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Press release:
Barcelona, Spain –February 19th, 2020– Barcelona will host the Sport Tech Spirit convention on February 25 in which Sports and eSports & Video Games businesses will be presenting their new products and services.

Under the umbrella of Barcelona Tech Spirit –the initiative born due to the cancellation of Mobile World Congress & 4YFN– Sport Tech Spirit will feature speeches, workshops, investor pitches, networking and round tables related to the field of sports and technology.

“Sport Tech Spirit is a fantastic opportunity to discover the SportTech ecosystem”, says Noemí Gavieiro, Lead Organizer of the event.

“We are proud to join the companies that will shape the future of sports and technology in one single place”.

Some of the star guests at Sport Tech Spirit are Julio Villalobos, CEO at ESADE; Ryoichi “Río” Fukaya, Head of Biz Dev in Rakuten and Mercè Delgado, award winner of the Top 100 Women Leaders in Spain or Laia Tutzo Olympic sailing medalist, entrepreneur and expert data analyst.

Some of the startups which have confirmed their attendance are: Sportague, Fitandjobs, SuperIndie.Games, Outivate, Buoq, EVIX, Dynamo.video, Esportter, ST37, Play the Game, CounterGrogWise, Kúwai.dev, OLIVER, Linkinsports, Ultimate Gamers, Globatalent, Competize, Streamion, Electronic Dojo, MilContratos, BeneSit, Fresh Snow, Pressenger, The Running Republic, nx-swim… and many more!

Sport Tech Spirit will gather more than 50 startups specialized in Sports, Esports and Videogames. The event will be held in Aticco Tarradellas, Avinguda de Josep Tarradellas, nº123, 08029 Barcelona, from 05:00 pm- 09:00 pm.

TIMETABLE
17:00 – Sponsor presentation/Welcome: Gabí Espín (Aticco)
17:05 – Keynote sports: Xavier Serret (vicepresident at Barcelona SportsTech HUB23)
17:30 – Sports round table: “The AI for sports”:
Carlos Pineda (ST37)
Eduardo Valdés (Olocip)
Adrià Arbués (former FC Barcelona data scientist)
Ryoichi “Rio” Fukaya (Head of Biz Dev & Innovation at Rakuten Europe)
Moderator: Laia Tutzó
18:00 – Pitches 10 Sports startups. Moderator: Noemí Gavieiro “Gavi”
19:00 – Break
19:05 – Keynote esports: Julio Villalobos (Corp. Dir. & Chief Digital Officer at ESADE)
19:30 – Esports Round Table: “Esports for investors”:
Arnau Vidal (Heretics team)
Alexis Sans (e-Dojo)
Oscar Soriano (Play The Game)
Moderator: Mercè Delgado
20:00 – Pitches 10 Esports startups. Moderator: Noemí Gavieiro “Gavi”
21:00 – Networking BBB (Business & Beers & Barça)