MADBLUE SUMMIT 2025
Our 2024 edition was a turning point in our journey towards sustainability.
We look forward to seeing you again at MadBlue Summit 2025 – The Future is Now, subscribe and stay tuned for more updates this year.
MADBLUE EXPERIENCE 2025
This year we will also have memorable music and gastronomic experiences that will not leave you indifferent.
IMPACT SUMMIT 2024
THE EVENT OF THE YEAR WHERE INNOVATION HAS A PURPOSE
MadBlue Impact Summit has established itself as the annual event in the innovation and impact investment sector in Madrid.
For two days, entrepreneurs with the most innovative solutions, investors, organisations and institutions, key players in the economy and regulatory bodies, and companies determined to become the leaders of the future, connect in this event where they share knowledge and build the links, synergies and the necessary transactionality to drive change towards a better planet and a better society. Do you also want to connect with them?
WHAT DOES IT CONSIST OF?
STARTUP EXHIBITION
Discover more than 70 startups that are changing the world in a single exhibition space. Meet the minds behind each solution at their individual booth.
MADBLUE TALKS
The Hub for the Blue Economy. We bring together the most prominent leaders to debate and explore in depth the main issues that define this new economic model: energy, food, territory and governance, and marine biotechnology.
MADBLUE INNOVATION BOOTCAMP
The most practical programming content. Dynamic talks and workshops designed to empower your startup, investment fund or company. All with the same purpose: to help you make a positive impact with greater success.
MADBLUE IMPACT AWARD
A jury of experts from the different branches of Low Carbon Transition, Smart Cities, Food Security & Water Access, People & Social Impact and Tech & New Economy, will choose the best impact projects from each of the verticals that will be part of the Summit.
MADBLUE INNOVATION BITES
Who doesn’t like to eat? Join these gatherings where ideas are served up in small portions of excellence. In intimate and exclusive lunches, only a lucky few will share with influential speakers, exploring momentous topics in a refined and relaxed atmosphere. Do you dare to take your place at the table for crucial conversations?
NETWORKING
The essence of the MadBlue Summit lies in its transactional approach. We bring together key change agents in one place, we design dynamic networking and matchmaking activities to ensure that you get to know each other, beyond the fact that you can do it organically. Will you join our community of brilliant minds, influencers, passionate and inspiring spirits? Come and become a MadBluer, we look forward to meeting / seeing you again.
WHO HAS PARTICIPATED
SPEAKERS
Discover the most outstanding speakers at the MadBlue Impact Summit. In our 4th edition the themes have been Marine Natural Capital, Blue Superfoods, Marine Genetic Resources and Marine Energy.
Ralph Chami
CEO & Co-Founder Blue Green Future, LLC and co-founder of Rebalance Earth
Marian Fernández
Responsable de Sostenibilidad / ESG - Andbank
Olivia Mandle
Animal Activist & Climate Warrior
Nico Barito
Special Envoy of the Republic of Seychelles for ASEAN, Blue Institute
Yngvar Olsen
Ex vicepresidente de la Sociedad internacional de acuicultura
Manu San Félix
Marine biologist and National Geographic explorer
Belén Viloria
Executive Director of the B Corp movement in Spain
Javier Goyeneche
Founder of ECOALF
Miriam Fernández
Jefa de Inversión Temática y gestora de inversiones
WINNERS OF THE MADBLUE FIVE OCEANS AWARDS
These are some of this year’s 2024 laureates:
Startups that are changing the world
Explore more than 70 startups that have participated in the MadBlue Impact Summit and belong to the MadBlue Hub – our communities of positive impact entrepreneurs.
INVESTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CHANGE
Thanks to our clients, investment funds and other institutions, the greatest business opportunities were created for the participants.
MADBLUE SUMMIT has the highest distinction as an Event of Excepcional Public Interest by the Spanish Government.
