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ECBNSTUDY TOUR GUIDEMADRID 2015

3Study Tour Guide Madrid 20152 European Creative Business Network

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Programme

ThursdayTriball

Utopic_US

Impact Hub Madrid

FridayLa Industrial

Espir itu23

La Bicicleta Coworking

Start up made in Spain

La Tabacalera

Makerspace Madrid

SaturdayZinc Shower

Factoria Cultural

List of participantsContact ListAddress ListPartners


THURSDAY 7TH

13:00 Introductions

13:30 Kick off Lunch

16:00 National office for the promotion

of the creative industries

17:00 Triball

18:00 Utopic_US

19:00 Impact Hub Madrid

20:00 Hotels

21:30 Dinner tapas

23:00 Drinks at The Roof

FRIDAY 8TH

10:30 La industrial

11:45 Espiritu23

12:45 La Bicicleta

13:30 Makespace Madrid

14:30 Lunch

16:15 Tabacalera

17:00 Esta es una plaza

17:30 Lavapies

18:30 Start up made in Spain

19:30 Reflection

21:00 Dinner

22:30 Night Programme

SATURDAY 9TH

11:00 Zinc Shower

13:00 Factoria Cultural

14:00 Food and final reflection

15:00 Optional programme

MADRID STUDY TOUR 2015

PROGRAMME


TRIBALL

http://www.triballmadrid.com/s.asp

TriBall, the nickname given to the neighbourhood Triángulo de Ballesta, is

a previously ran down area in the centre of Madrid which has recently been

regenerating through the efforts of an independent commerce association.

Making use of the area’s strategic advantages, such as it’s location, accessibility

and atmosphere the association aims for TriBall to become the representative

of Madrid’s most avant garde culture, much in the same way as Soho does in

London and Montmartre in Paris.

Whilst keeping the traditionalism of the neighbourhood alive, the association

invests in all kinds of businesses that reflect modern values such as sustainability,

creativity and innovation. It therefore combines businesses such as family run

ibérico shops and restaurants, with high fashion boutiques and innovative

coworking spaces.

UTOPIC_US

http://www.utopicus.es/en

Utopic_US is one of the earliest, most successful and innovative coworking and

incubating concepts in Madrid. Founded in 2010, the company has quickly evolved

to own 2000m² of coworking spaces divided amongst two locations, as well as

transformed a large mall into office spaces for startups. The company invests

in business and coworking support programmes, besides only infrastructure.

For instance, they run an online networking and collaborating platform that

allows current and previous clients to stay in touch and work together even after

leaving Utopic_US. Born from their founders necessity for new work practice and

workspace, they are a leading example in this city of the new economy.


IMPACT HUB MADRID

http://madrid.impacthub.net/

Impact Hub, the worldwide social innovative network, sports an office in

the Madrid city centre. The Hubs present an interesting mix of international,

intercontinental know how combined with all the knowledge of the local team.

Impact Hub offers a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration

opportunities to grow the positive impact of your work. Although it focusses on

start ups with a sustainability or social impact, it houses companies from all

sectors. In Madrid, the Impact Hub owns three different locations ran by different

team, signing that there is a definite local demand for the services provided.

LA INDUSTRIAL

http://www.laindustrialservicios.com/

La Industrial is a relatively new, but already fast growing coworking space in

Madrid’s city centre. It houses over 40 entrepreneurs and small businesses,

ranging from game makers to organic food distributors.


ESPIRITU23

http://espir itu23.com/coworking/

Espíritu 23 is a coworking space, understood in a uniquely broad perspective. It’s

services are offered to freelancers and sme’s in need for a space for anything.

And anything means anything, as besides fix and flex working spaces, it includes

a few multipurpose rooms that are used for anything ranging from performing

arts to corporate events.

Espiritu23 is mostly a social enterprise, looking to transform society by facilitating

and stimulating bridge building and progress.

Also unique to Espiritu23 is their adaptability. They don’t work with fix pricing

plans and packaging, rather looking at every client on a case by case and seeing

how they can best accommodate their needs. This spirit, is very representative of

the current bottom-up approach characterizing the creative industries in Spain.


LA BICICLETA COWORKING

La Bicicleta is an odd initiative that combines a café, with a cycling shop and a

coworking space. It is not so much an incubator coworking industry, as more of a

café specialized in offering infrastructure to modern day coworking professionals.

Founded by experienced, café inhabiting freelancers, attention has been paid to

such details as an availability of universal chargers, to the size of tables or the

presence of lockable desk drawers just in case one needs to leave for the toilet.

As a cycling café, it is also a home base for cyclists in Madrid where you can meet

and start activities together, as well as service your bike.

All in all a strange, but endearing and surprisingly effective combination of foci.

START UPS MADE IN SPAIN

http://startupsmadeinspain.com/en

Start ups made in Spain is a Google powered initiative, aiming to map and identify

the needs and workings of the Spanish startup ecosystem. In this process, the

organization aims to make their findings public, facilitating connections between

the scene and foreign entrepreneurs.

LA TABACALERA

http:// latabacalera.net/

La Tabacalera is a self-organised, 9200m2 social center. A space for theatre,

music, dance, painting, conferences, meetings, audiovisuals workshops, events,

neighborhood actions and more. All these activities have equal standing within

this creative behemoth, whilst it promotes their ideals of collective, public,

transformational interventions.

Located within an abandoned tobacco factory turned cultural heritage site, this

organization is unique in that it functions as a collective, having no director or

obvious leading figures, no outside financing and no profit motives. It lives and

breathes because of each of it’s active members.


MAKESPACE MADRID

http://makespacemadrid.org/

Makespace Madrid is a coworking space specialized in companies producing

tangible products digitally. Besides office space, memberships offer the latest

tools available for prototyping and creative, technological projects.

It is run by a non-profit organization, with the support of a very involved

community of developers and innovators that all meet at Makespace Madrid.

The community practices collaborative production and free knowledge exchange,

and organizes recurring international workshops such as the “Internet of Things

Day” and the “Freedom Hardware Day”.

FACTORÍA CULTURAL

http://factoriaculturalmadrid.es/

Creative incubator and hub, promotes the development of entrepreneurial

initiatives in the various fields of technology, communication and the arts, all

included in the CCI. It welcomes charities and other non-profit associations that

develop their activity in this sector as well.

Located within an old slaughterhouse, Factoria Cultural has turned into one of

Spain’s leading creative incubators and is spearheading the sector on a national

level. FACTORÍA aspires to create a kind of ecosystem with gives the resident

entrepreneur accessto the resources, services and training required in order

to develop their idea or project, in conditions ideally suited to achieving their

objectives. It aspires to be a reference, both nationally and internationally, in the

world of creative incubators and hubs specialized in the CCI.


ZINC SHOWER

http://zincshower.com/en

Zinc Shower is a unique and transformative experience where thousands of

people gather in a setting dedicated to creativity, entrepreneurship, trends and

technology. Through a varied programme of chats, round tables, workshops,

networking and shows it brings together the very best national and international

speakers so that they may share their experience, knowledge and time with the

public as well as hosting a massive call for new projects.

Besides visiting the event, the Study Tour group is invited to be part of a networking

session with representatives of creative hubs, incubators, accelerators, maker

spaces and coworking spaces across Europe.


MADRID STUDY TOUR 2015

LIST OF PARTICIPANTS Organisation Representative Country

ECBN Adrian Sneeuw Netherlands

POPVOX/ECBN Leo van Loon Netherlands

LINKEROEVER Liesbeth Jansen Netherlands

DISRUPT Niels Moshagen Netherlands

VESTIA Adrie Lesuis Netherlands

HOOGHIEMSTRA Paul Barendregt Netherlands

TRUDO Wil l ie de Groot Netherlands

DE BESTURING Martine Zoeteman Netherlands

CAREX FRYSLAN CV Johan de Jong Netherlands

URBAN RESORT Jaap Draaisma Netherlands

KOSICE2013 Michal Hladky Slovakia

KOSICE2013 Zuzana Kotikova Slovakia

EASTCUBATOR Marek Lavcak Slovakia

SHUKAJ.BY Maryna Razakhatskaya Belarus

LOUDNESS Nuno Oliveira Portugal

ADDICT Rui Monteiro Portugal

FRONTRUNNERS Signe Lund Juhler Denmark

FINNISH BROADCASTING COMP. Anssi Komulainen Finland

CREATIVE NODES Stina Almkvist Sweden

TRANSIT Christna Molander Sweden

PEOPLEING Nora de Busturia Spain

PEOPLEING Jone Zubiaga Spain

VLAAMSE OVERHEID Rita de Graeve Belgium


CONTACTS

Adrian Sneeuw

+31 629 023 696

Leo van Loon

+31 614 889 646

Taxi service (Cash only)

+34 91 547 82 00

Police, Ambulance, Fire

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ADDRESS LIST

Utopic_US :

Calle Colegiata, 9,

Impact Hub Madrid

Calle Alameda 22

La Industrial

Calle de San Andrés, 8

Espiritu23

Espíritu Santo 23.

La Bicicleta Coworking

Plaza San Ildefonso, 9

La Tabacalera

Calle de Embajadores, 51

Makespace Madrid

Calle Pedro Unanue, 16

Zinc Shower Matadero Madrid,

Plaza de Legazpi, 8

Factoria Cultural

Paseo de la Chopera, 14

ECBN BOARD

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