Conferences

The first eSports City Talks Andorra ends with all tickets available sold out

2024-04-09T15:55:38+01:0022/02/2024|

Thursday 22 February 2024 Andorra was the stage for the first eSport City Talks, an event centered around innovation within the community of electronic sports and video games, organized by Andorra Business and Encom, and which was sold out. The event was focused around three content axes: the Integration of e-sports in urban development and as an economic engine; the innovative role of blockchain technology; and the exploring of synergies between gaming and education.The Minister for Presidency, Economy, Labor and Housing, and president of Andorra Business, Conxita Marsol, who opened the event, recalled that “for the Andorran Government it is a [...]

eSports City Talks, the event on the future of electronic sports and innovation, arrives in Andorra

2024-01-02T11:09:12+01:0019/12/2023|

Tuesday December 19th 2023 On February 22nd, Andorra la Vella will host the eSports City Talks, an event centered on innovation within the e-sports and videogames community. This day-long event will allow the confluence between students, professionals and videogame lovers from different countries so as to learn, exchange ideas and speak about the future of an industry in continuous evolution. The eSports City Talks event will be planned around three axes of content: Integration of e-sports into urban development and as an economic engine; the disruptive role of blockchain technology; and the exploration of synergies between gaming and education. In [...]

Andorra Business presents the country´s entrepreneurial potential at the International Congress for Startups and announces a new event for the sector on May 9th

2024-01-02T11:12:36+01:0013/12/2023|

Wednesday December 13th 2023 Andorra Business participated in the International congress for Startups, held in Sevilla where over a thousand entrepreneurs, investors, innovation centers, associations from the sector, universities and institutions from around the world take part.The director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, intervened in one of the talks which under the title European Ecosystem for Startups, analyzed the present and future of the sector. Hidalgo explained that “in Andorra five or six years ago nobody would have dared speak about having an ecosystem for emerging companies and thanks to the political will to build it and the joining of different [...]

Andorra Business and Andorran companies present Andorra´s potential in the electronics sports industry at the GES 2023

2023-11-27T10:21:53+01:0026/10/2023|

Thursday October 26th 2023 Andorra Business, along with various Andorran companies and entities such as theACA Club, Onalabs and Idunity, participated on Thursday October 26th, in the Global Esportainment Summit 2023 (GES 2023), the largest professional congress in Europe and Latin America on the ecosystem, culture and entertainment in electronic sports celebrated for the first time in Barcelona after having been in Madrid. The Andorran delegation presented the projects under development in the country. Jaime Punter-Villagrasa, Chief Technical Officer and Quality Manager at ONALABS, explained how the entity is analyzing different player metrics; Alberto Moreno, Chief Technology Officer at IDUNITY, [...]

Over 250.000 people followed the Esports City Fest Andorra competitions, consolidating the country as one of the sector´s references

2023-05-23T14:50:17+01:0021/05/2023|

The Esports City League, the most important circuit of amateur electronic sports competitions linked to DreamHack Spain, was held this weekend at the Poliesportiu of Andorra, the first event to have professional participation organized in the country and succeeded in positioning the Principality as a reference in the hosting of these competitions, by scheduling in a single weekend an International tournament and a further nine competitions. In this first edition, fans of electronic sports were able to enjoy the finals of the Esports City League Andorra or Cibertitans, as well as videogame competitions in Clash Royale, Rocket League or Formula [...]

Over 200 people, among which suppliers and potential clients, meet at the first Digital Services Fair

2023-05-22T09:43:23+01:0016/05/2023|

Over 200 people, among which service suppliers and interested public, attended on Tuesday the first Digital Services Fair organized by Andorra Digital, in collaboration with Andorra Business and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Services, held at the Congress Centre in Andorra la Vella. The event´s goal, stated by the director of Andorra`s Digital Transformation Program, David Vicente, was to “generate a meeting space to raise awareness and facilitate interaction among companies who offer digital services and their potential clients”. During the inaugural speech, Vicente also highlighted the alignment of the Fair with the Company Digitalization Program launched a few months [...]

The National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship advances with the full support of the entire ecosystem and the Andorra Startup platform is presented

2022-11-28T10:26:05+01:0021/11/2022|

The II Innovation Summit organized by Andorra Research and Innovation (AR+I) was held on Monday at the Andorra Park Hotel and was attended by around a hundred people. The event served to approve the inclusion of the commissions made up of experts from the country in Talent, Business and Financing, Infrastructure and Ecosystem in the National Strategy for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. The Andorra Startup platform was also presented, jointly promoted by AR+I and Andorra Business, and the awards for the 2022 Planetech Challenge were given out. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, welcomed the attendees and explained [...]

The AWE program, financed by the U.S. State Department and Andorra Business, rewards three projects by women entrepreneurs from Andorra

2022-11-16T16:30:32+01:0025/10/2022|

The first Edition of the Academy for Women Entrepreneurs (AWE) in Andorra, a program for women entrepreneurs of Andorra, ended on Tuesday afternoon October 25th with the award ceremony for the best projects given out by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, the United States Consul General, Katie Stana, and the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo. The jury awarded 1000 Euro prizes to the projects by Sara Valls of Color Botànica, Inka Bellés from Escape Andorra and Cathy Labouyrie of T2G, centered around sport, the environment and nature. This initiative is [...]

The Andorra Sports Innovation Summit awards startups Evix, CityLegends and Fanprime, with special mention for LogMeal

2022-11-16T16:30:14+01:0003/10/2022|

The National Auditorium, in Ordino, hosted on Monday the second edition of the Innovation Summit in winter sports, mountain and cycling, the Andorra Sports Innovation Summit, organized by Andorra Business, Andorra Research + Innovation and the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC). Eva Choy, vice mayor of Ordino, welcomed the around 70 attendees to the event. The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, contextualized Andorra´s position as a sports tourism destination and research engine in this field. The sports sector, he stated, provides 7,7% of the country´s GDP with around 215 million Euros generated and employs [...]

The second Edition of the Andorra Business Market presents projects from 27 start-ups and gathers 25 investors with financing capacity of over 100 million Euros

2022-11-16T17:03:54+01:0026/05/2022|

Over 200 people took part in the opening day of the Andorra Business Market, a participative, dynamic and open forum where companies, investors and entrepreneurs interact. In this second edition, once again organized by Andorra Business and the Business Market Network, with over 25 national and international investors are taking part, 27 start-up projects are being presented and the investors present gather an overall financing capacity of over 100 million Euros. The program began with a presentation given by the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, centered around the opportunities offered by Andorra [...]

Presentation of the amendment project to the foreign investment law and the multiplier program

2022-05-16T10:17:14+01:0013/05/2022|

The president of Andorra Business the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra, Jordi Gallardo, along with the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, on Friday May 13th at the Congress Centre in Andorra la Vella, presented the key points of the amendment project to the foreign investment law and the new multipliers program, with which they are proposing joint lines of action with some of the country´s key actors in order to attract further foreign investment to Andorra. Over 150 people were present at the event, getting to know firsthand the novelties the executive wants [...]

Representatives from technological firms, investment funds and airline companies in the United Kingdom meet with Andorra Business

2022-05-13T14:08:22+01:0010/05/2022|

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, and the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo, held meetings on Tuesday in London with representatives from technological firms, large corporations, investment finds and airline companies, among others, with the aim of informing on investment opportunities in Andorra. Gallardo highlighted that “the aim of these meetings is to further increase economic exchange with the United Kingdom as we have detected that we can be strategically interesting. Last year´s results attest to this. Formalized foreign investment coming from this country was over 8 million euros, which translates [...]

Overview of the first eSports event in the Principality organized by Andorra Business and the GES

2022-02-17T09:46:59+01:0018/11/2021|

Next Friday 26th of November, at the Les Fontetes theatre in La Massana, the GES X Andorra will take place, the first in person professional eSports event in the Principality where strategic, management and implementation aspects will be discussed and there will also be a leisure activity part. The doors will open at 10 A.M. when the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, Jordi Gallardo, and the director of Global Esports Summit, Antonio Lacasa, will welcome attendees. After which a roundtable will commence “How to build an eSports friendly country”, moderated by the director of Andorra Business, Judit Hidalgo and participants [...]

Andorra announces the celebration of its first eSports event at the Global Esports Summit in Madrid

2022-03-07T14:37:01+01:0028/10/2021|

Andorra was the country invited to participate in the Global Esports Summit 2021 (GES21) in Madrid, celebrated on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th of October in Madrid. The reason being the approval of the first strategic plan by a country, which has generated great interest. On Friday, the Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise, and president of Andorra Business, Jordi Gallardo, presented in front of 800 people, the Andorran plan and announced the celebration of the country´s first eSports event, to be held on the 26th of November. The official presentation will be made in the forthcoming weeks. In this [...]

Andorra is hosting an event to position the country as an International reference in innovation in the sports industry

2021-10-12T09:11:25+01:0029/09/2021|

Andorra Business, Andorra Research + Innovation and the Global Sports Innovation Center powered by Microsoft (GSIC), with the support of SPSG Consulting, present the Andorra Sports Innovation Summit, an event on sport an innovation taking place on October 18th at the National Auditorium in Ordino. The event, held within the framework of the global agreement between GSIC and Andorra to position the country as an International reference in innovation in the sports industry. There will be representatives from International entities in the sector such as Microsoft, the International Ski federation, the Vuelta, the Tour de France, mountain equipment companies, and [...]

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