This Tuesday, Diputació de Valencia hosted the presentation of the international startup competition of Valencia Digital Summit (VDS), the region’s leading tech event, which this year will be held for the fifth time from the 24th to the 26th of October at the City of Arts and Sciences. With the aim of attracting talent and investment to the Valencian ecosystem and promoting innovative projects, Startup Valencia is launching this initiative that will allow the selected startups to present their ideas within the framework of VDS.
Valencia Digital Summit is an international meeting point for entrepreneurs, startups, investors and corporations, such as Generalitat, Diputació de Valencia and Ayuntamiento de Valencia, who collaborate in the tech event. The courtyard of the Palau dels Scala of the provincial corporation has hosted the presentation as part of Startup Europe Week, in an event attended by the Vice President of Diputació de Valencia, Carlos Fernández Bielsa; the Councillor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation of the City of Valencia, Pilar Bernabé; the Deputy Director of Entrepreneurship at València Activa, Javier Mateo; the General Director for Entrepreneurship and Cooperativism of the Generalitat Valenciana, Teresa García; the General Director for the Advancement of the Digital Society of GVA, Juan Ignacio Torregosa; and the CEO of Startup Valencia, Nacho Mas.
In the words of Mas: “institutional support serves as a driving force for private initiative to join the proposal to help position the tech and innovation ecosystem of the Valencian Region”. The CEO of Startup Valencia emphasised that in the fifth edition of VDS “more than 10,000 people are expected to attend, guaranteeing the growth of this unmissable event for the Valencian business and investment sector”.
On the other hand, the provincial head of Cooperation and European Projects, Carlos Fernández Bielsa, highlighted the active participation of the institution in an event that “boosts our innovative technology-based system and generates economic growth and employment”. “Diputació de Valencia will always be on the side of those who build the future,” added Vice-President Bielsa.
Pilar Bernabé, representing the Valencian City Council, said that VDS “is the Valencia event by which we want to be recognised nationally and internationally, as it positions the city at the forefront of tech and innovation entrepreneurship“. Valencia Digital Summit is “an opportunity for the territory and the economic sectors that are going to be the driving force of the new economy of the future”, concluded Bernabé.
Teresa García, General Director of Entrepreneurship and Cooperativism of the Consell de Valencia, expressed a view along the same lines. She is clear that the consolidation of this type of event “strengthens the productive sector of the region”. For the regional head, “Valencia Digital Summit is a technological forum capable of attracting investment, which gives a boost to entrepreneurship“.
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