The trends, opportunities and challenges in these sectors will be the protagonists of the open conversations scheduled at South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao, designed to make high-value connections between them.

In addition, the meeting will be attended by speakers who are experts in innovation and the latest trends within these sectors: James Arbib, founder of RethinkX, the think tank focused on identifying disruptive innovations to ensure an impact on society, and Owen Reynolds, member of Teklas Ventures, a venture capital fund specialised in automation, robotics, automotive, Industry 4.0, energy, and decarbonisation. 

During the two days of South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao, representatives of corporations, companies and startups from the Basque Country will also participate, including Iberdrola, Repsol, Arteche Group, BEAZ, Saitec, Woza Labs and Barbara IoT, as well as more than 20 investment funds such as Cerulean Ventures, Eurazeo, Icos Capital and Semapa Next, national and international corporations and more than 40 startups from Europe and Latin America. 

In addition, attendees of South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao will be able to attend scheduled visits to the most cutting-edge technological and industrial hubs in Bilbao and to the most emblematic places in the city, such as the Guggenheim Museum or the Museum of Fine Arts. 

South Summit Industry & Energy Bilbao aims to build bridges between the actors of an increasingly vibrant Basque entrepreneurial ecosystem and investors and representatives of national and international corporations. Last year's edition, more than 300 attendees gathered, of which 37% were startups, 36% representatives of corporations, 18% investors and 9% representatives of institutions and government agencies, who made more than 500 high-value connections during the two days of the meeting.