BCN Port Innovation Foundation
The Port of Barcelona promotes this private foundation that aims to accelerate digitisation, environmental and energy transition projects that allow for the promotion of transformation, not only of the Port itself, but also of the entire city of Barcelona.
A benchmark hub, committed to society and the environment
The Port is the infrastructure that connects Barcelona with the world. And now it is undergoing a transformation to be more efficient and sustainable.
The BCN Port Innovation Foundation, promoted by the Port of Barcelona, seeks to validate innovative solutions to transform the maritime-port sector. A benchmark hub, which through knowledge, technology, and commitment to society and the environment, complies with the principles of the blue economy.
BCN Port Innovation is the space where it generates opportunities and challenges to grow, exploring technology and disruptive models to continue promoting the energy and digital transformation of our environment.
Initially, the foundation have the participation of companies Ackcent y Aggity as founding partners and currently there are more than 20 private companies that have confirmed their support for the initiative. Despite this, it is open to the entry of new partners to generate a heterogeneous ecosystem with which to create the Port of the future from a holistic and transversal perspective.
Promotional and corporate video about Barcelona Port Innovation, the foundation driven by the Port of Barcelona. The visual content shows dynamic images of the cosmopolitan, dynamic, innovative, and sustainable city of Barcelona, open to the future by air, land, and sea. Scenes of the port, its infrastructure, ships, terminals, and logistics operations are shown, as well as images of the city reflecting its transformation toward greater efficiency and sustainability. The video presents Barcelona Port Innovation as a reference hub that, through knowledge, technology, and commitment to society and the environment, fulfills the principles of the blue economy. Scenes of innovation spaces, advanced technologies, and teams collaborating on transformative projects are displayed. The tone is inspiring, dynamic, and future-oriented, with energetic background music and a Spanish voice-over narrating the key message: "Barcelona, a cosmopolitan, dynamic, innovative, and sustainable city, open to the future by air, land, and sea. The port is the infrastructure that connects Barcelona with the world and is now undergoing a full transformation to become more efficient and sustainable. To achieve this, we present Barcelona Port Innovation, the foundation driven by the Port of Barcelona that seeks to attract talent to transform the maritime-port sector. A reference hub that, through knowledge, technology, and commitment to society and the environment, fulfills the principles of the blue economy. Barcelona Port Innovation is the space where we will generate opportunities and challenges to grow, and we will explore technologies and solutions to continue driving the energy and digital transformation of our environment. Together we can lead this project with a disruptive, flexible, and dynamic vision, because the future is built by us."
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