The CEO of ENISA, Borja Cabezón, has spoken at a table on the financing of startups and has pointed out that this entity dependent on the Ministry of Industry and Tourism is the most agile tool for entrepreneurs in this country.
Oceanographer and meteorologist Mercedes Martín calls to offset the carbon emissions we generate and try to reduce the use of plastics, recycle and opt for more sustainable options
Women have been the protagonist of this last day with an exclusive space, the Blue Women, focused on the female role in the Blue Economy and the activity linked to the sea.
Telefónica has presented its new commitment to the drone ecosystem within the framework of the Blue Zone Forum-Innovazul 2024
This last day had a session dedicated to Colombia with the participation of the rector of the University of Magdalena, where Innovazul Caribe was recently held.
The closing day of the Blue Zone Forum-Innovazul 2024 was largely led by women. The meteorologist and oceanographer Mercedes Martín opened the day with a presentation very much in line with her speech as a firm defender of raising awareness about climate change and sustainability. The well-known meteorologist has appealed to responsibility and has called to offset the carbon emissions we generate and to try to reduce the use of plastics, recycle and opt for more sustainable options. Mercedes Martín is a graduate of the Faculty of Marine and Environmental Sciences of the University of Cádiz.
Participating in this closing day was Borja Cabezón, CEO of ENISA, an entity belonging to the Ministry of Industry and Tourism, who spoke in a presentation on the financing of startups and pointed out that public financing attracts private financing. Cabezón has also argued that the most agile tool for entrepreneurs in this country is ENISA.
The CEO of ENISA has also reported that this entity has financed more than 9,000 projects and that this highlights the commitment of this country in the world of entrepreneurship and innovation. This entity dependent on the Ministry of Industry and Tourism channels financial support to small and medium-sized companies that want to promote their innovative entrepreneurship projects. In fact, ENISA supports viable business projects through a financing alternative that allows diversifying the sources to turn to, making them a complementary option to possible public or private investment sources.
This third and final day hosted the Blue Women space, dedicated exclusively to the role of women and the female presence in professions and activities linked to the Blue Economy.
The Blue Women Forum has been distributed in two parts, the first of them represented by scientists from the University of Cádiz and the CEI-Mar Foundation, with figures belonging to the Department of Biology of the UCA itself, the Oceanographic Center of Cádiz or to the Oceanographic Center of Gijón.
The Free Trade Zone has taken the reins in the second part to immerse itself fully in the business and entrepreneurial world in the field of the Blue Economy and has had the presence of businesswomen, some of them linked to projects that are being consolidated in Incubazul , where entrepreneurship and female talent stand out.
In parallel, the day was the scene of two workshops with practical content, the first with Sandra Reyes on marketing and ways to sell the brand and the second with Carlos Sánchez on entrepreneurship, in addition to tables on investment and financing and two inspirational talks.
The latter were initially starred by the Olympic champion Gisela Pulido and the comedian Manu Sánchez, but the Sevillian had to be replaced by Sara Escudero since she could not participate in the event for personal reasons.
The closing day of the Blue Zone Forum-Innovazul 2024 also included a session dedicated to Colombia, with the participation of the rector of the University of Magdalena in the Colombian town of Santa Marta.
With this session we had the opportunity to present the results of InnovAzul Caribe, a forum of which CEI-Mar is one of the driving institutions, in which Zona Franca and the University of Cádiz participated last September and where They were able to share experiences and present projects and initiatives of interest to both sides of the Atlantic.
During yesterday afternoon, Telefónica made public its new commitment to the drone ecosystem. The computer engineer and company expert, Leticia López Domingo, has presented an innovative project that uses drones and 5G technology, making its network information available to Telefónica customers to plan reliable and safe drone routes.
Zona Franca de Cádiz, Universidad de Cádiz, CEI.Mar and Incubazul have carried out enormous work to jointly celebrate Blue Zone Forum-Innovazul 2024. Both already had the experience of previous editions, Zona Franca with the Blue Zone Forum in 2023 and the UCA with Innovazul in 2018 and 2022.
During the closing ceremony, both institutions were satisfied with the success of participation and for having been able to bring together in Cádiz more than 500 speakers, national and international experts and a large part of the scientific and business community.
The Blue Economy forum that is positioning Cádiz as an important pole and epicenter of the sector, bringing together national and international experts and more than 1,500 attendees, will be repeated again next year, in the second half of November.
