Today marks the start of Wayra Week, a three-day event in which 30 companies have to convince a jury and investors that they deserve a place among the 10 final winners. They won’t just compete, the event is also about improving their projects.
The ten best projects will win six months of valuable office space at Wayra headquarters in Barcelona, where they will be tutored by different mentors and even participate in funding rounds.
The Wayra Week programme is as follows:
Monday February 20
10:00 - Presentation
10:45 - Lecture by Ramon Fauria
11:30 - Talk by Chema Alonso
12:30 – Pitch order draw
15:30 - Talk by Connor Neill
16:15 - Board of Experts
18:00 - Lecture by Ferran Adrià
Tuesday February 21
09:30 – Draw for the second round of pitches
10:00 - Talk by Ricard Huguet
10:45 - Presentation of the Jury
11:00 - First round of pitches. Panel of experts
15:00 - Draw for the third round of pitches
15:45 - Second round of pitches
Wednesday 22 February
10:00 - Last round of pitches
15:00 - Deliberation of the Jury
17:00 - Roundtable and Awards
Source: www.elconfidencial.com