CDS 2025 Program
Gran Canaria
On October 9th, we will enjoy the main day of Canarias Destino Startup in Gran Canaria, where we will celebrate the highly anticipated Pitch competition.
Alfredo Kraus Auditorium
Ctra. del Rincón, s/n, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Thursday, October 9
09:00
Recepción de asistentes
09:30
Institutional inauguration
María Delgado, President of AJE Canarias
Augusto Hidalgo, Vice President and Councilor for Public Works and Infrastructure, Architecture and Housing of the Cabildo de GC
Carolina Darias, Mayor of Las Palmas City Council
10:00
Round table CaixaBank success story: Canary Islands startups
Moderator: Gema Baez, Head of Corporate Banking at Caixabank DayOne Canarias
Luis Linares, Soto, CEO of EAVE
Luis Hernaiz, CEO of GUANXE
Sebastian Feimblatt, CEO of OCEAN OASIS CANARIAS
10:40
Round Table: Financing the Future. ENISA Experiences
Moderator: Ignacio Liñán, ENISA Communications Department
Antonio Jurado, Transformation Director of MinifunKids
Néstor Santiago, Founder of Natural Fibers of the Canary Islands
Speaker - coming soon
11:20
Presentations: Female Startup Leaders
Amaia Rodríguez, Co-founder and Co-CEO of Gravity Wave
Clara Haba, Founder and CEO of Your Friends Are Boring
Nuria Pastor, Co-founder and CEO of Vitalera
12:20
Final Pitch Competition 2025
14:05
Presentation: Leopoldo Machado, Kanara
14:15
Pitch Competition Award Ceremony 2025
14:30
Networking
16:00
Biotech Congress
Institutional inauguration
Yasmina Newport, President of AJE Las Palmas
Javier Franco Hormiga, Director of the Canary Islands Agency for Research, Innovation and the Information Society of the Government of the Canary Islands
Luis Suárez León, Vice President of the Canary Islands Special Zone Consortium
16:10
Round table: The Future of Biotech in the Canary Islands: Innovation, Sustainability and Global Opportunities
Moderator: Manuel Luque, President of the Health Cluster in the Canary Islands
Danilo Pierleoni, Head of R&D and processes at BDF Biotech
Jose Diaz, Founder and CEO - Adventia
Juan Ruiz, Professor at ULPGC and Founder of Ebatinca
16:50
Roundtable: Biotechnology with Impact. Companies that Transform Lives
Moderator: Delia Domínguez Montenegro, Canary Islands Special Zone Consortium
Paula Fernández García, Chief Scientific Officer of Laminar Pharmaceuticals
María Espinoza, Commercial Director & Coordinator of BCN Medicare
Soon
17:30
Presentation: Juan Ramón Rodríguez, SPEGC technician. BIOASIS Project
17:40
Presentation: Antonio Guillén, Project Manager at Adventia. Innovation in progress
18:00
Commercial Sales Pitches
Artis
Kanaralab
Rethink Medical
BIOINFILE
Noacted
Bioreplica
OSTEOBIONIX SL
Flamingo Biomechanical Lab
Monitoring Life
Hi Haap
19:00
End of event
“The project “ENTREPRENEURIAL INNOVATION PROJECT” EXECUTED by the entity ASOC EMPRESARIAL DE JOVENES EMPRENDEDORES START-UPS Y PYMES DE GRAN CANARIA has been financed in the amount of 45,000 euros (75% financing) by the Government Department of the First Vice-Presidency of the Island Council of Gran Canaria”