Barcelona New Economy Week (BNEW) has closed its fourth edition after registering more than 8,300 in-person attendees and almost 4,200 online. Initially, it anticipated an attendance of 7,000 people at DFactory, the location chosen for the last two editions. The event organized by the Consorci de la Zona Franca de Barcelona has registered more than 8,000 networking contacts in an edition with 350 speakers.
The exhibition offered 140 hours of content distributed in 100 panels and six sectors, including digital industry, mobility, sustainability, talent, health, experience, and proptech. "BNEW consolidates itself as the benchmark event for the new economy," they emphasize from the CZFB, highlighting the presence of 1,500 startups and an international participation of 30%. Specifically, they have received visitors from 103 countries.
The special delegate of the State in the CZFB, Pere Navarro, has defended that BNEW is "unique in the world" and contributes to generating new business opportunities, sharing knowledge, and boosting the economy of the territory. Barcelona "once again, has positioned itself as the capital of the new economy," proclaimed Navarro, who announced that the consortium is working on the fifth edition of the event for 2024. Organizing it represents a "challenge and a great responsibility," added the general director of the CZFB, Blanca Sorigué.
Awards for the new economy
BNEW has awarded in this edition six key companies for the new economy. Agualytics has been recognized with the BNEW Sustainability award, while Vecla has obtained the BNEW Mobility recognition; HDR, BNEW Talent; Myorcare, BNEW Health; Additive Spaces, BNEW Proptech, and Zentinel Machine Data Solutions, BNEW Digital Industry.
The awards recognized these six companies after the jury evaluated solutions from the 30 startups finalists based on the impact they generate in the industry, the capacity of their management teams, and technological solutions with sustainable competitive advantages. They also took into account the sustainable growth potential of the projects, as well as their ability to influence the economy and society, and their innovation component.