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Go further with our shared programmes
4YFN and MWC Barcelona come together through Connect Health and New Frontiers, two shared programmes connecting the startup ecosystem with bigger conversations across technology, innovation and industry. Discover the startups, investors and innovators turning new ideas and breakthrough technologies into real-world opportunities.
Connect Health
Healthcare is shifting from reactive treatment to continuous, personalised care. Explore how AI, digital health, and real-time data are empowering people to take control of their wellbeing while transforming the future of prevention, diagnosis, and patient care.
New Frontiers
Scientific breakthroughs are reaching the market faster than ever before. Explore how universities, research institutions, investors, and founders are turning cutting-edge innovation into scalable businesses and building the next generation of global technology champions.
The conversations powering startups
At 4YFN, we don't do surface-level. Our tracks cut through the noise, connecting you with the insights, people and opportunities that move your business forward. Whether you're raising, investing or scouting innovation, every track is built around real outcomes: deals, partnerships and opportunities to grow. Just the conversations that matter.
Agentic AI
As AI evolves from a tool into an autonomous collaborator, founders must learn how to lead hybrid teams of humans and agents. Discover how businesses are building trusted AI systems, scaling operations through agentic orchestration, and creating competitive advantage in the era of autonomous work.
Climate Tech
Discover the technologies actively fighting climate change and building a more resilient planet. This track is a deep dive into the disruptive innovations—from clean energy to sustainable agriculture—that are not just conversations, but actionable solutions. Join a community of pioneers, investors, and leaders to accelerate your impact and build the future of sustainability.
Corporate innovation
Enterprise innovation is entering a new era. As AI transforms how businesses buy, build, and deploy technology, startups and corporates must work together at a new speed. Learn how leading organisations are creating successful partnerships, accelerating adoption, and driving measurable business outcomes.
Fintech
Money is becoming programmable, borderless, and increasingly autonomous. From stablecoins and digital assets to machine-to-machine transactions, discover how fintech innovators are reimagining the infrastructure of global finance and building the next generation of financial services.
Founders
The startup playbook is being rewritten for the AI era. Gain practical insights from experienced founders and operators on fundraising, product development, go-to-market strategy, and scaling high-growth companies with AI-first teams.
Investors
Venture capital is evolving beyond growth-at-all-costs. Discover how investors are assessing AI opportunities, measuring defensibility, navigating new exit strategies, and identifying the technologies and sectors attracting the strongest conviction from global capital.
Put your expertise at the heart of the startup ecosystem
Share your insights, inspire the next generation of innovators and submit your proposal under the track that best matches your expertise.
Speaker submissions close on 5 November 2026.
From brand presence to business done
Want to turn a great idea into real business? By getting involved with a 4YFN27 track, you can position your brand as a leader and connect directly with the people who matter most. Whether you sponsor a track to boost your brand's visibility, lead a session that showcases your expertise, or use your presence on the show floor for powerful networking, we'll help you turn every interaction into a potential business lead.
Exhibit
Show up, stand out, grow your pipeline
Your space at 4YFN isn't just a booth, it's a business development engine. Meet investors who are actively looking, demo to corporates who are actively buying, connect with founders who are actively building.
Startups, scale-ups, SMEs, corporates, universities, delegations.
Sponsor
Don't just join the conversation, lead it.
Keynote stages, track ownership, exclusive networking; it’s all on offer. Branded activations that reach 100,000+ people and get remembered long after the lights come up. Sponsorship at 4YFN is category leadership made visible.
Corporates and organisations ready to lead, not follow.