4YFN 2019: Where education meets innovation
Why does Esade participate in 4YFN? It’s in our DNA
Innovation and entrepreneurship are an essential part of who we are; they’re in our DNA. All our programs provide training and specific resources to foment our students’ innovative and creative spirit. Esade participates in 4YFN (Four Years from Now), the Mobile World Congress startup fair, to take this training to the next level and share our know-how with others beyond our classrooms. At 4YFN, we do our part as the fair’s academic partner, offering in-situ sessions dedicated to fundamental issues for the future of entrepreneurship and innovation.
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Program 2019
Monday, 25th February
9.15h - 11.45h
“Artificial Intelligence”
Master in Business Analytics. (MIBA)
Prof. Marc Torrens (Esade)
Diego Villuendas (Head of Data & Analytics at SEAT)
12.00h - 12.45h
ESADE SPEAKER SERIES: “The Art and Science of Growing ventures”
Roundtable with entrepreneurs moderated by Prof. Jan Brinckmann (Esade)
12:00h - 13:00h
“Autonomous driving show”
SEAT Stand
With Alexander Siebeneich
(Industrial Director at CARNET) and Esade students.
12.45h - 13.30h
ESADE SPEAKER SERIES: “For those about to rock datadriven innovation: what can we learn from music Industry?”
Roundtable with:
• Laia Pujol, Esade Researcher
• Turo Pekari, Teosto Future Lab
• David Osimo, Research Director Lisbon Council
• Yvan Boudillet, Founder at TheLynk
13.30h - 14.15h
ESADE SPEAKER SERIES: “Industry 4.0”.
Roundtable organized by MBA Entrepreneurship Club and E3
• Moritz Engler (MIE’15) CEO at Inflight Virtual Reality
• Jan Carbonell (TheAcademy.AI)
• Moderated by Prof. Oscar Torres (Esade)
14.30h - 17.00h
LECTURE: “Artificial Intelligence”
Master in Business Analytics. (MIBA)
Prof. Marc Torrens (Esade)
Diego Villuendas (Head of Data & Analytics at SEAT)
15:00h - 15:45h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “The digital mobility: is multimodality a real thing? Who takes the cake?”
Garden StageJavier Rivera, Corporate Strategy Manager SEAT
Oliver Grimm, Head of Multimodal Mobility SEAT
Paulin Dementhon, Founder and CEO Drivy
Mar Pallàs, VP Europe Market DevelopmentScoot Networks
Moderated by Prof. Jonathan Wareham Esade
17.00h - 20.00h
LECTURE: "Programación Avanzada de Web Apps"
Bachelor in Business Administration
Prof. Jordi Tardà (Esade)
Tuesday, 26th February
11.45h
LECTURE: “Digital Transformation of the world”
CEMS
Prof. Alberto Gimeno and Josep Ruano (Esade).
12.00h - 14.00h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Reinventing Education. Reinventing Esade after 60 years of history”
Ben Nelson. CEO Minerva.
Mark Vernooij. Partner at THNK School of Creative Leadership
Koldo Echebarria. Director General Esade
Moderated by Ivan Bofarull. Director of Global Insights & Strategic Initiatives at Esade
14.00h - 16.00h
ALUMNI MEETING: “The future of management in the AI age”
ESADE Alumni Top Management Network
Prof. Xavier Ferràs. (Esade)
16.00h - 17.00h
ESADE SPEAKER SERIES: “Growing Data-Born companies”
Round table with Philippe Gelis (CEO, Kantox)
Josep María Porra (Business Performance Director, King)
Alessandro Pregnolato (Data Science Lead, Typeform).
Moderated by Prof. Manu Carricano (Esade)
16.30h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Digital Transformation”
SEAT stand
Prof. Xavier Ferràs (Esade)
Arantxa Alonso (Executive Managing Director at XMOBA).
Moderated by Oliwia Puppel (Head of Talent Acquisition at SEAT)
18.00h - 19.00h
ESADE SPEAKER SERIES: El jurista tras la Inteligencia Artificial: ¿Qué cambiará con la IA?
Master IT + IP Esade Law School.
Prof. Mario Sol (Esade Law School)
Wednesday, 27th February
9.15h - 11.00h
LECTURE: “Visualización de información de negocio”
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA)
Prof. JL. Cano (Esade)
9.45h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Refocusing Education”
4YFN EdTech Track
Ben Nelson, CEO of Minerva
Moderator: Ivan Bofarull (Esade)
11.00h - 12.00h
LECTURE: “Innovation & Creativity: Developing New Products through Design Thinking”
MBA
Prof. Ivanka Visnjic (Esade)
10:00h.
WORKSHOP: “How to shape the future of our Digital Society”
Prof. Marc Torrens (Esade)
12.00h - 13.00h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Future Talent for the new Digital World”
Marc Sanz (BBA’11) Head of Education (Sth Europe). Google
Vignesh Anand: Head of Partner Operations, Glovo
Daniel Martos: Recruiter, Travelperk
Oriol Saludes: COO, Kemiex
Moderator: Marc Rovira (MIE’14). Founder, Polaroo
Organized by Esade Careers
13.00h - 14.00h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “The Automotive Digital Factory of the Future”
Prof. Xavier Pujol (Esade)
Francisco Requena (Head of Innovation & Smart Factory at SEAT)
14.00h - 15.00h
LECTURE: “Innovation & Creativity: Developing New Products through Design Thinking”
MBA
Prof. Ivanka Visnjic (Esade)
15.00h
PANEL DISCUSSION: “Natural Language Understanding”
Agora stage
Javier Peman, Public Sector Sales Representative at IBM
Stephen Mallik, CEO of Artie
Maria Perillo, Chief Learning Officer at ABA English
Moderated by Prof Luis Vives (Esade)
16.00h - 19.00h
LECTURE: “Innovation in Marketing. Creativity, New Products and Design”
Bachelor in Business Administration (BBA)
Profs Isa Moll and Jordi Montaña (Esade)
Natural Language Understanding
Panel Reinventing Education. Reinventing Esade after 60 years history
A 3-day immersive experience in a unique innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem
Discover the #ESADEat4YFN experience through our students: Three days of sessions focused on key issues and in which our students have the chance to immerse themselves in one of the worlds’ most important startup ecosystems, meet entrepreneurs and investors, contact different startups and learn about future trends.
#Networking #Learning #Future
In the media
“Muchas universidades dan asignaturas que no tienen ninguna utilidad futura”
La Vanguardia
27/02/2019
Ben Nelson, CEO de Minerva: "La inteligencia artificial y la realidad virtual adquirirán relevancia en el futuro del sistema educativo"
elEconomista.es
27/02/2019
Esta universidad ofrece educación al nivel de Harvard por la mitad de precio (y ya tiene más solicitudes que el MIT)
El País
06/03/2019