Event agenda
Wednesday, 28 October 2026
09:00 - 09:30
Reception & coffee
09:30 - 10:00
Institutional opening - Madrid, Building a Global Deep Tech Hub
Institutional welcome and strategic vision regarding Madrid’s international standing in science and innovation.
10:00 - 10:45
Future Outlook: Technologies that will reshape the coming decade
- Health & Biotech
- Knowledge Transfer
- Tech Transfer
- Innovation
- Financing
- Drug discovery
- Quantum Comm&Computing
- Advanced Materials&Biomaterials
- Industrialization
10:45 - 11:15
Strategic coffee & networking
11:15 - 12:30
Panel discussion 1 - Advanced quantum computing and communication
- Quantum Comm&Computing
Workshop 1 - Accelerating omics research
- Health & Biotech
- Drug discovery
11:15 - 12:35
Matchmaking Day1 - 1
- Room 1 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
12:30 - 13:45
Panel discussion 2 – Next-generation drug discovery
- Health & Biotech
- Drug discovery
12:30 - 13:50
Matchmaking Day1 - 2
- Room 1 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
14:00 - 15:30
Healthy lunch & networking
15:30 - 16:30
Panel discussion 3 – From lab to factory
- Industrialization
- Scaling
15:30 - 16:30
Matchmaking Day1 - 3
- Room 1 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
16:30 - 17:45
Panel discussion 4 – Factories of the future
- Advanced Materials&Biomaterials
- Industrialization
16:30 - 17:50
Matchmaking Day1 - 4
- Room 1 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
17:45 - 18:00
Closure Day 1
Thursday, 29 October 2026
09:00 - 09:30
Reception & coffee
09:30 - 10:30
Europe’s deep tech gap: from science to industry
- Knowledge Transfer
- Innovation
- Internationalization
09:30 - 10:30
Matchmaking Day2 - 1
- Room 6&7 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
10:30 - 11:30
Matchmaking Day2 - 2
- Room 6&7 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
11:30 - 12:00
Strategic coffee & networking
12:00 - 13:00
Access to global markets
- Internationalization
12:00 - 13:00
Matchmaking Day2 - 3
- Room 6&7 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
13:00 - 14:00
Matchmaking Day2 - 4
- Room 6&7 - Meeting Place Orense
Meeting duration:20 minutes time slots
14:00 - 15:00
Cocktail & final networking
Wednesday, 4 November 2026
09:00 - 17:00
Matchmaking VIRTUAL Day1
Meeting duration:30 minutes time slots
Thursday, 5 November 2026
09:00 - 17:00
Matchmaking VIRTUAL Day2
Meeting duration:30 minutes time slots