TNW Conference 2023 - Spain | The Next Web (TNB) | 29 March 2023 | La Marina de Valencia, Carrer del Moll de la Duana, s/n, 46024 València, Valencia, Spain

For 16 years, This Conference has been at the center of Amsterdam’s tech ecosystem. With over 10,000 annual attendees — including founders, investors, corporates, and governments — the event delivers not only unforgettable experiences, but also real business outcomes by uncovering what's next in tech, now.

Amsterdam has experienced a rise in startup innovation listings in recent years, and there’s no doubt that TNW’s platform has helped magnify the journeys of startups and investors within the region.

Now, it’s time for València. This vibrant city is Spain’s fastest growing entrepreneurial ecosystem — and has the most startups per capita of anywhere in the country.

2023 Speakers

Iker Marcaide
Founder and Executive Chairman, Zubi Group

Julian Blessin
Partner, Speedinvest

Alex Roca
Ambassador, FC Barcelona

Janneke Niessen
Founding Partner, CapitalT

Chris Wolf
Chief Research & Innovation Officer, VMWare

Maria Rotilu
Principal, Octopus Ventures

Heini Zachariassen
Founder, Vivino

Jen Carter
Global Head of Technology, Google.org

Robert Metzke
Global Head of Sustainability, Royal Philips

Emilio García
Chief Innovation Officer, Talgo

Borja Sanjuan
Deputy Mayor for Economic Development, València City Council

Franco Segarra
Head of Innovation, Valencia FC

Miguel Ángel Leal
Chief Technology & Innovation Officer, LaLiga

Bianca Dragomir
CEO, Cleantech Cluster València Region (AVAESEN)

Marijn de Jong
Head of Open Innovation Europe, Signify

Juan Vicén Balaguer
Co-Founder, Zeleros Hyperloop

Alberto Prado
Global Head of R&D Digital and Partnerships, Unilever

Juan Manuel Diez
Strategy & Innovation Director, Port Authority of Valencia

Christian Huettenhein
Co-Founder Open Bosch, Bosch Ventures

Angel Alberich-Bayarri
Co-Founder and CEO, Quibim

Merce Tell
Managing Partner, Encomenda Capital Partners

Erwin Verstraelen
Chief Digital & Innovation Officer, Port of Antwerp-Bruges

Maximilian Mayer
Partner, Activant Capital

Romain Lavault
General Partner, Partech

David Beckett
Pitch Coach, Best3Minutes

Katica Roy
Founder & CEO, Pipeline Equity

Michael Schlein
President & CEO, Accion

Marie Wallace
Managing Director & Digital Identity Lead, Accenture

Rob Desborough
Managing Partner, Seraphim Space

Danilo Raponi
Group Head of Innovation, Generali

Gianni Giacomelli
Founder, Supermind.design

Chris Carmichael
Head of Corporate Innovation, TUI Musement

Alex Smout
Principal, InMotion Ventures

Juan de Antonio
Founder & CEO, Cabify

Juan López Santamaría
Partner, Kibo Ventures

Nicole Velho
Founding Partner, Sie Ventures

Florent Malbranche
CEO, Brigad

Lars Roessler
Head of Corporate Venturing, BSH Startup Kitchen

Timothy Mills
Managing Partner, ACF Investors

Anna Fedulow
Founder & Lead Angel, Croton Capital

Andy Lürling
Founding Partner, LUMO Labs

Pere Pérez Ninou
Founder & CEO, Metacampus

Theresa Voss
Co-Founder & CCO, chunkx

Lina Chong
Partner, Target Global

Fannie Delavelle
Europe Manager, EuroQuity – Bpifrance

Hélène Falchier
Partner, Portage Ventures

Camilla Ley Valentin
Head of Explore, Maersk Growth

Ignacio Gimenez Guzman
Managing Partner, bp ventures

Sarah Barber
CEO, Jenson Funding Partners LLP

Lorrain de Silva
Managing Director, Best Nights VC

Alain Sylvain
Founder & CEO, SYLVAIN

Phill Robinson
Founder, Boardwave

María Escartí
Managing Director, Invest In Valencia

Christophe Morvan
Managing Partner, Drake Star

Marcus Behrendt
Managing Partner, BMW i Ventures

Scott Hartley
Co-Founder & Managing Partner, The Fund

Stefano Saeger
Principal, Helvetia Venture Fund

Sébastien Lefebvre
Partner, Elaia

Rosario Cannata
Head of CVC, EDP Ventures

Diego Fernández
CEO & Co-Founder GELLIFY Iberia, GELLIFY

Joaquín Durán
Managing Partner, BlueBull

Teresa Parejo Navajas
Head of Sustainability and Social Corporate Sustainability, IBERIA

Cristina Criddle
Technology Reporter, Financial Times

Lucia Calabria
Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship, València Activa

Sam Nasrolahi
Principal, InMotion

Óscar Cantalejo Sanchez
Head of Corporate Venturing and Open Innovation, Iberdrola

José Luis Blasco
Global Sustainability Director, Acciona

Ines Duits
Product Owner & Researcher, Inverid

Monica Wheat
Managing Director, Techstars

Kiko León
Chief Innovation Officer Spain, Decathlon

Raquel Espada
VP Strategy Sustainability EMEA, Schneider Electric

Luz Adell
Partner/CFO, Draper B1

Francisco Estevan
CEO/Founder, Insomnia

Nacho Mas
CEO, Starup Valencia

Luis Clavel
Head of Technology, Mercadona

Oisin Lunny
Co-Founder, Galaxy of OM

Thomas Röhrl
Engagement Lead, RESPOND I BMW Foundation

Victor Drault
Partner, Breega

David Pistoni
Co-Founder & CEO, Zeleros Hyperloop

Brooke Latham
Director of Climate and Impact, Blisce

Suzanna Chiu
Head, Amadeus Ventures

Francisco León Barroso
Head of Innovation Spain, Decathlon

Iker Arce
Co-Founder & CEO, THE BRIDGE

Emilio Peña Vila-Belda
CEO and Co-Founder, Flamingueo

Colin Donaldson
Department Head, EDEM

Raquel Carmona Redondo
CEO and Founder, Laksia

Javier Espinoza
EU Correspondent, Financial Times

Sara Ramis
Chief Client, Marketing & Sustainability Officer, Barceló Hotel Group

Margarita Albors
Founder and President, Social Nest Foundation

Daniel Valenzuela
Head of IR & Impact, WorldFund

Roberta Giannini

Lucas Bobes
Group Environmental Officer, Amadeus Group

Javier Ferrer
CEO & Co-Founder, WITRAC

Inés Calabuig
Partner / ESG Investment, GoHubVentures

Ismael Valero
Head of Lanzadera Corporate, Marina de Empresas

Wen-Wen Lam
Partner, Gradient Ventures

José Bayón
CEO, Enisa

Andrii Degeler
Head of Media, TNW

Thomas Macaulay
Reporter, TNW

Nada Alhelabi
Strategy & XP Music Futures Director, MDLBEAST LLC.

José Woldring
Founder & CEO, The Media Nanny

Anouk Vleugels
Creative Director, TNW

Andrea Hak
Branded Content Editor, TNW

Beatriz Jacoste
Director, KM ZERO Food Innovation Hub

William Parnis
Principal, PeakBridge VC

Tony Paños Muñoz
Director of Startup Projects, Marina de Empresas

Ana Lozano
Founding Member, WA4STEAM

Franziska Schaadt
Serial Entrepreneur & Program Director, Awake Origins

Jasper Pult
Principal Architect, Lufthansa Technik AG - AVIATAR

Thorsten Pohl
Head of Technology and Standards, Lufthansa Technik AG – AVIATAR

Ruth Cremer
Entrepreneur & Advisor, Entrepreneurial Education

Guillermo Sánchez
Project Manager, Invest Valencia

Ioanna Lykiardopoulou
Reporter, TNW

Víctor Martínez Monge
Director of Strategy and Innovation, Atresmedia Group

Michael Polejaev
Creative Director & Content Lead in Art, Music, Fashion, Entertainment and Tech, HUMANDATION / XTR Solutions

Eric Reithler-Barros
CEO, Fold Artists

Ignacio Ballester
Deputy Country Manager, Mediterranean Shipping Company

Guillermo Flor
VC Investment, GoHub Ventures

Pablo Perea
VC, GoHub Ventures

Patricia Pastor
General Partner, To Be Announced

Michael Lavner
Principal, Balderton Capital

Isabel Garro
Global Sustainability Leadership Manager, Acciona

Eduardo de la Guerra Ochoa
Head of Innovation Projects, Talgo

Javi Rayón
Director of Product & Innovation, Sesame HR

Pablo Carrillo
CEO and Founder, Magistral

Andrés Escribano
Director of New Businesses and Industry 4.0, Telefónica Tech

Jose Ignacio Lacomba Adueza
Head of the Sustainable Gardening Service, Valencia City Council

Mar Ferrer
Urban Innovation project coordinator in TECH friendly, Tech Friendly

2023 Sponsors and Exhibitors

• Amstelespuymar
• BIGBAN Inversores Privados
• Camara València
• Centro Europeo de Empresas e Innovación de Valencia
• Classic Informatics
• Deel
• Distrito Digital Comunitat Valenciana
• Financial Times
• Generalitat Valenciana
• HelloPrint
• HubSpot for Startups
• IDEAS UPV
• Innsomnia
• Inverid
• Instituto Tecnológico de la Energía
• ITEAM (Instituto de Telecomunicaciones y Aplicaciones Multimedia)
• Investigate To Innovate
• Lufthansa Technik
• Marina de Empresas
• Mercadona
• MSC
• Odoo
• Opentop Valenciaport Innovation HUB
• Plug and Play
• Qonto
• REDIT Innovation Network
• SesameHR
• Social Nest Foundation
• South Pole
• Universitat de València (Parc cientific)
• Valencia Polytechnic University
• Startup Valencia
• Ajuntament de València
• València Activa
• VLC Tech City
• VIT Emprede
• Invest in Valencia
• BCASapp
• Bitstartups
• Boardwave
• Bodhi Corporate Wellness
• Chaise Longue
• ConciergeBot
• Dcycle
• Deko Eko
• Delivers.ai
• DoGood People
• EasyLife
• EDEM - The Bridge
• Efficrono
• Enerlind
• Entrii
• Electric-save
• Eventmap
• Exponentia
• feending
• Founderland
• Gocleer
• Gretel
• Griky
• GrowPro Experience
• Hanza IT
• Internxt
• Investsize
• Kleverplay
• Koanly
• Laksia
• Live4life
• Mineo
• MoviToMe
• Naria
• NeoCheck
• Neurocatching
• Nightstream
• NIUFLY
• nsign.tv
• Passporterapp
• PlayFilm
• Plasmics
• PlayJoy Games
• REVERSA
• Ritmo
• SCM Latam
• Sialitech
• Simplr
• Sophie's Bionutrients
• SportsLink
• StadioPlus
• Star Gods Esports
• Syndeno
• Taglayer
• Therminer
• Toolbox
• Trebellar
• Uelz
• Uphint
• VARDIER
• Vonzu Tech
• We Take Part
• Wideum Solutions
• xNova International
• Ziknes