17 February 2025
Bilbao Campus
The GEM Global 2025 Conference will turn the city of Bilbao on February 17, 18 and 19 into a global reference point that will bring together leading academics, institutional representatives, entrepreneurs and business leaders to discuss the future of entrepreneurship. The institutional opening of the conference will take place next Tuesday, February 18, at 9:00 am in Bizkaia Aretoa, in the Mitxelena auditorium. This opening ceremony will be attended by Juan José Etxeberria, Rector of the University of Deusto; Aileen Ionescu-Somers, Executive Global Entrepreneurship Monitor; Andoitz Korta, Deputy Minister of Industrial Promotion of the Basque Government; Juan Mari Aburto, Mayor of Bilbao; and Elixabete Etxanobe, Deputy General of Bizkaia, among others.
More than 400 influential people in the world of entrepreneurship from more than 52 countries will participate in this meeting. To date, more than 260 participants from the Basque entrepreneurial sector have already registered, underscoring the global interest in this unique event. In addition, GEM will be attended by representatives of all its delegations from Spain.
While the 17th and 19th are closed meetings for members of the GEM network, on the 18th an open program has been organized for the entrepreneurial ecosystem both in Spain and the Basque Country. The Conference will offer a full program with presentations, round tables and practical workshops, designed to address the main trends and challenges of global entrepreneurship.
This event is conceived as an activator and accelerator of the entrepreneurial community, which aims to foster international collaboration, innovation and knowledge exchange among the various players in the ecosystem. In this sense, it aims to become a key meeting point between leading academics in the field of entrepreneurship, with the presence of the three universities of the Basque Country: University of the Basque Country/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, University of Deusto and Mondragon Unibertsitatea.
The GEM Global 2025 Conference is organized by EEB-OVE, Basque Entrepreneurship Observatory, in collaboration with GEM Global and GEM Spain, and has the support of the main institutions of our environment: Bilbao City Council, Provincial Council of Bizkaia and the Basque Government (through SPRI). In addition, the event has the support of the Ministry of Industry and Tourism (ENISA) and the aforementioned universities of the Basque Country.
More information: www.gemconferencebilbao.org.
