Groupnic Experiences at Red Innova 2012

Groupnic was invited to Red Innova event, "The International Conference about innovation, Internet,creativity and entrepreneurial spirit, in which Latin Ameria meets the world."

We provide a brief overview in order to understand better what Red Innova is:

RED INNOVA is the first meeting of innovation, Internet,creativity and entrepreneurial spirit in which Latin Ameria meets the world. It was founded in 2009 and it´s the fourth edition in Madrid.
RED INNOVA is the place where meets opinion leaders, entrepreneurs, managers, investors, academics, developers, bloggers and government representatives to share experiences, ideas and projects.
RED INNOVA has three anual events: in Madrid (Spain), in June; in São Pablo (Brazil), in November; and in Punta del Este (Uruguay), in January.
RED INNOVA is also BBVA Open Talent & Red Innova, an International Competition for new entrepreneurs in the digital economy, organized with the cooperation of Endeavor Foundation. There are two categories: Innovation and Technology, and Banking and Financial Services. Besides the winners get two prizes worth 100,000 € to make possible to turn an idea into a business.
This year, RED INNOVA has an innovation called Developers Day, an area where the best developers and experts of global security show their knowledge through workshops, demo practices, challenges.... for all the participants at the meeting.
RED INNOVA has well-known advisors, councelors, sponsors, supporters and a fabulous equipment that offer the best of each one so that participants can't forget this experience and it makes unforgettable.
RED INNOVA belongs to famous meetings about innovation conferences that take place in Europe: DLD Conference (Múnich); LEWEB (Paris); SIME (Stockholm); The Next Web (Amsterdam).

The event started with its founders' introduction José M. Figueres and Pablo Larguía last Thursday, 14th June.

Subsequently,Speakers´ contributions began with Udi Jacobi, Badoo VP Business Developer; Martin Varsavsky, FON CEO and Founder; Jonh Lunn, PayPal Innovation Director; Daniel Rabinovich, MercadoLibre CTO . You can view the rest of program here.

We had the opportunity to meet entrepreneurs, journalists and people regarding marketing and digital business world during the "Coffee Break & Lunch", on both days:

We can point out Esteban Rodrigo (@erodrigo) from ERSocialMedia, Jaime Bravo (@JaimeMAD) writer, Norma Dragoevich (@NormaDra) Official Blogger , Juanjo Martínez (@jjmartinr) and his colleague Juanjo Santos (@jsantosl) from Atwendo, Soraya Paniagua (@sorayapa) Content Marketing, Elaine García (@ElaGarci) from Iniciador, Francesca Tomassetti from ClaroPartners, Soledad Gómez (@mediamusea) from MediaMusea, Susana Adamuz (@sadamuz), Wilhelm Lappe (@wlappe) from Emprelab, Luis Díaz del Dedo (@luisdiazdeldedo) from Gamisfaction, Leandro Blank y Lucas Grando from QPLUS, Fernando Martínez Zapata from MAGICOUS, Alejandro Fanjul (@alejandrofanjul) and Enrique Andreu (@enriqueandreu) from PalBIN .

We also had the opportunity to meet, among others, important Speakers´s event as Martin Varsavsky (@martinvars), Udi Jacobi from Badoo, Sebas Muriel (@sebasmuriel) from Tuenti, Kay Kuehne (@karlkater) from AirBNB, Hernan Botbol (@hernanbotbol) from Taringa, Mariano Amartino (@amartino) from Hipertextual ...

We should particularly like to thank David Carrero (@carrero), Manuel Gómez (@manuelgommez), Vicente Hernández (@vicenteher) and Antonio Pizarro (@antonio_pizarro) from ACENS for attending and being at all time during the event.

It has been a unique experience, based on the mutual support, expectations and dreams. We would like to thank organizers and participants for making a great meeting.