET)

Opening

Announcement


10:00-10:10 AM (CET)

Opening Remarks

The shifting role of ICT and Digital in a humanitarian & development agency

Christian Larsson | Chief Information Officer | UNICEF

10:10-10:20 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

Refuelling Africa’s Economy with... Waste

Zaydan Moti | Activator | TKS

10:20-10:30 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

From Star Power to Earth: Helium-3 & dawn of the fusion energy revolution.

Priyanca Ford | Founder | Kronos Fusion Energy

10:30-10:40 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

Smart Cities & Seamless Mobility

Dr. Hyeyoung Kim | Vice President | Hyundai Motor Group

10:40-10:50 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

The journey of the future


Ricardo Vidal | Head of Innovation | British Airways

10:50-11:10 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Live demo

Turning air into electricity

Dr. Svitlana Lyubchyk | Co-Founder | CASCATACHUVA Ltd.

11:10-11:20 AM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

The trains of tomorrow

Mr. Manel Villalante | General Director of Development & Strategy | Renfe

11:20-11:40 AM (CET)

Coffee Break & networking

11:40-12:00 PM (CET)

Announcement

Science spark award

Shubhadeep Majumdar | Academic and Partnership Liaison | PUZZLE X

12:00-12:10 PM (CET)

Planet Tech | Performative Keynote

Redeeming Mother Nature: The Carbon Capture Era

Dr. Aranzazu Carmona Orbezo | Founder & CTO | Parallel Carbon

12:10-12:20 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Performative Keynote

Can quantum measurements fuel tiny engines?

Natalia Ares | Associate Professor | University of Oxford

12:20-12:50 PM (CET)

Quantum World | Fireside Chat

A global quantum force

Neil Abroug | French Secretary General for Investment | Secretary General for Investments
Tracey Forrest | Director, Transformative Quantum Technologies | University of Waterloo
Fernando Dominguez Pinuaga | Vice President | SandboxAQ

12:50-1:00 PM (CET)

AI: What's Next?| Performative Keynote

How technology helps us smell with our eyes

Camila Tomas Verdaguer | Vice President of Innovation and Technology | PUIG

1:00-1:30 PM (CET)

Planet Tech | Panel

Exponential Technology for a sustainable future

Dr. Satyam Priyadarshy | Chief Quantum Scientist | Reignite Future
Sergi Vizcano | Strategy & Outreach Manager | LuxQuanta
Zeynep Koruturk | Executive Director | Goldman Sachs
Carlos Abellan | Co-founder | CEO at Quside

Nov 7 | 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM CET

10:30-10:35 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

A self-cleaning particle measuring sensor for air quality monitoring

Ghida Fawaz | 2nd year PhD Student | Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, FEMTO-ST research institut

10:35-10:40 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Scalable Fabrication of Soft MXene-coated Fiber Microelectrodes for Bio Interfacing

Lingyi Bi | Graduate Student | Drexel University

10:40-10:45 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Estimation of the remaining useful life of a microgripper for intracorporeal surgeries

Liseth Pasaguayo Baez | PhD student | Femto-St Institute

10:45-10:50 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Transforming the micro-world – one colour at a time

Teodora Faraone | PhD Student | Trinity College Dublin

10:50-10:55 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Every Picture Has A Silver Lining

Lisa Lavelle

10:55-11:00 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Veritascan smart label technology-Time Temperature Indicators (TTIs)

Reyda Akademir | Business Developer | ICMAB

11:00-11:05 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Optical Characterization of Translucent Wood

Ashima Vashistha | PhD student and Research Engineer | Woodoo and University of Technology of Troyes

11:05-11:10 AM (CET)

SCIENCE SPARK

Robust 2D Ti3C2-MXene/AuNPs nanocomposite for sensing E-Coli in drinking water

Ayesha Zaheer | PhD student | University of Naples Federico-II

11:10-12:10 AM (CET)

Made in Barcelona

Made in Barcelona: Art, Design and Technology

12:10-12:15 PM (CET)

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opening remarks

Sasha Ermilova | Marketing & Communication Associate | PUZZLE X

12:15-12:20 PM (CET)

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Trovador

Marta Bernardino | Robotics innovator | TKS

12:20-12:25 PM (CET)

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MAI (Mortgage AI)

Karan Puri

12:25-12:30 PM (CET)

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Revolutionizing Education Through Personalized AI

Sofus Wenoe

12:30-12:35 PM (CET)

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The Power of Connectivity: Improving Girl's Education with SMS and Space Internet Technology

María Martínez Varela

12:35-12:40 PM (CET)

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Metanome AI

Vidushi Valli Surendran

12:40-12:45 PM (CET)

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What if you created a sun on Earth?

Vladyslava Yarosh