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🌍 Meet the 17 finalists of the #MWCapitalAWARDS 📢 🏆 Chosen from 157 applications across 34 countries, these finalists—representing 11 nations—span a diverse mix of startups, corporations, public institutions, non-profits, and academic or research organisations. 💡 Their projects tackle major global challenges such as clean energy, biodiversity protection, disease detection, and misinformation. Leveraging technologies like AI, blockchain, big data, nanotech, and IoT, they exemplify how digital innovation can accelerate progress toward the UN Sustainable Development Goals and create a more resilient, inclusive future. 👇 Discover the finalists: 🔹 AI for Selective Fishing from Satlink /Spain 🔹 BraiN20® from Time is Brain /Spain 🔹 Data-Driven City for Citizens from Smart Tampere /Finland 🔹 Embrace the Forest from umgrauemeio /Brazil 🔹 Gov. pt - Portuguese Digital Wallet from AMA - Agência para a Modernização Administrativa, IP /Portugal 🔹 H2SAREA from Nortegas /Spain 🔹 Julieta - from Salva Health /Colombia 🔹 Kyiv Digital /Ukraine 🔹 Luchando contra la desinformación from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid /Spain 🔹 Natura 2000 Passport /Portugal 🔹 Nut4Health from SIC4Change /Mauritania 🔹 PDApp from Espigoladors /Spain 🔹 Saving Norway’s Endangered Atlantic Salmon from Huawei /Norway 🔹 SIMPaCT-Australia /Australia 🔹 Tecnología con Propósito from Samsung España /Spain 🔹 Victoria, Vaso Linfático Artificial /Mexico 🔹 Xworks AI /United Kingdom Mark your calendars! 📅 12 June at 📍 Torre Glòries, Barcelona, our expert jury will announce the winners. 🌱 This initiative, in collaboration with GSMA Foundry & B Lab Spain, aims to celebrate technological solutions that drive a sustainable future, aligning with the United Nations 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Hard to believe it’s already been a month since @talentarena.official lit up the city with three unforgettable days of inspiration and top digital talent! ⚡️✨ The energy from the keynotes, hands-on tech demos, and all the meaningful connections still feels fresh—like it was just yesterday!

El futuro que ignoramos en Europa. Hace casi 10 años, Francesc Fajula de Quintana, CEO de Mobile World Capital Barcelona, asistía a la Annual European Business Summit. En su último artículo en La Vanguardia, reflexiona sobre una preocupante realidad: los mismos retos tecnológicos identificados en ese momento continúan sin resolverse. 💬 “Hace una década teníamos claro el diagnóstico de la falta de innovación y de competitividad en Europa; el contenido todavía sigue plenamente vigente. Lo preocupante es que hemos avanzado poco en lo que se refiere a aprovechar las oportunidades que ya se apuntaban entonces”. Lee el artículo completo aquí 👇 https://lnkd.in/egE4irhG

Barcelona: Capital emergent del talent digital! 🌍 En els últims cinc anys, Barcelona ha sumat més de 55.000 nous professionals digitals 👩💻, duplicant la demanda laboral del sector fins a superar els 122.000 especialistes en àrees com el desenvolupament, la intel·ligència artificial (#IA), el #blockchain i la #ciberseguretat. Ara, el repte és captar i retenir talent en un mercat cada cop més competitiu, amb l'objectiu de mantenir aquest creixement i consolidar la ciutat com a hub tecnològic de primer ordre. A l'últim article de Trends hem conversat 💬 amb representants d'algunes de les empreses més rellevants del sector a Barcelona, com Bayer, PepsiCo, Porsche Digital o Eurofirms Group | People first, que han compartit la seva visió 👀 sobre els reptes i oportunitats del talent digital a la ciutat. Llegeix la peça completa aquí 👇 https://loom.ly/IAjjZPc

🚀 The first edition of the #MWCapitalAWARDS has officially closed, receiving an incredible 157 applications from around the world! 🌍 We’re thrilled to have received proposals from 34 countries across diverse areas, with 38% international participation, underscoring the power of global collaboration in shaping a responsible digital transition. 📊 The submissions reflect a vibrant innovation ecosystem with: 🔹 54% from #startups 🔹 17% from non-profits 🔹 10% from public institutions 🔹 11 % from companies 🔹 8% from academic institutions and research centres 🌱 In collaboration with GSMA Foundry & B Lab Spain , these awards celebrate technological solutions that drive a sustainable future, aligning with the United Nations 2030 Agenda’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). 🏆 The winners will be announced on June 12 at the MWCapital Awards Ceremony. Stay tuned!

🚀 Digitalitza't tanca el 2024 amb un 50% més d’acompanyaments respecte a l’any anterior! Un programa de l’Ajuntament de l'Hospitalet i la Fundació Sargim, en el qual Mobile World Capital Barcelona col·labora activament, que continua impulsant la transformació digital a la comunitat. Gràcies al suport de joves formats per la Fundació Sargim, que exerceixen d'agents digitals, s'ha aconseguit: ☑️ 14.000 tràmits realitzats. ☑️ 15.873 persones ateses. ☑️ 7.388 persones ateses per primera vegada. ☑️ 1.800 persones han assistit a formacions d'alfabetització digital bàsica. Aquesta iniciativa de transformació social i digital és una clara aposta per reduir l’escletxa digital i afavorir una societat més inclusiva i igualitària sense deixar ningú enrere. 🌍💻 #TransformacióDigital #EquitatDigital #MWCapital #InclusióDigital #Educació #ImpacteSocial #Sostenibilitat #Innovació

⏰ LAST CALL for #MWCapitalAWARDS 🌱 🌐 Just one week left to showcase your impact and gain recognition for encouraging responsible technology and inclusive policies! If you're driving an innovative solution aligned with the #SDGs, don’t miss this opportunity! 🔹 Additionally, the jury will award a sixth prize, the 🏆 'Barcelona Horizon Award', to the project with the greatest potential for contribution to sustainability in the digital ecosystem in Barcelona. ✏️ Submit your project before March 18 here: https://loom.ly/68GJdzs 🌍 These awards celebrate responsible, equitable, and innovative technology solutions. 🌱 An initiative by Mobile World Capital Barcelona, with GSMA Foundry & B Lab Spain.

🚀 What a journey we have had at this #MWC25. We have turned our stand into a great digital agora in which to discover the technologies of Society 5.0. A must-see at an event that has brought together over 109,000 digital professionals. At 4YFN we have shown the potential of technology transfer, with disruptive spin-offs in areas such as greentech and health, while Beat has been the networking and cultural space of the event. And this has been the year of Talent Arena. More than 20,000 attendees have enjoyed the first edition of an event that is already the great meeting point for digital talent in Europe. Thanks to everyone who has shared this adventure with us. We can't wait to find out what's coming at #MWC26! #LivingInTech

📢 En l’últim dia del #MWC25, la inclusió sociodigital esdevé protagonista. ✅ Comencem el dia amb una sessió dedicada al Talent Senior, en la que explorem el paper de la tecnologia per enfortir la connexió de les persones grans amb el seu entorn. ✅ Seguirem aprofundint sobre el paper de la IA per reduir les desigualtats i promoure els drets humans, millorant l'accés a l'educació, la sanitat i altres serveis essencials. ✅ I acabarem, aquesta última jornada, amb la Taula d'entitats del Tercer Sector Social de Catalunya. Un any més, institucions i experts en innovació digital es reuneixen per compartir coneixement, pràctiques i accions concretes per reduir desigualtats i assegurar que els drets digitals siguin una realitat universal. 📲 Perquè la tecnologia ha de ser inclusiva, equitativa i un motor de transformació social. Avui, explorem com fer-ho possible al nostre stand 👉🏻 6B31, Hall 6 . #LinvingInTech

Huge success of our first edition of Talent Arena!💥
 🟨 #TalentArena2025 concludes its first edition, bringing together more than 20,000 professionals from over 115 countries, strengthening Barcelona’s position as the capital of digital talent! Throughout the three-day programme, attendees have had the chance to: 🔄 Connect with tech companies. 👩💻 Take part in hackathons and innovative workshops. 💡 Gain inspiration from 223 sessions led by global leaders from the industry. The event has showed the latest trends in areas such as #ArtificialIntelligence, #Cybersecurity, #QuantumComputing, and #NewSpace, as well as current topics like Europe’s technological sovereignty, the evolution of generative AI, and the challenges of attracting and retaining digital talent in an increasingly competitive environment. 💬 According to Francesc Fajula de Quintana, CEO of Mobile World Capital Barcelona, “The first edition of Talent Arena highlights the essential role of digital professionals in developing the technologies that are transforming the world. It also brings attention to the challenge of talent generation to meet the growth of the ICT sector, which is synonymous with innovation, expansion, and competitiveness”. With this first edition now concluded, #MWCapital is already preparing for the 2026 edition of Talent Arena 🚀, which will take place from 2nd to 4th March at Fira Montjuïc.