This seminar will focus on the Renewable Energy sector in Spain and the investment opportunities it offers to foreign companies. Thus, we will analyse the current situation and future trends of the sector, highlighting its main competitive advantages.

Although we will give an overview to all main renewable sectors, the seminar will focus on two of the strongest nowadays: Wind Power and Concentrating Solar Power. Attendees will have the chance to listen to first hand experiences from the main Spanish associations and multinational companies already established in Spain, who will give their view on the suitability of Spain for their different strategies, covering topics such as:

- Main players and technologies

- Added value activities in Spain

- International market outlook, collaboration opportunites

- Relations with other markets

This seminar will focus on the Information and Communication Technologies sector in Spain and the investment opportunities it offers to foreign companies. Thus, we will analyse the current situation and future trends of the sector, highlighting its main competitive advantages.

Attendees will have the chance to listen to first hand experiences from multinational companies already established in Spain, who will give their view on the suitability of Spain for their different strategies, covering topics such as:

- The maturity of the Spanish ICT market, with experience both in the client and provider side

- The potential access to key markets in Latin America and Europe that Spain offers

- The availability of local talent and skills, at a competitive cost

- Big multinationals are already manufacturing and delivering professional electronics and systems in a competitive way

- Multinational companies are already developing software and providing outsourcing services to other European big and medium-sized enterprises

- There is a global presence providing high value services from Spain

This seminar will focus on the Information and Communication Technologies sector in Spain and the investment opportunities it offers to foreign companies. Thus, we will analyse the current situation and future trends of the sector, highlighting its main competitive advantages.

Attendees will have the chance to listen to first hand experiences from multinational companies already established in Spain, who will give their view on the suitability of Spain for their different strategies, covering topics such as:

- The maturity of the Spanish ICT market, with experience both in the client and provider side

- The potential access to key markets in Latin America and Europe that Spain offers

- The availability of local talent and skills, at a competitive cost

- Big multinationals are already manufacturing and delivering professional electronics and systems in a competitive way

- Multinational companies are already developing software and providing outsourcing services to other European big and medium-sized enterprises

- There is a global presence providing high value services from Spain

The seminar will present the biotech and pharmaceutical sector in Spain and the investment opportunities that it offers.

The participants to this seminar will find answers to the following questions:

- Did you know that Spain is in the 4th position in Europe in scientific output in Biotechnology?

- Did you know that in Spain you will find one of the most widely admired life science networks, combining hospitals, research centres and an excellent healthcare system?

- Did you know that the number of new biotech companies in Spain increased by 166% from 2000 to 2006?

- Did you know that Spain has one of the most favourable financial environments and that in 2006 public financing reached 1 billion €?

- Did you know that the biotech sector in Spain employs around 88,100 people?

- Did you know that Spain is highly competitive at a global level in Advanced Therapies?

- Did you know that Cellerix is the first Spanish company with two orphan drugs approved by EMEA?

The main goal of this seminar is to present the Spanish Aerospace industry and the investment opportunities that it offers for foreign companies. Thus, we will highlight the main drivers that have allowed the development of the industry in Spain and the plans that the Spanish administrations have created to foster the sector.

Another important aspect of the seminar will be the international aerospace programs in which Spain takes part, mainly those developed by EADS and Airbus. Thus, a part of the presentation will be devoted to the facilities and activities of this group in Spain.

We will also highlight the following business opportunities detected in the Spanish aeronautics industry:

- Avionics
- ATM systems
- Aerostructures and composites
- Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul centers
- Training Centers
- Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles for civil uses

Regarding the space industry, we will get to know about the presence in Spain of the company Thales Alenia Space, a leading European supplier of space components and systems that has been working in Spain over 20 years.