Programme & registration

As the Moragues Room has limited capacity, you must register in advance if you wish to attend the opening and closing of Marketplace 2014.

The corridors of the Born Centre Cultural will house over 70 booths, where the following will take part:

• Social Organisations
• Companies with SR projects (large, medium and small enterprises as well as social entrepreneurs)
• Special Employment Centres and integration companies
• SR promotion platforms (Europe, Spain and Latin America)
• Institutions

• Consultation
  of sector-specific paper and digital publications (volunteering, SR, best practices, etc.).
• Speakers’ Corner (10.00 am > 2.30 pm): Companies and organisations will have three minutes to share their social projects (the presentations will be recorded on video and will be subsequently broadcast on the YouTube channel). To make sure you can take part in this space and that you get your video, you need to register
• Listening to Us (3.00 pm > 6.00 pm): Companies and organisations will share their social projects in front of an audience of about 50 people (volunteers and/or professionals).

This space is not open to the public. The findings of this space will be presented at the close of Marketplace.

• Premium (10.00 am > 2.00 pm):
  Ten large companies and ten social organisations will reflect on one of the aspects of corporate SR: corporate volunteering. This space will be coordinated and driven by Juan Ángel Poyatos, director of Voluntare.
• El Respon.cat (10.00 am > 2.00 pm):
  Twenty SMEs and entrepreneurs will meet to reflect on their Social Responsibility. This space will be coordinated and driven by Josep Maria Canyelles, coordinator of Respon.cat

• Empowering Us (11.00 am > 2.00 pm):
  A company with training expertise will provide mini communication skills courses for organisations (three courses for 20 organisations – 1 hour per course). Prior registration required. (Registration form)
• Presentation of the Guide by Xavier Gónyora and Sergi Comellas (3.00 pm > 16.30 am):
  No prior registration required.
• Solidarity Pitching (3.00 pm > 6.00 pm):
  Six organisations will present to six companies the projects they have been working on during one year. These projects will be recorded on video and will be subsequently broadcast on the event’s YouTube channel.
  These presentations are designed to explain a project or product to a potential investor or partner.
  As the Moragues Room has limited capacity, prior registration is required. (Registration form)

One of the highlights of Marketplace will be the ‘Round-Tables’ Space, six debate groups comprised of speakers from the world of business and academia in Catalonia, moderated by leading journalists, discussing issues relating to the world of volunteering and some of the areas in which its presence has acquired a central role. Below are some of the speakers and moderators who have already confirmed their attendance:

• Antonio Argandoña, professor of economics, business and CSR at IESE business school.
• David Murillo, professor at ESADE and representative of the Respon.Cat programme.
• Lluís Bassets, Assistant Director of the newspaper El País.
• Marc Simón, Corporate Director of the Social Integration Area of the "la Caixa" Banking Foundation.
• Ramon Terrassa, General Manager of Acció Cívica i Comunitària.
• Marta Bárbara, President of Punt de Referència.
• Carles Capdevila, Director of the newspaper ARA.
• Josep Miquel Abad, Managing Director of the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games Organisation Committee.
• Laia Botey,Coordinator of XVAC (Environmental Volunteer Network of Catalonia).
• Jordi Casassas, Director of the Catalan Federation of Cultural Associations (Federació d’Ateneus de Catalunya).
• Laura Campo, Person in Charge of the Bofill Foundation projects.
• Josep Cortada, Director of the FC Barcelona Foundation.
• Germán Robles, Director of the Atlético de Madrid Social Area.
• Julio González Ronco, General Manager of the Real Madrid Foundation.
• Rita Marzoa, Director of the programme “Solidaris” on Catalunya Ràdio.
• Fabián Mohedano, Promoter of the initiative for the reform of working hours.
• Maria Assumpció Vilà, Ombudsman for Barcelona.
• Enric Canet, Director of Social Relations at the Raval children’s home (Casal dels Infants).
• Ernesto Morales, “Radars” Project.
• Carme Forcadell, President of ANC.
• Muriel Casals, President of Òmnium Cultural.
• Laia Serrano, President of Barcelona Actua.

As the Moragues Room has limited capacity, you must register in advance for each of the Round-Tables.

As the Moragues Room has limited capacity, you must register in advance if you wish to attend the opening and closing of Marketplace 2014.