Facing Current Tourism Challenges Through New Tourism Metrics
This session addresses today’s tourism challenges by rethinking how we measure success.
Beyond arrivals and overnight stays, it highlights new metrics on sustainability, social impact, and value creation.
The aim is to provide tools for building a more resilient and inclusive tourism model
Valencia Innovation Capital Startups Pitch Session
Pitch session for startups belonging to the Valencia Innovation Capital delegation.
The following startups will participate:
- Brandlex
- EBHealth3
- Endoclassify
- Gambooza
- Hommia
- Mentelem
- Pappeletas
-Perzon
-Quantum Solutions
- SimZero
From Smart Cities to the Citiverse: Europe’s Urban Digital Future
Cities are rapidly evolving into hubs of digital transformation, where artificial intelligence and digital twins play a central role in delivering smarter, more sustainable, and citizen-centric services. CitCom.ai, Europe’s Testing and Experimentation Facility (TEF) for citizen-centered AI, offers startups and companies a trusted environment to validate AI solutions for urban challenges. At the same time, the newly created European Digital Infrastructure Consortium (EDIC) on Local Digital Twins and the Citiverse, headquartered in Valencia, is laying the groundwork for interoperable and sovereign digital twin infrastructures across Europe.
This panel brings together international experts from both initiatives to highlight concrete opportunities for innovators, startups, and corporates. Attendees will discover how to access CitCom services today, and how the Citiverse will open new markets and collaborations tomorrow—making Europe a global leader in trustworthy urban digital innovation.
Presenting GSIC Powered by Microsoft Testing Lab in Valencia
Presentation of GSIC Powered by Microsoft Testing Lab in Valencia, a new center in applied tech for sports, entertainment, media, and health, driven by the Generalitat Valenciana and the City of València through València Innovation Capital.
GSIC Testing Lab hosts sports tech startups to validate cutting-edge technologies, for startups testing products ,dynamize the sports tech community in the region and also provide softlanding spaces and strategies for startups testing new markets, aiming to attract talent and investment, and strengthen and internationalize the local ecosystem, leveraging GSIC global networks.
This unique phygital hub blends physical and virtual innovation to accelerate breakthrough solutions.
By fostering public-private collaboration and technology transfer, it positions València as a global sports innovation hotspot.
Valencia Innovation Capital Startups Pitch Session
Pitch session for startups belonging to Valencia Innovation Capital delegation.
The following startups will participate:
-Bluease
-Bounsel
-Ewear Europe
-Fennech Evolution
- Kenko Imalytics
-LaiaDesk
-Narracity
-Remote Resilience Hub
-Venturest
- Voicit
-Worksible
How Open Innovation is Transforming the Public Sector
Open innovation is no longer just a private sector phenomenon — it’s also redefining how public administrations tackle major challenges. This roundtable explores GovTech models as a gateway for startups seeking to collaborate with governments, validate real-world solutions, and scale their impact.
We’ll start with the fundamentals of the GovTech approach and dive into the practical experience of four active pilot projects with the City Council of València. We’ll share key insights, lessons learned, and results. Participating startups, public officials, and enabling organizations will discuss how these collaborations are launched, what governments are looking for, and how startups can position themselves to be part of the change.
Strategic Funding for Innovation: Insights from València’s Public Calls and the Zentropy MICE Project
Discover how València Innovation Capital is supporting the growth of the startup ecosystem through targeted public funding, pilot programs, and internationalization initiatives.
Discover how València Innovation Capital is supporting the growth of the startup ecosystem through targeted public funding, pilot programs, and internationalization initiatives.
This session will present the key public support instruments offered by the City of València through its innovation strategy. Learn about open calls, grants, and public-private partnerships designed to accelerate entrepreneurship, scale innovative solutions, and position startups for long-term success—locally and globally.
In addition, the session will feature an exclusive conversation on Zentropy MICE, a pioneering project that reimagines sustainable event innovation in València. Hear from representatives of the City Council and the project’s Innovation Expert as they discuss how collaborative funding and experimentation are driving new models for impact and international visibility.
