BIOSPAIN 2026: Full Schedule

15:15 CEST

Bizkaia, an entrepreneurial region: building instruments to boost strategic sectors

Tuesday September 29, 2026 15:15 - 16:00 CEST

Bizkaia has developed its own model for promoting strategic sectors, based, on the one hand, on the territory's capacity to design and activate advanced tax instruments, and on the other hand, on the creation of new financing vehicles that combine private contributions or facilitate access to cutting-edge enabling technologies.

In this round table, representatives from the Bizkaia Provincial Treasury, Seed Capital Bizkaia, BEAZ, and Lank will share how the territory has built specific tools to accelerate innovation and generate new opportunities in sectors such as biotechnology, combining tax incentives, specialized public investment, and future-oriented technological strategies like BIQAIN.

Moderators

Olatz Goitia Urquiaga

General Director, BEAZ

Speakers

Óscar Ugarte

General Manager, Seed Capital Bizkaia

Valentín García

I+D Director, Lantik

Idoia Quintanilla

Deputy Director of Inspection - Department of Finance, Diputación Foral de Bizkaia

Tuesday September 29, 2026 15:15 - 16:00 CEST
3 Nicolás Achúcarro room

Round table discussion

12:30 CEST

Passing the baton to Barcelona

Thursday October 1, 2026 12:30 - 13:00 CEST

Biocat Booth #45

With warm thanks to our regional hosts — the Provincial Government of Bizkaia and the Government of the Basque Country — we’re delighted to hand the baton to our friends from Catalonia, who will host the next edition of BIOSPAIN. See you in Barcelona for BIOSPAIN 2027!

Speakers

Ion Arocena

General Manager, AseBio

Robert Fabregat

CEO, BIOCAT

Robert Fabregat (Barcelona, 1980) holds a degree in Chemistry and a PhD in Pharmacy from the University of Barcelona (UB), as well as a Master’s degree in Project Management from BES-La Salle and specific training in Strategy and Innovation from ESADE. From 2019 to 2021, he was... Read More →

Teresa Riesgo Alcaide

Secretary General for Innovation, Minstry of Science, Innovation and Universities

Professor of Electronic Technology at the Higher Technical School of Industrial Engineers of the UPM (ETSII-UPM), where she has developed her entire teaching and research career.Professional experienceShe has been director of the Center for Industrial Electronics, deputy director of Research and International Relations of the ETSII-UPM and, more recently, director of the Department of Automation, Electrical Engineering and Electronics and Industrial Informatics.Since 2003 she has... Read More →

Thursday October 1, 2026 12:30 - 13:00 CEST
Biocat Booth #45

Ceremony

Audience Spanish language
Track Ceremonial

15:15 CEST

12:30 CEST

Get help with the event