New date for Connection Day 2025! After the massive power outage on 28 April forced the suspension of the next edition of Connection Day, we now have a new date. You will find there are some changes in the programme, to adapt the contents, and all the meetings and exhibition spaces will be maintained as they were planned for April.

Connection Day 2025 is now open for registration for the new date, we look forward to seeing you there!

CATALONIA.HEALTH promotes the third edition of the Connection Day on Tuesday 16th September, at the World Trade Center Barcelona. The aim of the event is to continue to be a benchmark space for B2B connections in the health sector, where the more than 240 members of the Catalonia.health community, as well as other companies and organisations in the ecosystem, can explore synergies and points of collaboration in the products, services and solutions they offer.

Share and make contacts
At the exhibitors' area organisations can promote themselves and encourage connections and synergies with other attendees. Registration for the conference gives access to the partnering area, with a specific space for meetings. Take advantage of the fact that all actors in the health sector are present.

Parallel sessions
Throughout the day, the exhibition and networking space will be complemented by sessions presenting initiatives in the field of health, a space for reflection on talent management and its relationship with investment, a collection of transfer experiences and cases of public-private collaboration, among other topics.

For: All kind of companies in the health sector (biotech, medtech, pharma, digitalhealth and services), as well as knowledge generators who want to valorise their technology and/or innovation.

* All registrations for the original date of the event are valid. If you need to change the name of the person attending the event, please contact genis.victoria@catalonia.health.

Registration for Catalonia.health members:
(includes access to the partnering platform, activities and catering)

• General: 40€ (VAT not included)

Registration non members:
( includes access to the partnering platform, activities and catering)

• General: 150€ (VAT not included)

Registre for collaborating entities*:
(includes access to the partnering platform, activities and catering)

• General: 80€ (VAT not included)

Language: Catalan and English
(the sessions in the Auditorium are in English, in the morning; in Catalan, in the afternoon)

* Collaborating organisations should contact genis.victoria@catalonia.health in advance to obtain the discount.

* The exhibition space is fully booked. If you are interested in this new date, please contact genis.victoria@catalonia.health to be included in the waiting list.

Questions: genis.victoria@catalonia.health (Project Manager)

8.30 h Accreditations and welcome coffee

B2B EXHIBITION AND MEETING SPACE

The exhibition and meeting spaces open at 9am. Both spaces will be open all day, except for the lunch & networking break.

• B2B Meeting Space (prior agenda). All registered people and organisations will have access to this area. When you confirm your registration you will receive an e-mail link to register on the meeting management platform.
• Exhibitors' area. A few days before the event, the guestbook with exhibitor information will be shared with registered participants.

AUDITORIUM – MORNING

9.30 h – 9.45 h | Institutional welcome

• Institucional welcome addressed by Javier Selva, Director General for Knowledge Exchange and Society at Generalitat de Catalunya

9.45 h – 11.00 h | Innovation and strategic alliances: successful cases of public-private collaborations

• 9.45 h - 10.15 h | Round table with successful cases of public-private collaborations
  • Moderator: Rafael Navajo, Innovation and Business Development Director at VHIR
  • Speakers:
    • Laura Ferrer, R&D Director at HIPRA Human Health
    • Marta Herrero, Innovation and Portfolio Director at Reig Jofre
    • Carla Maté, CEO and co-founder at D-Sight
• 10.15 h - 10.45 h | Pitch of selected projects
  • Novel therapeutic strategies to treat Parkinson's Disease (UAB. Jordi Pujols)
  • poly(beta aminoesters): a polymer platform for controlled gene delivery (IQS. Cristina Fornaguera)
  • Aurax: a new era in digital accessibility (IQS. Victor Julià)
  • ResisDx. A fast diagnosis for sepsis (UAB. Quintana)
  • Spatial Transcriptomics (IJC. Álvaro López)
  • Biogran: Redefining Sustained Biopharmaceutical Delivery (UAB. Hector López)

11.00 h - 12.00 h | Health investment programme (startup pitching) (with ACCIÓ)

With the participation of the previously selected companies: AIMS-Medical, BrainFocus, Flomics, Health Circuit, KRIBA, NoctuRNA, Polar Nanopharma, Tailor Surgery, Tirecat Health.

12.00 h - 13.00 h | Talent management and investment attraction: balance point
Three companies, at different stages of growth, and an investor, will participate in this session. They will share the challenges they face in attracting and retaining talent, highlighting the importance of the team in investment decisions.

• Session moderated by Hugo Dosil, partner, Business Consulting in Life Science in Spain, EY.
• Speakers:
  • Marina Rigau, CEO i co-founder at MiMARK Diagnostics
  • Miquel Vila, CEO at SpliceBio
  • Anna Bellmunt, Senior Associate at Asabys Partners
  • Gustavo Nogueira, People & Culture Senior Manager (Spain, Portugal), Almirall

13.00 h - 14.00 h | Shared value: from theory to practice

• 13.00 h - 13.40 h | Strategic opportunity or Social Commitment?
  • Facilitator and speaker: Elisabet del Valle, Cliclab  
• 13.40 h - 14.00 h | Shared value in real life: best practices
  • 3 companies will share their cases on incorporating shared value policies

14.00 h – 15.00 h Networking lunch

AUDITORIUM – AFTERNOON

15.00 h – 15.45 h | Discover the microcredentials: new training opportunities
Presentation of the microcredentials by the Generalitat de Catalunya and subsequent presentation of the new training offer by the main Catalan universities: UAB, UB, UOC, UdG, IQS and LaSalle.

• 15.15 h - 15.25 h | Presentation by the Generalitat de Catalunya
  • Cristina Escobar Asensio, Head of the University Micro-credential Development Plan. General Manager of the Knowledge Transfer and Society. Department of Research and Universities. Generalitat de Catalunya.
• 15.25 h - 16.00 h | Educational offer's presentation of the universities:
  • UAB: Francisca Blánquez Cano, Director of the School of Ongoing Formation at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
  • UB: Victòria Alsina i Burgués, Director of Planning and Strategy of the Institute for Continuing Education at the University of Barcelona (IL3-UB)
  • UOC: Marta Borràs Costa, Program Manager of the Product Innovation Unit at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
  • UdG: Joan Martí i Bonmatí, General Director of the UdG Foundation: Innovation and Training at the University of Girona.
  • IQS: Carlos Malet, Associate Director at IQS
  • LaSalle: Maypi Torné, Director of the Profesional & Executive Education at La Salle Universitat Ramon Llull Campus Barcelona

16.00 h - 17.00 h | Internationalisation plan (with ACCIÓ)

• 16.00 h - 16.30 h | Presentation of the Internationalisation plan
  • Genís Victoria, Project Manager, Catalonia.health
  • Silvia Vila, Sectorial Internationalisation Consultant, ACCIÓ
  • Trini Bofarull, Senior Manager International Strategy, ACCIÓ
• 16.30 h - 17.00 h | Round table: Lessons learned in internationalisation
  • Moderator: Anna Borrell, ACCIÓ
  • Speakers:
    • Silvia Raga, CEO at DyCare
    • Mihaela Radu, Head of Sales and Marketing at Neos Surgery

Collaborating entities:

General access and B2B partnering:

All registered individuals and organisations will be able to access the B2B partnering. When you confirm your registration for Connection Day 2025, you will receive an email link to register on the meeting management platform. There you will find the companies, schedule and spaces available to organise the meetings.

IMPORTANT! All the meetings planned for the first date of Connection Day are kept.

Join as an exhibitor: (COMPLETE)

The stand will be the same for all organisations and will consist of simple furniture for all types of organisations (a high table and two stools). Each organisation will bring its own roll-up, or similar, to make its brand visible (recommended dimensions 1m x 2m).

Catalonia.health member companies that so wish can access a double exhibition space by selecting the price on the registration form.

The price of the exhibition space includes the entrance fee for one person, which gives access to the B2B partnering, all activities and sessions, and catering services.

All companies and/or organisations participating as exhibitors will be included in the guestbook of the event.