Talent Garden Madrid, 28 y 29 de octubre

Science, Talent and Capital for a Global Future
A meeting space for Deep Tech trends and investment

What is Madrid Connect 2025?

Exclusive event, organized by Madrid Science Park (PCM), designed to establish Madrid as a global capital in the deep tech ecosystem.

Our goal is to create a space where leaders and visionaries come together to address the issues shaping the city’s future, thereby boosting opportunities for collaboration, co-development, expansion, and investment.

This limited-capacity event brings together the most influential players in the deep tech ecosystem:

  • Scientific startups and scaleups
  • Specialized investment funds
  • Corporations
  • Universities and research centers
  • Sector clusters and public administrations

The event offers:

  • Round tables with experts in key verticals for the future
  • Sector-specific networking to connect with industry leaders around science, talent, and capital
  • Matchmakings and Collaboration labs between startups, scaleups, investors, and corporations to foster investment agreements and co-development projects

verticals

The forum is structured around three key verticals for the technological and economic development of the Community of Madrid.

Space technologies, defense, and semiconductors

Digital health, biotechnology, and applied AI

Circular economy, clean energy, and energy vectors

program

Reception and Coffee

Institutional Opening

Marta del Castillo, General Director PCM Marina Villegas, General Director of Research and Technological Innovation Community of Madrid Óscar Romera, General Coordinator of Economy, Trade and Consumer Affairs Madrid City Council Master of Ceremonies: Carmen Gilabert, Head of Communications PCM

Madrid deep tech

IoT, PCM Success Story Carolina Gago, COO IOT Lenses

Roundtable 1 – Space, Defense and Semiconductors: Deep Tech for Strategic Autonomy from Madrid

Moderator: Francisco Marín, Director CITT Space Technologies
Daniel Granados, Director CITT Semiconductors
David Gómez, Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Tekniker
Luis Benaite, Director of Electronic Warfare Laboratory Funditec

Startups Block

Moderator: Paloma Domingo, Deputy Director FGCSIC
José Antonio González, Co-founder YPlasma
Daniel González, CEO Nanostine
Nikolai Lavroff, Business Development G2Zero

Coffee & Strategic Networking

Roundtable 2 – Smart Health: Science and Data for the Medicine of the Future

Moderator: Micaela Martelli, Director of Sectorial Solutions Telefónica
Ana Isabel González, Area of Innovation Promotion and Internationalization of Health Research Community of Madrid
Rosa Lillo, Director IBiDat – Big Data Institute UC3M
Ángel Sánchez, Medical Director Quirónsalud
Marta Pedrosa, Innovation Dept. Cinfa
Felip Miralles, Director of Health Technologies Eurecat

Startups Block

Moderator: Clément Destoumieux, Spanish Startups Association
Jesús Prada, CEO Horus ML
Raúl Alelú, co-founder Healthy Minds
Blanca Caballero, CEO Nanological
Eduardo Díaz, Director of EBT Office Fund. Madri+d

Lunch and Healthy Networking

Collaboration Labs – Open Innovation between Startups, Scaleups and Corporations

Reception and Coffee

Science as a Driver of Economic Growth

Moderator: Marta del Castillo, General Director PCM
Félix Zamora, Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Culture, UAM
María Inmaculada López, Director, Compluemprende
Javier Etxabe, Head of the Entrepreneurship and Innovation Area, Vice-Presidency for Innovation and Knowledge Transfer, CSIC

Roundtable 3 – Energy Vectors and Circularity: Deep Tech for Industrial Transition

Moderator: María Cano, Node Director Greentech Retech
Pedro Pereira, Co-founder NanosTech and Professor Emeritus Univ. of Calgary
Jesús Montes, Energy Technology Intelligence Moeve
Lidia Caramazana, Innovation Manager Naturgy
Miquel Rovira, Director of Sustainability Eurecat

Startups Block

Roberto Clemente, CEO Gnanomat
Rafael Mombiedro, CEO Empirical Advances
María Urbano, CEO Evoenzyme

Coffe & Strategic networking

International Keynote – Science as a Global Business Platform: Technology Transfer and Investment from the Canadian Ecosystem

Pedro Pereira Almão – Co-founder NanosTech (Canada)

Thematic Meeting – Access to Funding and Internationalization in Deep Tech

Moderator: Juan Rodríguez, Innovation Sales Director ClarkeModet (Arosa I+D)
Carlos Herranz, Coordinator of the Secretariat of State for Digitalization and AI Ministry of Digital Transformation
Andrés Ubierna, Head of Capitalization and Technology Transfer Division CDTI
Ignacio Liñán, Communications and Promotion Department Enisa

Collaboration Labs – Energy Vectors and Circularity

Open Innovation between Startups, Scaleups, and Corporations

Lunch & Collaborative Networking

Matchmaking – One-on-One Meetings

SPEAKERS

MATCHMAKING

Madrid Connect 25 offers five on-site meeting spaces (28th & 29th of October) and two virtual ones (4th & 5th of November) to connect start-ups, scale-ups, investors, corporations and other entities.

Explore the participants and schedule your meeting through the b2match platform within the framework of the Enterprise Europe Network (EEN):

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REGISTRATION

Science, Talent and Capital for a Global Future
A meeting space for Deep Tech trends and investment

Talent Garden Madrid, October 28–29

Registration for Madrid Connect 25 opens on Monday, September 15. This registration does not grant access to the matchmaking (B2B meetings).

To participate in the matchmaking, you must register in the corresponding section via an external platform.

VENUE

Madrid Connect 2025 will take place at Talent Garden Madrid, a modern and functional space in the heart of the city, just minutes from the Atocha transport hub and the historic center.

Its facilities for the forum (auditorium and Gran Vía and Sol rooms) make it easy to interact and establish connections among participants.

Public transport:

  • Metro: Atocha (L1), Delicias (L3), and Méndez Álvaro (L6).
  • Train: Atocha (medium and long distance, and Cercanías C1–C5, C7, and C10), Delicias (Cercanías C5), and Méndez Álvaro (Cercanías C5 and C10).
  • Bus: Méndez Álvaro (medium and long distance) and urban lines 102 and 152.

Private vehicle: regulated parking zone (SER) with time limits. For a full day, Rafael Hoteles parking is recommended.

SPEAKERS

Space, defense, and semiconductors

Foto de Francisco Marín de CITT Tecnologías del Espacio
Francisco Marín, Director CITT Space Technologies
Daniel Granados, Director CITT Semiconductors
Foto de David Gómez de Tekniker
David Gómez, Director of Advanced Manufacturing Technologies Tekniker
Luis Benaite, Director of Electronic Warfare Laboratory Funditec
Paloma Domingo, Deputy Director CSIC Foundation
José Antonio González, Co-founder YPlasma
Foto de Daniel González, CEO de Nanostine
Daniel González, CEO Nanostine
Nicolai Lavroff, Business Development G2 Zero

Smart health

Foto de Micaela Martelli

Micaela Martelli, Director of Sectorial Solutions Telefónica

Foto de Ana Isabel González de la Com. de Madrid
Ana Isabel González, Head of Health Research Area Community of Madrid
Foto de Rosa Lillo
Rosa Lillo, Director IBiDat – Big Data Institute UC3M
Foto de Ángel Sánchez, de Quirónsalud
Ángel Sánchez, Medical Director Quirónsalud
Foto de Marta Pedrosa, de Cinfa
Marta Pedrosa, Innovation Department Cinfa
Foto de Felip Miralles de Eurecat
Felip Miralles, Director of Health Technologies Eurecat
Clément Destoumieux, Spanish Startups Association
Jesús Prada, CEO Horus ML
Raúl Alelú, CEO Healthy Minds
Foto de Blanca Caballero, de Nanological

Blanca Caballero, CEO Nanological

Carolina Gago, COO IOT Lenses

Energy vectors and circularity

María Cano, Node Director Greentech Retech
Foto de Pedro Pereira, fundador de Nanostech
Pedro Pereira, CTO NanosTech and Professor Emeritus
Foto de Jesús Montes de Moeve
Jesús Montes, Energy Technology Intelligence Moeve
Foto de Lidia Caramazana de Naturgy
Lidia Caramazana, Innovation Manager Naturgy
Miquel Rovira, Director of Sustainability Eurecat
Foto de Roberto Clemente, CEO de Gnanomat
Roberto Clemente, CEO Gnanomat
Foto de Rafael Mombiedro, CEO de Empirical Advances
Rafael Mombiedro, CEO Empirical Advances

María Urbano, CEO EvoEnzyme

Institutions

Foto de Marina Villegas de la Com. de Madrid
Marina Villegas, General Director of Research and Technological Innovation Community of Madrid
Foto de Óscar Romera del Ayto. Madrid
Óscar Romera, General Coordinator of Economy, Trade and Consumer Affairs Madrid City Council
Foto de Marta del Castillo Vázquez, Dir.ª Gral. Parque Científico de Madrid
Marta del Castillo, General Director Madrid Science Park
Félix Zamora, Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Culture UAM
Foto de María Inmaculada López, directora de Compluemprende

Mª Inmaculada López, Director Compluemprende

Javier Etxabe, Head of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Area, Vice President for Innovation and Transfer CSIC
Carlos Herranz, Coordinator of the Secretariat of State for Digitalization and AI Ministry of Digital Transformation
Foto de Andrés Ubierna de CDTI
Andrés Ubierna, Head of Capitalization and Technology Transfer Division CDTI
Ignacio Liñán, Communications and Promotion Department Enisa
Foto de Juan Rodríguez de ClarkeModet (Arosa I+D)
Juan Rodríguez, Innovation Sales Director ClarkeModet (Arosa I+D)

Eduardo Díaz, Director of EBT Office Fund. Madri+d