III Technological and Innovation Bridge in the US, 2008

16th of Abril, 2008

22@Barcelona would like to inform you and provide further information about the 3rd Technological and Innovation Bridge in the US, in which 22@Barcelona also will participate and will be part of the official delegation.

The event will start on April 25^th, when we will attend at the Angel Capital Expo in San Francisco (www.angelcapitalexpo.com), a premier gathering of the angel capital community, organized by KEIRETSU Forum. KEIRETSU Forum is the largest North American angel investment network created to foster collaboration among angel groups, as well as reach out to the larger investment community. At the Angel Capital Expo there will be around 400 investors and 12 projects in the areas of the technology, healthcare/life sciences, consumer products, real estate, and funds will be presented.

On 28^th of April the participants in the Bridge will meet David A. Warar – President of Global Strategy, Inc (International Business Development Consultant) and will have an orientation presentation about how to enter the US market.

On the following day the delegation will make its way to the Silicon Valley and with the aim to get to know different models of innovation, we will visit Google´s Headquarters and the Stanford Research Institute – SRI International (www.sri.com). SRI is a Private Research Centerand it has an important role in the world of the innovations due to the fact that during its 60 years of existence they have invented the mouse, the PC users interface, the first Networking Information Center (NIC) in Internet, etc.

After that, trough the Communication Platform Tertulia Digital, representatives of Spanish companies and institutions settled in California will share their experiences with all the Spanish delegation. At the evening, Mr. Jordi W. Carnes (Deputy Mayor of Barcelona City Council) and Mr. Josep Morell (Commissioner of the Presidency for ICT and Information Society of Barcelona Chamber of Commerce) will make a presentation of Barcelona (“Do it in Barcelona”) in front of American guests.

The next day the participants in the technology and innovation bridge 2008 will visit the Mayor’s Office of International Trade/Commerce (MOITC), PlugandPlayTechCenter.com, the US Market Access Center (US MAC) and InBAC. The visits will be important for the delegation because these actors are playing very important role in the business environment of San Francisco and the region of the Silicon Valley:

- International Trade/Commerce (MOITC) oversees the international commercial affairs of the City of San Francisco with a mission of increasing and enhancing international transactions and international business opportunities in San Francisco;

-PlugandPlayTechCenter.com (http://www.plugandplaytechcenter.com) represents a community of over 120 technology start-up companies in the areas of Web 2.0, software (SaaS);

-US Market Access Center (US MAC) (www.usmarketaccess.com) assists small to mid-sized, high-growth technology and life science companies from other countries with entry into the U.S. market;

-InBAC (www.inbac.net) has a very innovative approach to business acceleration offering to the IT companies a completely different view of how to exploit technology and how to grow in the global market.

The second phase of the Technological and Innovation Bridge will begin on May 1^st, when the group will arrive in Boston. There we will have the possibility to gain more knowledge about the US education process orientated to the development of new technologies and innovations. This is why the delegation will go over different laboratories in interest groups in the famous Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (http://web.mit.edu/). Moreover we will visit the Harvard University/Harvard Business School (www.harvard.edu, www.hbs.edu) and the Cambridge Innovation Center (www.cambridgeincubator.com).

The next day the members of the Bridge will meet with the entrepreneur spirit of the City of Boston. We will go to visit Create Boston, an economic development initiative of the Boston Redevelopment Authority, designed to help businesses rooted in creativity to achieve their potential for success. The program seems to be very interesting and competitive, considering that it is focusing on six industries with significant growth potential: music, film, design, media, performance and crafts.

After that we will visit another program: LifeTech Boston, which main focus is to attract, retain, support, and strengthen Boston companies engaged in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and other related industries toward Boston’s rich industries in education, medicine and manufacturing.

The day will end with the visit to the Babson College (www.babson.edu) which is ranked #1 among all business schools for entrepreneurship.

The 3^rd Technological and Innovation Bridge in the US ends on 3^rd of May when the official delegation flies to the city of Barcelona.