Science for Industry - 4th edition: 28-29 January 2026
Expert discussions on cutting-edge scientific advancements and their impact on industry
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Aerospace
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - New & Sustainable Materials
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Energy
9:30 am
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Roundtable
Insights into the Spanish Ecosystem
10:00 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

Andrea García
Director of Abioinnova

Sebastián López Suárez
Vice-Rector for Institutional Coordination, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria

Juan Antonio Tébar
Director of Innovation Policies at CDTI

César Benayas
Head of the Innovation Area of Comunidad de Madrid

Jorge Álvarez
Director of UAM Emprende
Industry Corner
OEPM - The strategic use of Industrial Property to generate value in companies
10:00 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Manuel Rodríguez Venegas
Senior Technician Examiner at OEPM
Pitch
Signos
10:00 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Peryton Medical Solutions
10:10 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Robokinetics
10:20 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Spika Tech
10:30 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Surevision
10:40 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
AURAX Technologies
10:50 am
Investors Club
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Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
11:00 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

Amaya Mendikoetxea
Rector of UAM

Eloísa del Pino
Presidenta del CSIC
Pitch
Hypersensors
11:00 am
Investors Club
Speakers:
Juan Aguirre
Hypersensors
Pitch
CYBERNA
11:10 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
everSens
11:20 am
Investors Club
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Roundtable
Catapultando la Ciencia
11:25 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

Óscar López Águeda
Ministro para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública

Carmen Palacios-Berraqueros
Founder and CEO at NU Quantum
Pitch
2EyesVision
11:30 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
HEURISTIK HEALTH
11:40 am
Investors Club
Speakers:
Antxon Caballero
HEURISTIK HEALTH
Industry Corner
Urbaser, 35 years of circular innovation
11:45 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Alberto Jesús Gala Buró
Tecnical Coordinator at Centro de Innovación Tecnológica para el Tratamiento de Residuos “Alfonso Maíllo” (CIAM), Urbaser
Pitch
Loomee Health
11:50 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Fuseaix
12:00 pm
Investors Club
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WOW Talk
From Research to Market: How to Turn Knowledge into Competitiveness
12:15 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Javier García
Past-President of IUPAC | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the University of Alicante (UA)
Industry Corner
Santander Startups, from Seed to Growth
12:30 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Daniel García
Santander Startups Manager
Pitch
MetaTissue
12:30 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Teradx
12:40 pm
Investors Club
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WOW Talk
Science industry in Spain and the connection between research and innovation
12:45 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Amparo López
Member of the SOMMa Executive Committee and delegate of the SOMMa Knowledge Transfer and Innovation Working Group

Manuel Espinosa
General Manager at DEMEDE Engineering

Leonor Mendoza
Head of Collaborative Projects of INEUSTAR, the Spanish Science Industry Association

Gabriel Alfranca
Manager and head of communications of NANBIOSIS - Research infrastructure in Nanomaterials, Biomaterials and systems in Biomedicine

Javier Echávarri Delmás
National Industry Liaison Officer for Astronomy and Particle Physics at CDTI
Pitch
Lifesomix
12:50 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
SymBiontics Developments
1:00 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
TraffikGene
1:10 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
ArcelorMittal R&D and the Innovation ecosystem around
1:15 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Iñigo Ezquerra
Director of Open Innovation at ArcelorMittal
Pitch
VQCM
1:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
NAPLATEC SL.
1:30 pm
Investors Club
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WOW Talk
EU Innovation Strategy
1:40 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Senior Official at the European Commission - Startups and Scaleups Task Force & European Innovation Council, European Commission
Pitch
Albor Biotech
1:40 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Capillary
1:50 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Scypios
2:00 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Debios Diagnostics
2:10 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Flavii Therapeutics
2:20 pm
Investors Club
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Roundtable
Bridging Research and Reality: UK Insights on Knowledge Transfer
2:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

John Allport
Professor of Engineering at University of Huddersfield

Manish Chhowalla
Goldsmiths’ Professor at the University of Cambridge

Sai Shivareddy
Founder and CEO of Nyobolt

Javier García
Past-President of IUPAC | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the University of Alicante (UA)
Industry Corner
EPO - The European Deep Tech Map: How to Find Investors, Startups and Spin-outs?
2:30 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Victor Arribas
Stream Leader Diversity & Transformation at EPO
Industry Corner
Valoriza - Innovation Is Not Done Alone: Let's Shape the Future of Urban Services and Circular Economy
3:15 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Blanca Almendro
Innovation Lead at Valoriza
Startup Radar Madrid
Startup Radar Madrid
3:20 pm
Investors Club
Speakers:

Eduardo Díaz
Head of Unit Entrepreneurship at Fundación madri+d
Roundtable
Public-private partnerships model Workshop: Funders & Beneficiaries perspective
3:25 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Manon Prado
Strategic Advisor for Knowledge Valorisation & European IPR Helpdesk Coordinating Team | EURICE

Isidro Laso Ballesteros
Senior Official at the European Commission - Startups and Scaleups Task Force & European Innovation Council, European Commission

Cristina Nadal
President of ASEBIO and Policy Executive Director at MSD

Sergio Atares
Director for Inovation at Fertinagro Biotech

José Manuel Fernández de Labastida
Director of AEI
Pitch
Gastrointel
4:00 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Salamanca Tech Ecosystem
4:00 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Pedro Martínez Córdoba
Concejal Promoción Económica del Ayuntamiento Salamanca

Andrea García
Director of Abioinnova

Raquel Bernardo
Director of Tormes+
Pitch
LITECS
4:10 pm
Investors Club
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Roundtable
What do VCs want?
4:20 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Eluska Sukia Arruabarrena
Director of Investments at Kutxa Fundazioa

Roberto Ranera Redondo
General Partner at Beable Capital

Max Werny
Deep tech climate investor and PhD chemist at Zero Carbon Capital

Linda Wilkens
Innovation Ventures Leader at Inter IKEA Group
Pitch
OPTICmizing
4:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Next Terra
4:30 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Folgrid Tech
4:40 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
ANCES Open Innovation 2026: Connecting the ecosystem
4:45 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Cristina Fanjul
President at ANCES | Director at CEEI Asturias
Pitch
AidTec Solutions
4:50 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
SmartYield
5:00 pm
Investors Club
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From Laboratory to Industry
From Lab to Industry: Captoplastic
5:10 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Ismael Olmedo
CEO of Captoplastic

Raquel Parra
Director of Strategy and Technological Development at Captoplastic

José Antonio Casas
Founder of Captoplastic | Professor at the Autonomous University of Madrid

Félix Zamora
Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Culture of UAM & Founder of S4i
Pitch
BIOCEANICS
5:10 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
ZYMOTOPIA
5:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Verdix.eu
5:30 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Food & Agro
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Health
9:30 am
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Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between CDTI-the Spanish Centre for Technological Development and Innovation and SPRIND-the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation
9:45 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

José Moisés Martín Carretero
Director-General of CDTI Innovation, Spain's Innovation Agency

Olav Carlsen
Innovation Manager at SPRIND-the German Federal Agency for Breakthrough Innovation

Alberto Díaz
Partner at BeAble Capital & Founder of S4i
Industry Corner
CDTI - Innovation and Transfer Ecosystems
10:00 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Carlos Franco
Department of Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation of the CDTI

Fernado Mérida
Subdirector General de Transferencia del Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Pitch
Bioactive surfaces
10:00 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Next-Gen Leather
10:10 am
Investors Club
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WOW Talk
Sustainability as a Driver for Technological Innovation
10:15 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

Elvira Fortunato
Full Professor at NOVA FCT | Former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal | Former Vice-Rector at NOVA | Former Chief Scientific Advisor at Scientific Advice Mechanism
Pitch
Molecular Gate
10:20 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Captoplastic
10:30 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
ON-SI
10:40 am
Investors Club
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Roundtable
From the Lab to the Market: Keys to Scaling Deep Tech in Spain and Europe
10:45 am
Main Stage
Speakers:

María José de Concepción
Director of the Department of Patents and Technological Information at OEPM

Pilar González Gotor
Head of the Department of Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation at CDTI

Beatriz Salvador
Innovation Officer at CSIC Innovación

Ana Ramírez de Molina
Director at IMDEA Nutrition

Victor Arribas
Stream Leader Diversity & Transformation at EPO
Pitch
PHOTOKRETE
10:50 am
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Indra's relationship model with universities and knowledge centers
11:00 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Jesús Ángel García Sánchez
Head of R&D and Universities
Pitch
Graphec
11:00 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
SISTAM
11:10 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
2D4TEX
11:20 am
Investors Club
Speakers:
Guillermo Hernanz
2D4TEX
Pitch
Glotac Technologies
11:30 am
Investors Club
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Pitch
Calpech
11:40 am
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Acciona - Innovation with Purpose: Unlocking the power of science to transform the renewable energy system
11:45 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:

David Señas
CPO/Director of Products at Ingelectus Innovative Electrical Solutions S.L.

Andrés Ábrego
UAS Senior Engineer at Naitec

Titouan Delorme
Business Developer & Power Systems Engineer at eRoots

Rodrigo García
Senior Research in Atomistic Simulations at CIIAE
Pitch
Safeloc Systems
11:50 am
Investors Club
Speakers:
WOW Talk
From Porous Materials to Spin-Offs: The Cases of Immaterial and Vector Bioscience
12:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

David Fairen-Jimenez
Professor of Molecular Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge | CSO of Vector Bioscience Cambridge | CSO of Immaterial | Lead of the Adsorption & Advanced Material Laboratory (AAML)
Industry Corner
Moeve Innovation
12:30 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Almudena García Medina
Innovation Partners & Academia and Energy Intelligence at Moeve

Esperanza Torralba Román
Venture Associate at Moeve
Pitch
EvoPhase
12:30 pm
Investors Club
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Roundtable
Governance models and instruments to promote knowledge transfer with the participation of Extremadura, Galicia and Navarre
12:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Elisa Rivera Mendoza
General Director of Plannning, Coordination & Knowledge Transfer, Ministry of Science and Innovation

Carmen Cotelo Queijo
Director of Axencia Galega de Innovación (GAIN)

Francisco Pizarro Escribano
Business Development Director at FUNDECYT-PCTEX

Agurtzane Martínez Ortigosa
Director of Science, Technology and Innovation at Government of Navarre
Pitch
YPlasma Actuators Technologies
12:40 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
SMART FUSION ENERGY
12:50 pm
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Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
1:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Teresa Riesgo Alcaide
Secretaria General de Innovación at Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades

Nikolay Yordanov Atanasov
Director General de Autónomos y Emprendimiento de la Comunidad de Madrid
Pitch
VORS CONTROL TECHNOLOGY S.L.
1:00 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
energyRIS
1:10 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Repsol - Driving Entrepreneurship that accelerates decarbonization
1:15 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Virginia Sánchez Pérez-Cejuela
Open Innovation Senior Analyst at Repsol

Guillem Revilla López
Scientist on the Deeptech team at Repsol Technology Lab
Pitch
CalHard
1:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Photonitras
1:30 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
H2 Dron Energy
1:40 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Porous Energy
1:50 pm
Investors Club
Speakers:
Ana Guillem
Porous Energy
Pitch
MUVATECH Ingenieria
2:00 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
ECOCITOR
2:10 pm
Investors Club
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EXORA
2:20 pm
Investors Club
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From Laboratory to Industry
Engineers of the future
2:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

John Allport
Professor of Engineering at University of Huddersfield
Industry Corner
Innovation at Naturgy. Transforming the Future
2:30 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Carmen López
Ecosistems and Scouting at Naturgy

Sandra Gualda
Corporate Entrepreneurship at Naturgy
WOW Talk
Dielectrix for commercialisation of 2D semiconductor electronics
3:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Manish Chhowalla
Goldsmiths’ Professor at the University of Cambridge
Industry Corner
Technological Challenges of Enagás and an Approach to Open Innovation with Enagás Emprende
3:15 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Emilio Martínez Gavira
Head of Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Enagás

Jose A. Lana
Coordinator of Innovation and Technological Development at Enagás
Startup Radar Madrid
Startup Radar Madrid
3:20 pm
Investors Club
Speakers:

Eduardo Díaz
Head of Unit Entrepreneurship at Fundación madri+d
WOW Talk
From new oxides to new orders: how to convert interesting science to a successful business
3:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Sai Shivareddy
Founder and CEO of Nyobolt
From Laboratory to Industry
From Lab to Industry: Das Photonics
4:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Fidel Rodríguez-Batalla
CEO of Das Photonics | CEO of Escribano Mechanical & Engineering Electronics S.L.
Pitch
Orbital Paradigm
4:00 pm
Investors Club
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Industry Corner
Orbyn: Business Valuation in the AI Era
4:00 pm
Industry Corner
Speakers:

Carlos Lucía
CEO of Valion

Daniel Huerta
Valuation Manager at Valion
Pitch
IVAQ
4:10 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Airobotic
4:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Tumbleweed
4:30 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Nanostine
4:40 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Thelia
4:50 pm
Investors Club
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Closing Ceremony
Farewell S4i 2026!
5:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:

Félix Zamora
Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Culture of UAM & Founder of S4i
Pitch
Eye4Sky
5:00 pm
Investors Club
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Three Tensors
5:10 pm
Investors Club
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QuantumInLight
5:20 pm
Investors Club
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Pitch
Valyra Aerospace S.L.
5:30 pm
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