Hosts: Ruth Gumbau, TV host, News Anchor, MC and events moderator, Speaker & Media Training. Journalist at Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals
Adam Martín, Freelance Journalist and Writer

08:30 h ACCREDITATIONS AND WELCOME
Reception of participants and initial networking

09:30 h INSTITUTIONAL OVERVIEW
Eva Díaz, CEO and Founder of the STEM Women Congress
Dra. Lisa Hehenberger, Director of the Esade Center for Social Impact and Professor of Strategy and General Management at Esade
M. Eugènia Gay, Presidència, Relacions Internacionals, Educació, Salut, Drets Humans i Cicles de Vida – Ajuntament de Barcelona
Sònia Guerra, Presidenta de l’Institut Català de les Dones i Secretària General del Departament d’Igualtat i Feminisme – Generalitat de Catalunya
Sandra Ruiz, Directora general d’Economia i Societat Digitals, Secretaria de Polítiques Digitals Departament d’Empresa i Treball – Generalitat de Catalunya 

10:15 h TALK 1: Planos, robots y visión femenina, así se construye hoy
Ruth Quindós, Incubations Global Marketing Lead at HP

10:30 h TALK 2: Bound by the ocean: from cetaceans to connections
Viridiana Jiménez-Moratalla, Communications Advisor at Réseau Québec Maritime

10:45 h TALK 3: FetaLife, a fetal liquid incubator for extreme preterm babies
Elisenda Bonet, CEO & Co-founder of fetaLife Technologies S.L.

11:00 h COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

11:45 h TALK 4: Mujeres que mueven el ferrocarril
Yaiza Lafuente, Project Manager at Captrain Spain
Ares Fusté, Director of Railway Safety at Captrain Spain
Lorena Zapico, Driver at Captrain Spain

12:00 h STEM SOCIAL PROJECTS
Fundació Esclerosi Múltiple:
Eva Navarro, Director of the Socio-Labor and Business Intermediation Department
Eva Escolano, Coordinator of guidance and job training
Laia Ibáñez, Graphic designer at TOPO
Projecte la Llavor de Guissona:
Laura Toset Gassó, Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at BonÀrea

12:20 h PANEL: ETHICS COURTROOM NAVIGATING INNOVATION RESPONSIBLY
Moderator: Karina Gibert, Professor, Dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia, and a recent recipient of the Medal of Honour of the Parliament of Catalonia.

Team A: María Jesús Puerta, Natural Resources and Energy Engineer – National Aeronautics and Space Administration International Winner – NASA Lunar Recycle Challenge (Phase 1 – Digital Twin) Team ESPERANZA
Serena Pérez, Principal Account Cloud Engineer & Oracle Women Leader in Barcelona
María Gaviño, Privacy Manager at Volkswagen Group España
Jordina Torrents, Senior AI Manager and Principal AI Architect at HP
Josep-Ramon Ferrer Escoda, Director d’Innovation & Business Development a SIRT, President de GrausTIC i Co-fundador de KitCo & CatalunyaTelecom

Team B: Belén Jódar, Director of Operations at Xalok – Hiberus Media Labs
David Sancha, CEO of Xalok – Hiberus Media Labs
Valentina Figueras, Telecommunications Engineering Student at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Ariadna Morancho, AI Governance & Data Project Manager at Volkswagen Group España
Manel Santilari, Counsel at Garrigues

Jury: Natalia Olson-Urtecho, Growth Advisor in HumanIT and Advisor at Rapid Scale VC, Plug and Play, Repscan and IDEDED
Ana Diez de la Fuente, CEO International Hubs in Spain & Group Head of Technology Hubs at Zurich Technology Delivery Center Barcelona
Anna Jiménez, Transformation & culture Director at GFT

The public votes ONLINE

13:00 h TALK 5: The Resilience Paradox: How Your Brain Decides When to Persevere or Walk Away
Katharine D’Amico, PhD, Professor of the Practice in Applied Neuroscience CEO President The Swala Institute / Swala Ventures – Applied Neuroscience, Communication, Leadership& Strategy for Business

13:15 h FISHBOWL CONVERSATION: GENDER EQUITY IN STEM: TRANSFORMING COMPANIES FOR AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE
Moderator: Adam Martín, Freelance Journalist and Writer
Ana Carolina Oliveira, Senior Director International Inclusion & Talent Officer at ADP
Leticia Palacios Berezo, Global Head of Talent & Culture at Abertis
Clàudia Peiró i Vidal, R&D Firmware Engineer at HP
Aurora Bazaga, Mobile Director at CaixaBank Tech
Lara Carreter, Head of Barcelona Hub at Sanofi
Nuria Blasco, Managing Director at Tepsa Iberia

Topics: attraction and values; career and growth; and culture and work-life balance

13:50 h PRESENTATION OF THE AWARD TO THE WINNERS OF THE PANEL: ETHICS COURTROOM
Anna Pérez, Managing Partner at Mur&Partners

14:00 h NETWORKING LUNCH

15:00 h STEM WOMEN INDEX
Eva Navarro Martín, Marketing Manager at Logitech
Elsa Giménez, Founder & CEO of KitCo
Ana Miguel, Mining engineer, Planning engineer at SENER- Member of STEM Women Association

15:15 h STEM MEN: THE PRIVILEGE OF THE INVISIBILITY
Moderator: Mar Porras, president of the STEM Women Association
Moderator: Natalie Akierman, Medical & Double Engineering Student (Electrical Telecommunications & Computer Engineering) at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Joan Pérez Pericot, VP and General Manager of HP
Ian Blanes, Dean of the School of Engineering at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Sergio López, Founder and CEO at hiberus

15:45 h TALK 6: Futuro de la IA en Técnicas de Reproducción asistida
Dra. Marta Colodrón, Gynecologist specialist in Assisted Reproduction at the Barcelona IVF Clinic

16:00 h CIBERSECURITY: LIVE CYBER DRILL
Moderator: Vanesa Daza, Associate Professor at Pompeu Fabra University, Vice-rector for Knowledge Transfer
Maria Viader, CISO & DPO & Head of IT Governance at Volkswagen Group España
Marta Cabrera, Responsable del Servei Públic de Ciutadania en Ciberseguretat – Generalitat de Catalunya
Selva Orejón, Professor of Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity Experts at the University of Deusto & CEO of OnbrandinG 

16:30 h STEM AWARDS
Secretary: Carol Romay, Treasurer of the STEM Women Association

STEM Teacher Award
Jury: Patricia Acebes, researcher, economist, specialist in blockchain and Artificial Intelligence.
María José Lodeiros, SAP BTP Manager at Minsait
Eva Blanco, Freelance consultant and senior advisor on topics such as Employee Experience, Internal Communication, Business Culture, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Mercedes López, Professor at Institut de la Gastronomia de Barcelona

STEM Woman Award
Jury: Joana Barbany, Technology Business Development Director at Michael Page
Beth Camprubí, CEO, Business Coach & Product Manager of BECE Consulting & Language Services, SL
Almudena Castillo, Professor at Impact Hub Barcelona
Marta Alamany, Director of Hotel Catalonia Magdalenes, Catalonia Hotels & Resorts

17:00 h GLOBAL STEM CONNECTION – SWAR VIDEO
Opening of new chapters: México & Perú
Delivery of the “Escalera STEM”: 
Karra-Lee Gerrits, Cónsul & Trade Commissioner de Canadá en Barcelona
Eva Díaz, CEO and founder of STEM WOMEN CONGRESS

México: Nancy Márquez, President of the México Chapter

Perú: Geraldine Collado, Vice President of the Perú Chapter
Luis Pablo Salamanca, Cónsul General of Perú in Barcelona

17:10 h HACKATHON DANONE – PRESENTATION OF THE 5 FINALIST TEAMS
Jury: Noelia García, Global HR Business Partner & DEI Manager at Danone
Shrya Gupta, Global AI Strategy Lead at Danone
Núria Puigvert, Head of DataPowerHouse & SN Digital & Data Transformation at Danone
Elena Vilella, R&I Senior Design Manager Iberia at Danone

18:00 h CLOSING
Jessica Breitenfeld, Adaptability Practitioner, Event host Social Alchemist, Creative Producer, Communications Specialist & Engage Training

WELCOME. TO ENJOY BOTH EVENTS, FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS:

09:30 h STEM WOMEN CONGRESS OPENING CEREMONY  
Please, attend the SWC opening at CosmoCaixa stage
(Main Auditorium)

10:00 h HACKATHON OPENING CEREMONY 
SWC Welcome to Hackathon Participants
Danone Welcome Ceremony
Explanation of the Danone Challenge
(Delta room) 

10:30 h TALK: Idea to Impact: Pitch Strategy
Helena Torras, Investor and Independent advisor
(Delta room) 

11:00 h COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING
This time will be shared with the SWC
(Main Auditorium)

11:45 h INTRODUCTION TO THE PROMPTING
Shrya Gupta, Global AI Strategy Lead at Danone
(Delta room) 

12:00 h LET’S CREATE!
Working Time for Hackathon Participants
(Delta room) 

14:00 h LUNCH & NETWORKING
This time will be shared with the SWC
(Main Auditorium)

15:00 h WORKING TIME
For Hackathon Participants
(Delta room)

16:45 h PRESENTATION RESULTS
Please, attend the presentation of the 5 finalist teams at CosmoCaixa stage
(Main Auditorium)

17:15 – 18:00 h CLOSING CEREMONY AND STEM PARTY
Please remain in the SWC room
(Main Auditorium)