Spanish Start-ups visit Silicon Valley
Opinno -Open Innovation- organized the Cleantech Week 2012 from November 5 to 9, in San Francisco’s Silicon Valley, a business encounter for Spanish entrepreneurs in the clean technology sector, with the goal of bringing them closer to the American cleantech market and the entrepreneur and collaborative work environment that is experienced in Silicon Valley. Participants included the winning start-ups of Fundación Biodiversidad’s Emprendeverde contest:...
read moreMIT’s TR35 Spain awards 10 young Spanish innovators
Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) journal, Technology Review, awards the distinguished achievements of ten, Spanish innovators all 35 years or younger. This year, Technology Review‘s Spanish edition has put in motion the second annual awards ceremony of TR35 Spain. The event seeks to honor the fascinating and inspiring work of young innovators, whose accomplishments are capable of revolutionizing the technological and business worlds in the years...
read moreReady for the European conference at Emtech Spain?
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) returns to Spain to host the European version of Emtech, the world’s most important conference on emerging technology, which will take place for the second consecutive year in Málaga from November 22-23. For more than a decade, MIT’s Technology Review has published an annual report detailing the world’s 10 emerging technologies with the most potential, those that will be capable of changing our lives over the next...
read moreAppCity 2012: Infinite App Possibilities Still Exist
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post by Guillermo Gistau, one of the organizers of AppCity 2012 in Zaragoza—the first iOS developer’s conference to be held in Europe this Feb. 1-4. When we think about organizing AppCity, we think that in Europe people do not pay the bill in a restaurant with their mobile phone, they do not walk through the city listening to audio guides or consulting Facebook to see where their friends may join them in real-time. Their refrigerator...
read moreGamification: Making Life More Fun
Guest post by Carrie Peters When you think about games, you might imagine falling colored blocks or even shooting peeved birds from a slingshot, but some forward-thinking companies are developing games that are not only fun to play but also motivate players to make a difference in the real world. This idea of applying game mechanics to real-world situations is often called gamification and recently it’s been showing up in everything from Foursquare to Mint.com. While...
read moreOpinno Entrepreneur Meetup in San Francisco Nov. 11
Come meet with entrepreneurs from around the world and make friends with innovative spirits from Italy, Spain, US & Korea (to name a few). The Opinno Meetup is happening Friday, November 11th from 5-7 PM at Opinno – 901 mission st. San Francisco Ca, 94103 The event will consist of a panel of speakers, Francesco Baschieri (former Opinno member and successful entrepreneur), Luis Cifuentes (Current Opinno Member and Founder of SharingPet) and Jason Wong (Current...
read moreyouPix in San Francisco Oct. 24
youPIX is the largest festival of Internet culture in Brazil and is now hitting the road and landing in San Francisco on October 24th. The most influential bloggers and internet thinkers from Brazil will provide you with a lot of insights (and some questions) about how Brazilian Internet users – among the most active and influential in the online world – function. “Joining a youPIX Festival is like jumping live into the Internet. We create a...
read moreUltra-cheap Computers to Inspire Future Programmers
Editor’s Note: This article appeared on Oct. 17, 2011 in the Spanish-language version of Technology Review. By Cal Pierce and Esther Paniagua A UK-based nonprofit organization called Raspberry Pi plans to offer a programmable PC for less than €20. The device is in testing and is expected to be available before the end of the year. The goal is to distribute it in schools for students to experiment with in order to motivate them to be future programmers. The...
read moreEmTech Spain Oct. 26-27 Malaga
This October, MIT’s TechReview Magazine has the pleasure of hosting its prestigious Emerging Technologies (EmTech) Conference in Europe for the first time—selecting Spain’s coastal city of Málaga as its venue of choice. The event will take place at the Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga on October 26th & 27th. EmTech Spain is proud to have the singular opportunity to bring together the world’s most groundbreaking business leaders, senior...
read moreCleanTech Week San Francisco Nov. 14-18
Cleantech week will run from Monday, November 14, 2011 to Friday, November 18, 2011 and will include meetings and visits with U.S. companies as well as an expo for all our participants to network with and gain exposure to major companies in Silicon Valley. For more information, contact Ignacio Pizarro: ignacio.pizarro@opinno.com Day 1: November 14, 2011. Opinno has an incubator in the heart of San Francisco, where they work alongside founders and investors from...
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