FFX Barcelona is a full-day experience exploring leadership, power, capital, and real connection in today’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The morning brings embodied sessions and honest conversations that move beyond surface-level networking, creating psychological safety across founders, investors, and leaders while addressing the true cost of success and structural bias in venture capital. In the afternoon, participants dive into focused hubs for founders, investors, and leaders, covering fundraising literacy, negotiation under power asymmetry, gender-conscious investing, and decision-making patterns. We then reconvene for pitching, shared reflection, and a powerful solidarity dynamic, before closing with practical takeaways and Tapas & Sangria to connect and reflect.
Please note that this agenda is preliminary and subject to change; timings and content may shift slightly as additional speakers are confirmed weekly.
| ALL HUBS | 10.02.2026 | Speakers | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 - 09:45 | 🚪 ARRIVAL, CHECK IN & COFFEE | |||
| 09:45 - 10:15 | 🎤 FFX Opening | Natascha Fürst, Agata Andryszczak, Carina Roth | Input Session | |
| 10:15 - 10:30 | 💃 Mindful Body | Natascha Fürst | This opening session is designed to help you arrive – in your bodies, in the space, and in the moment. Through a soulful blend of guided breathwork and movement, we create space to release tension, connect with inner strength,and start the day with dynamic shaking and music to awaken energy, joy, and a deep sense of female solidarity. | Energy Session |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | ⛓️ Deep Connection | Christina Figiel & Laura Tejada | This is not typical networking. Instead of exchanging titles or LinkedIn summaries, this session invites you to connect on a deeply human level with other participants. Through a carefully held and time-bound experience, you’ll slow down, be fully present, and experience what real connection feels like when we move beyond surface-level interactions. | Input Session |
| 11:00 - 11:45 | The Cost of Success - main stage | TBA | We celebrate wins but rarely talk about what success costs - relationships, health, identity, freedom. | Roundtable |
| 11:45 - 12:15 | Sharing Circle | TBA | TBA | Sharing Circle |
| 12:15 - 12:45 | The Hidden Mechanics of Fundraising | Celeste Regla | An honest discussion on the structural dynamics of fundraising, exploring bias in risk assessment, the meaning of traction, and the narratives founders are often unfairly asked to carry | Elephant in the Room Talk |
| 12:45 - 13:30 | Building the Body of a Leader | Ghazaleh Samandari | Using wisdom from the worlds of behavioral science, women’s advocacy and somatic-informed coaching, this session will explore how the body holds deep intelligence that directly influences decision-making, confidence and sustainable leadership. Participants will learn how to tap into bodily awareness to regulate stress, expand their capacity for responsibility and lead from a place of grounded authority rather than burnout or overdrive. | Input Session |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Networking Lunch |
| INVESTOR HUB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Speakers | Description | Format |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | The Tipping Point of VCs Right Now | Helena Torras, Lisa Fassl, Anna Fedulow, Ainhoa | Sharing Circle | Sharing Circle |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Cracking the code for gender conscious investing in the EU | WomenInvestEU & W4STEAM | Roundtable | Roundtable |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Pitch & Connect | Founders & Investors | ||
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Break |
| FOUNDERS HUB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Speakers | Description | Format |
| 14:30 - 16:00 | Fundraising Literacy | Agata Andryszczak | ||
| 15:15 - 16:00 | Negotiation Under Asymmetry: When the Other Side Has More Power | Yonca Braeckman | A practical session on negotiating with investors and powerful counterparts, focused on navigating uneven leverage, choosing the right language and timing, and knowing when to walk away with concrete scripts, red flags, and tools founders can use immediately. | Elephant in the Room |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | Pitch & Connect | Founders & Investors | ||
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Break |
| LEADERS HUB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Session | Speakers | Description | Format |
| 14:30 - 15:15 | Breaking the Cycle: Transforming Decision-Making Avoidance | Cristina Frint | This master class invites individuals and teams to explore how to overcome patterns of decision-making avoidance and ineffective communication. Participants will learn to recognize their own thinking tendencies, unlock new strategies, and reframe avoidance behaviors into confident, collaborative action.Breaking the cycle of avoidance is not about forcing decisions. It is about cultivating the courage to choose and the clarity to communicate. Through guided reflection and practical exercises, participants will gain insights that transform hesitation into confident leadership, while fostering stronger peer connections and momentum for meaningful change. | Masterclass |
| 15:15 - 16:00 | TBA | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| 16:00 - 16:30 | What Matters | Christina Figiel | During this session, leaders gather in theme-based roundtables around topics that genuinely matter in their leadership journey. Participants self-select into the conversations they feel drawn to and dive straight into the core; no long introductions, no posturing. The roundtables are lightly facilitated, offering space for honest exchange, multiple perspectives, and the shared realization that many leadership challenges are more universal than we think. | Roundtable |
| 16:30 - 16:45 | Break |
| ALL HUBS | Session | Speakers | Description | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16:45 - 17:30 | Input & Closing Remarks | TBA | TBA | |
| 17:30 - 18:00 | Solidarity Dynamic | Christina Figiel & Laura Tejada | This dynamic is about recognizing how much we truly share beneath the surface. By creating space for honesty and courage, the session reveals common experiences, doubts, and realities that often remain unspoken. It’s a powerful reminder that leadership can be demanding and vulnerable - and that solidarity emerges when we allow ourselves to be seen. | Sharing Session |
| 18:00 - 19:30 | Tapas & Sangria Connect |
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