Endesa: 10 years committed to "innovability" at South Summit, the meeting point for entrepreneurs

• This year, South Summit celebrates its 10th anniversary and Endesa as a Founding Partner has been present ever since its inception. South Summit is organised by Spain Startup and IE University and will open its doors at La Nave in Madrid, from 8 to 10 June, under the slogan "[de]coding complexity".
• Endesa adopted an open innovation model which maintains its approach to entrepreneurs as a source of solutions to technological challenges.
•  "Innovability", innovation as a driver of sustainability, will once again be the hallmark of both Endesa and the projects that will be shared during the event. A different way of meeting the energy challenges of the present and the future, which seeks to innovate but with the focus on accelerating sustainability.
•  As a new feature this year, Endesa organised "Endesa Startup Lovers" (Thursday, 9 June, from 4pm to 6pm, in the "1 to 1 meeting" room), a "speed dating" event between entrepreneurs of different profiles to promote the creation of new companies.

Endesa is participating in a new edition of the South Summit, the largest exhibition of innovation and entrepreneurship in southern Europe, which this year celebrates its 10th anniversary on from 8 to 10 June at La Nave in Madrid, under the slogan "[de]coding complexity", a concept with which the organisation proposes to decode the combinatory complexity through technology and ecosystems.

Ten years of innovation, ten years of Endesa's collaboration with South Summit since its foundation. The company remains committed to "Innovability", innovation as a driver of sustainability. Under the slogan "We are Innovability, Let's walk the talk" our aim is to encourage the entire ecosystem to continue working for a decarbonised, electrified, digitalised economy with the focus on people.

José Mínguez Matorras, Head of Market Innovation Iberia Endesa, pointed out in this regard that "Endesa adopted this open model from the very beginning to find quality ideas that help us grow. When it comes to developing this new culture, our purpose is the development of innovative solutions capable of transforming the current energy model. Meetings such as South Summit are the best scenario to demonstrate the support and experience that Endesa provides for national and international start-ups and the best talent to promote collaboration and the exchange of ideas. This year, we would like to promote the creation of new start-ups and share our best open innovation projects, as well as highlighting the know-how we share as a result of the start-ups with which we work on different projects".

10 years of South Summit

South Summit is organised by Spain Startup and IE Business School and will once again become a meeting point for the newest start-ups with the main international investment funds and the most innovative corporations; these include Endesa, which once again is a Global Partner for an event that gets bigger and bigger every year. In the previous edition, attendance records were broken with more than 22,000 people attending, both in person and virtually, more than 1,600 investors with an approximate portfolio of $135,000 million, 8,000 start-ups, 680 speakers and 7,000 members of corporations.

According to a report entitled "The social-economic contribution of South Summit in Spain", created by the PwC consultancy to assess the 10 years of the event, more than half of investment in Spanish start-ups has been in projects that were finalists at South Summit. What is more, the survival rate of start-ups that were finalists during these ten years doubles the average for the whole of Spain and these finalist start-ups have seen their turnover multiply by 5.5 from the year they participated to the present, to reach €3,100 million. An impact that has also been positive on employment: The figures for finalist start-ups at South Summit has multiplied by 2.6 in these years to reach the current 25,000 jobs.

Endesa Startup Lovers

As a new feature for this year, Endesa will organise the Endesa Startup Lovers event on Thursday, 9 June from 4pm to 6pm in the "1 to 1 meeting" room, in collaboration with Coworking Online by Fangaloka. Participants are categorised in accordance with different profiles (marketing/sales, business/financial development, technology/development, design and product) and will be able to organise a series of "speed meetings" with other entrepreneurs energised by mentors to promote a productive meeting between entrepreneurs with the same objective, that of creating their own start-ups, which reaffirms our support for the entrepreneurial ecosystem and innovation. Here you will find more information.

Innovability, Decarbonisation, Electrification, Digitalisation and People: Our strategic axes for Energy Transition will play a leading role in our participation this year.

This year, Endesa will once again have a stand in the area called Market place and will present some of its most innovative projects with regard to innovation and entrepreneurship related to the following five strategic pillars for Energy Transition: Innovability, decarbonisation, electrification, digitalisation and people. The market place is a meeting point where all the participants and visitors at the event can meet to present their initiatives and look for business opportunities.

All the major topics that will be debated throughout the three days will enjoy the presence of Endesa experts:

On the ARENA STAGE (Th, 9 Jun):

• 1.15pm. Javier Uriarte, Endesa's General Manager for Marketing, will present a fireside chat on certain key aspects with regard to Energy Transition.
• 1.35pm. José Mínguez Matorras, Head of Market Innovation Iberia Endesa will participate in the "Open Innovation at Scale" roundtable that will discuss key aspects of Open Innovation and will feature Marisol Mendez, Chief Open Innovarion Offier of South Summit; Nick Passey, VP Commercial Digital & IT, AstraZeneca; Carmen Campo, Chief Innovation Officer of Mutua Madrileña; and Irene Gómez, Open Innovation Director at Telefónica.

On the PLAYGROUND STAGE (W, 8 Jun):

• 12.05pm. José Mínguez Matorras, Head of Market Innovation Iberia Endesa, will open the Energy Track. The "Navigating Energy Transition" panel will discuss the role of entrepreneurship in Energy Transition, this will involve the participation of three Start-ups with which Endesa is collaborating: Ingelectus, Enefgy and Aerones, undertaking projects in Distribution, Generation and Marketing.
• 12.30pm. Javier Leiva, Sustainable Network Design & Resilience Expert at Enel Global Infrastructure & Networks, will participate in a panel discussion on the future of the Electricity Grid entitled "Future Proofing the Grid"
• 1pm. Fernando Sandoval, Manager Enel Innovation Hub Europe, will share his vision of the Entrepreneurship Hubs in the "360 view of Energy" panel.

On the PLAYGROUND STAGE (F, 10 Jun):

• 11.15am. In South Summit Kids, young people between the ages of 10 and 16 take the floor in this competition presenting their entrepreneurship projects. This session involves the collaboration of the Create Foundation, organiser of the educational programmes in which the students are taking part. Managers of the companies collaborating with South Summit will assess, advise and provide feedback on their projects. José Minguez Matorras will represent Endesa as a member of the jury.

On the GROWTH STAGE (W, 8 Jun):

• At 5.25pm, in the "Relocating Teams" session, the Head of Market Innovation Iberia Endesa will moderate on a roundtable where different companies will analyse situations in which they are obliged to relocate their operations, the challenges involved and how they were able to achieve it.

On the SANDBOX STAGE (Th, 9 Jun):

• At 9.45am, on Radio Open Innovation, Camila Fernandes, Demand Response Product Manager for Endesa X and Alejandro Sanchez, Global Product Manager for Enel X will participate in the "Walking the Talk" session where they will explain the importance of self-consumption and the active management of demand in Energy Transition.

Endesa, a member of the jury for the South Summit Awards

During the three days of the meeting, where a suitable environment will be generated to favour the appearance of new start-ups in Spain, the arrival of more entrepreneurs in Spain and the creation of an efficient network of investors, and it will end with the presentation of awards for the competition. Endesa will be a member of the jury that during the contest will be responsible for choosing the winning start-ups in the different categories (Energy & Sustainability, Industry 5.0, Mobility & Smart Cities, Education, Connectivity & Data and Communications & Channels), and will participate in the grand finale.

About Endesa

Endesa is the largest electricity company in Spain and the second largest in Portugal. The company is also the second largest gas operator in Spain. Endesa operates an end-to-end generation, distribution and marketing business. Through Endesa X it also offers value-added services aimed at the electrification of energy usage in homes, companies, industries and Public Administrations. Endesa is firmly committed to the United Nations SDGs and strongly supports the development of renewable energies through Enel Green Power España, the digitalisation of grids through e-distribución and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The Endesa Foundation is also active in CSR. Our workforce numbers around 9,260 employees. Endesa is a division of Enel, Europe’s largest electricity group.