Presentation of the results of the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Catalonia 2025-2026

9.30 am Accreditation and welcome coffee

10.00 am Welcome address

• Rosa Maria Sebastián, Vice-Rector for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship and Director of the UAB Research Park
• Roger Pumares, Manager of Economic Promotion and Employment Services, Barcelona County Council
• Anna Miquel, Deputy Director-General for Entrepreneurship of the Generalitat de Catalunya

10.15 am Keynote: Science, University and Business: Connecting Knowledge with the Local Productive Fabric

• Xavier López, Director-General of Eurecat

10.30 am Round table: Female Leadership: When University Talent Becomes a Business

• Introduced and moderated by: Sandra Aguilera, researcher at the Regional and Urban Economy Area of the Metropolis Institute
• Beatriz Mesas, co-founder of Incapto Coffee
• Elisabet del Valle, co-founder of Cliclab, and CEO and co-founder of Onalabs
• Anna Comas, project manager at Foresee Medtech

11.15 am Coffee break

11.45 am Presentation of the General Report: Catalonia 2025-2026; GEM Catalonia

• Vittorio Galletto, Head of the Regional and Urban Economy Area at the Metropolis Institute
• Carlos Guallarte, Director of GEM Catalonia

12.30 pm Discussion and conclusions of the report

• Introduced and moderated by: Vittorio Galletto, Head of the Regional and Urban Economy Area at the Metropolis Institute.
• Ana María Martínez, Delegate President of the Economic Development and Tourism Area of the Barcelona Provincial Council
• Jaume Baró, Secretary of Enterprise and Innovation of the Generalitat of Catalonia
• Carlos Guallarte, Director of GEM Catalonia

12.45 pm Closing remarks

• Javier Lafuente, Rector of the UAB

12.50 pm Transfer to the ICTA - ICP

13.00 pm Visit to the ICTA - ICP

• Maria Rosa Rovira, University Chair in the Department of Business - Institute for Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) at UAB

14.00 pm End of the day