Keywords: knowledge sharing, networking

Main users: Wider community

The TDD4Future is a space to connect the Entrepreneurial and Innovative Ecosystem sharing content of interest in different digital platforms: webinars, thematic capsules, pitches, round tables, networkings and music. Now, more than ever, we want to reimagine the future we want to create, and how we could contribute to the New Normal.

This year we celebrated 10th edition of the TechDemoDay with the title ""Back to the future"". The TDD4Future starts on May 14, the date originally planned for the TechDemoDay celebration. From then until October 22nd we will encourage the connection of the Innovation Ecosystem through virtual events. Now more than ever, due to the present situation generated by COVID-19, we all have to adapt and be ready for the new virtual world ahead of us, so we can have connections with the outer world by means of videocalls, classes, meetings and events. The key and innovative point of the project is a digital journey that allows us to understand the new ideas of startups, connect them in real time with investors and corporates, attend virtual conferences and share with all the members of the Innovative Ecosystem networking space and ludic moments with live music. TDD4Future will begin its activity on May 14 in different digital platforms. We will share content of interest for the entrepreneurial ecosystem such as talks, testimonies and start-up pitches, investors and corporations. Additionally, all attendees will be able to participate in our ""time machine"" through Blockchain technology. We will ask the attendees to travel to 2030 and to tell us how they visualize us 10 years from now. This ""time machine"" will be exhibited in 2030 coinciding with our 20th anniversary of the Tech Demo Day. La Salle Technova Barcelona selects every year the best 50 technology-based startups of Barcelona to participate at TechDemoDay, this year will be able to offer a global connection and networking through #TDD4Future. We can reach more people around the world and connect students of different universities, startups, researchers, companies and investors, that would help the country to create new ways to offer business opportunities to the startups. Last but not least, the project is not only webinar, or internet video, it is a virtual program combined with Virtual Reality that offers people to use their senses and experience closeness in the digital world.

The main impact of the project is to support the connection between different actors of the entrepreneurial ecosystem of Barcelona, especially startups focused on the deep-tech sector. As previously commented, this project wants to change the way we used to host meetings, and encourage investing safely from each house in cities or countries. We expect to reach Innovation hubs, universities, investors, researchers and companies. People can be aware of new projects or knowledge of experts and students can improve their ideas for the future.

The goal of this project is to create a new ways to communicate, integrate different technologies and platforms where entrepreneurial ecosystems can interact safely. The program includes events where people could participate and understand blockchain and virtual reality.

Startups, Students, Investors, Companies, Researches, Innovations Parks, Innovation Hubs, the Public

La Salle Technova Barcelona is the Innovation Park of La Salle - Ramon Llull University of Barcelona, which promotes technology-based entrepreneurship and acts as a hub connecting startups, investors and corporations within the framework of an entrepreneurial university. It offers incubation, pre-acceleration, acceleration, investment, Open Innovation, Startup Landing services, combining the talent, technology and financing of La Salle Ecosystem. TDD4Future are organized by both organizations, La Salle Technova Barcelona and La Salle Campus Barcelona- URL.