On Wednesday, September 18th, Tech Up Nights return to the terrace of Pier01! In its 14th edition, this event will be part of the European Mobility Week 2024 and will feature presentations from major companies such as SEAT:CODE and FREENOW, followed by a networking session designed by and for tech profiles.

Tech Up Nights is an initiative created together with Ocado Technology with the aim of bringing together the tech community of Barcelona. Our goal is to inspire you with high-quality content and provide the opportunity to establish an open dialogue between technical attendees and tech speakers. We aim to create a space for engineers, data scientists, UX specialists, software product managers, and similar profiles to share best practices and challenges, learn from mistakes, and solve doubts.

SPEAKERS AND CONTENT

• “FREENOW: Driving the Technological Revolution of the Taxi”
  In this talk, Aram Sargsyan, COO, and Jaume Viñas, Engineering Director, will present FN’s groundbreaking advancements in the taxi industry and the challenges their Tech Hub in Barcelona. The session will cover the innovative technologies developed by FREENOW and the challenges overcome to lead the taxi revolution.
• “The engineering way of working in Giravolta”
  Jordi Abad, CTO, will give a short introduction of Giravolta, the mobility as a service platform of SEAT:CODE and Juan Luis Ozáez, Principal Engineering, will share the technical challenges faced in Giravolta and the different approaches followed by the teams to solve it over the last years.

SEAT:CODE (Center Of Digital Excellence) is a software and digital development unit that supports SEAT, CUPRA, and the rest of the Volkswagen group.

FREENOW, on the other hand, is the mobility super-app with the widest selection of vehicles for consumers across Europe, available in 9 markets and over 150 cities. Based in Germany and backed by the BMW Group and Mercedes-Benz Mobility, the company has 1,000 employees in more than 26 offices, one of which is in Barcelona, where the taxi driver app for all operating countries is developed.

🍕🍺 Pizza and beers included! There’s no better way to expand your network.

The event will be held in English. Register now!

ATTENTION: Registration will be open until 6:45 pm.