Global Partner


Gide is a premier international law firm. Founded in Paris in 1920, the firm now operates from 17 offices worldwide. With 600 lawyers, drawn from 35 different nationalities, Gide offers some of the most respected specialists in all sectors of national and international finance and business law.

In each of its offices in Europe, Asia, North America and Africa, Gide
provides its clients with comprehensive knowledge of local markets,
regional expertise, and the resources of an international law firm.
 


Organising Partner

 


Barcelona International Business Accelerator (BIBA) screens, accelerates and enables global scaling of emerging technological start-ups connecting them with innovative eco-systems worldwide. Our focus is based on 3 main pillars:

  • Hands-on acceleration of business ideas with a clear exit;
  • Growth Investment of global market-ready companies with established networks of VCs and Corporates;
  • Global reach through cooperation between Barcelona hub and the most relevant international business eco-systems

We are running operations in Barcelona + Israel + UK + Finland + Singapore + Italy + France.


Hosts

 

Founded in 2012, The Mobile World Capital combines the highest institutional representation with the mobile global agenda and the latest technology in mobility.

The Mobile World Capital is a Foundation comprising the Spanish Ministry of Industry, Energy and Tourism, the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Barcelona City Council, GSMA and Fira de Barcelona. The aim is for private companies to progressively join the Foundation and end up having a prominent role.

We work to develop a new industrial sector around mobility and transform Barcelona in a global technological reference city, with a strong commitment in the development of the society. 


For over fifty years, IESE, the graduate business school of the University of Navarra, has been at the forefront of management education, developing and inspiring business leaders who strive to make a deep, positive and lasting impact on the people, companies and society they serve. IESE is regularly ranked among the top business school in the world.

IESE’s success is built on a humanistic approach to business and leadership, complemented by a world class faculty producing ground-breaking research; the global scope of its programs, faculty, students and campuses; a practical and relevant teaching methodology; and a growing alumni network of 40,000 professionals world-wide prepared to take on today’s challenges and lead business into the future.

Inherent in everything IESE does is a focus on people – on the personal and professional development of every individual partaking in the IESE experience – as the primary driver of positive change and impact on business and society.

Over 100 full-time professors and around 70 external collaborators who represent almost 30 countries and hold PhDs. from the top business schools in the world form IESE’s faculty.


Local Partner

 


ACCIÓ is the agency set up by the Catalan Government to make Catalan enterprise more competitive throughout the world. Its key aims are to drive innovation, internationalisation and attract inward investment.

ACCIÓ is enterprise-centred, working on the needs of each individual business and to work hand in hand to look for opportunities and achieve that all important competitive edge. At ACCIÓ we believe this edge can come about with work on three vital areas of competitive dynamics:

  • Innovation
  • Internationalisation
  • Attraction of investment 

ACCIÓ is a proactive agency, with a simple, clear and efficient modus operandi, above all dedicated to working in close quarters with enterprise.

ACCIÓ is based in Barcelona with an international network of a further 35 Business Promotion Centres covering some 80 markets worldwide. It provides advice and practical help for businesses with a vocation to expand worldwide. It focuses on attracting inward investment into Catalonia and also works on synergies between R+D+i areas and business.