12TH BE BASQUE TALENT CONFERENCE

The Be Basque Talent Network brings more than 12,000 high-skilled professionals working all over the world in contact with other professionals and almost 350 companies so as to facilitate talent mobility and build labour and business relationships.

Within the framework of the Professional Networking Service, Bizkaia Talent organises thematic working days whose aim is to bring together Basque organisations with highly qualified professionals who work in strategic sectors for the Basque Country.

BBTC is a structured networking meeting in which close, relaxed dealings between the participants and the Basque company representatives who accompany us ensure the establishment of professional relationships within an environment based on trust.

The effect of these meeting has been to enable the establishment of numerous professional links which have materialized either in the shape of work contracts or collaborations between companies. Furthermore, this event has led to the opening of new markets and has made it possible to check up on market trends, together with current usage of specific types of technologies and processes.

The BBTC is an excellent opportunity to:

• Understand the current and future socioeconomic and scientific-technological situation of the region.
• Know about the projects which are being undertaken in the sector and gain an insight into highly qualified profile requirements.
• Find out about labour and commercial market trends in the sector.
• Discuss the needs and difficulties posed by returning or linking up with professionals with an international profile.
• Meeting in person with representatives of the organisations participating.
• Working, sharing and co-creating knowledge, and
• Above all, extending your professional contacts network linked to the Basque Country.

The professional networking conference is directed at:

• Highly qualified professionals who are carrying out their activities in strategic sectors in geographical areas of interest for the Basque Country and who are interested in finding out about the current situation and future expectations of our companies; and
• Basque organisations (clusters, companies, technology centres, research centres, universities etc.) which are interested in meeting individuals with top-level skills and technical abilities and extensive international experience.

The working language of the conference is Spanish.

Entrance is free for registered participants (including access to the conference, presentations, workshops, the contact building space and the networking lunch).

Only registered participants may attend the BBTC.

The recommended dress code is “smart casual”, office dress code slightly more casual than the classic businessperson style.

The event will feature presentations, an open debate forum, contact building one-to-one meetings, workshops and much more. You can consult the updated agenda both on the website and on the Bizkaia Talent extranet.

You can consult in detail the organisations that will be present at the 12th BBTC here.

With our in-house built BBTC Matchmaking tool, you will have a tailor-made agenda to meet the most relevant people for you.

This tool enables arranging not only the contact building meetings, but also the seats at lunchtime! All of it according to the professionals’ and the organisations’ interests.

Where it is not possible to organize all the requested conversations on the same day as the event, participants will be provided with contact details of the different representatives of the organisations to enable them to arrange meetings in a virtual manner.

Furthermore, participants will be able to consult their personalized agenda by means of the Bizkaia Talent app (available for Android and iOS).

At the BBTC you will discover several different spaces to extend your network of contacts but if what you are looking for is to organize a brief conversation with a representative of one of the Basque organisations which are taking part in the event, this is the correct place for you.

These are 15-minute slots designed for you to be able to establish a more personal initial face-to-face contact with these organisations with which in most cases you will share a common interest. It is important to underline that these meetings are not job interviews.

Bear in mind that the Contact Building slot could be a starting point for the exploration of not only collaborative work, but also company-related, or any other type of collaboration.

Below you will find a list of reports that we at Bizkaia Talent consider could be useful to you with a view to gaining a better understanding of the scientific-technological and industrial reality of the Basque Country, and the challenges to be faced in the future. To download them, click here.

• How Cities and Regions Compete Globally for Tomorrow’s Talents. A European Exploration.
• How Cities and Regions Compete Globally for Tomorrow’s Talents. Implications for Bilbao/Bizkaia/Basque Country.
• Horizonte 2020 Análisis de las necesidades de talento en el País Vasco (2014).

First, you should register on the Bizkaia Talent website, complete your profile on the extranet and upload your C.V. in PDF format.

After this, and in order to proceed with the BBTC inscription, on the extranet home website you should click on the section International Professional Networking Meetings and register for the 12th Be Basque Talent Conference.

We will send your CV to the participating companies before the event.

Remember that your CV is your first contact with the organisations. So spend a few minutes including a high quality, meaningful profile. The better the profile the more requests you will receive.

TIP: Add a letter of motivation to the CV. The motivation section is practically a letter of presentation adapted to the aim of the event. We recommend that you devote some time to reflecting on your motives for taking part in the event.

Bizkaia Talent will contact you to inform you when the time comes.

You are able to do it directly through the BBTC section on the extranet.

You can cancel your participation at any time before the event.

However, if something prevents you from attending the very day of the event, please tell us by email immediately. If you have arranged meetings, do not forget to contact the people who you were going to meet and inform them that you will be unable to attend the appointment.

We are counting on your attendance to ensure that the event, the meetings, the contact building and the workshops can be well organized. For this reason, it is necessary that when the time comes you confirm your attendance, and should you be unable to attend, that you cancel your participation.

Many thanks for contributing to ensure that the event is as efficient and serious as possible.

The ticket certifies that you have been registered correctly in the BBTC together with details of your participation at the conference.

No, you don’t.

No, you can’t. Due to the high personalization of the BBTC, on the one hand, you should cancel your participation. On the other hand, the other person should register for the event.

At the beginning of the event, you will receive your badge at the registration table. We recommend that you display it throughout the event to enable the other participants to identify you and to be able to share your contact details with the other participants.

Furthermore, the Bizkaia Talent team will be at your disposition throughout the duration of the BBTC event to assist you in whatever matter.

No, you can’t. Each person must collect his/her own badge.

This will be another BBTC work tool. Moreover, via the Bizkaia Talent App, amongst other functions, you will be able to know who else is participating at the event and you will have access to your personal agenda. You can download the app searching for Bizkaia Talent on PlayStore or iStore for devices with Android and iOS operative systems respectively.

More than 50 company presentations and a plenary open debate will shape the first part of the conference.

In order for you to maximise your performance and take full advantage of the event, we encourage you to participate actively in the presentations, expressing all of your anxieties and asking the representatives of the participating companies any questions you like.

The main aim of the working day is to carry out networking and we want you to take full advantage of every possible opportunity to do this. Therefore, and with a view to extending your network of contacts, we will assign you with a particular table for lunch.

The tables are not arranged at random. The seating plan has been designed to facilitate contacts with professionals who are participating in other areas of the event.

After the networking lunch, some participants will have an opportunity to meet the representatives of the organisations on a one-to-one basis during a round of previously arranged personal meetings agreed by both sides.

• Be clear about what you are offering at a personal or company level (if you are looking for opportunities with Basque companies in your sector).
• Decide in advance what your objectives are for the event.
• Think about how you wish to present yourself and prepare a brief but concise presentation message.
• Take note of all the professionals and organisations that interest you in the course of the BBTC. This will help you to follow-up your contacts efficiently.

Four thematic workshops will take place during the 12th Be Basque Talent Conference. To participate in these, it is necessary to have registered in advance and that Bizkaia Talent has authorised your participation. You can consult the content of the workshops here.

The 12th Be Basque Talent Conference aims to be a starting point for making professional links between the numerous individuals who are participating in the event. In order to deepen the network of contacts that you have built up within the framework of the BBTC it is essential to maintain and continue working on the contacts that you have made with a wide range of individuals a the BBTC event, for example by means of the Bizkaia Talent App or the Be Basque Talent Network of which you now form a part.

Both the participating organisations and the other professionals will be delighted to continue exploring new opportunities for future collaboration.