What is Blue Zone Forum - Navalia Meeting 2025?

The edition of 2025 of the Blue Zone Forum will be carried out from September 24 to 26 in the Palacio de Congresos de Cádiz. This year, the event will be held in collaboration with Navalia Meeting, an important meeting of the naval industry. The union of both initiatives will strengthen the forum, expanding its approach to innovation in the naval industry and its relationship with the blue economy.

The event is promoted by the Free Zone of Cádiz and Navalia Meeting and will have the special collaboration of the Naval maritime cluster, consolidating Cádiz as a world reference point in the field of blue economy.

It is an opportunity to connect with professionals, startups, researchers and leading companies in the sector. There will be a wide area of stands and live demonstrations of technological innovations.

  • It will be one experience in the city of Cádiz shared with all types of profiles related to the blue sector.

  • Will assume the nucleus where the ideas and where the community itself will show their knowledge and tell their experiences.

  • will have experts, round tables, activities, workshops and networking, among other activities.

  • Will continue to be a reference in Blue Economy environments, regionally, nationally and internationally.

Why participate in BLUE ZONE FORUM?

  • Maria Galvez

    Oceanographer, environmentalist and mentor of INCUBAZUL .

    “I believe that the sustainable Blue Economy can be a strong boost for economic development, sustainability, modernization and job creation. And Cádiz is the ideal place for meetings that address it”.

    “There is a sea of ​​opportunities”

  •
    Damien Labrunie

    Expert in business consulting, entrepreneur and mentor of INCUBAZUL .

    “Ocean, natural park, tradition, innovation…Cádiz is the perfect location for the Blue Zone Forum”

    "The Blue Economy drives us, as entrepreneurs, to innovate, imbued with the natural respect that the ocean instills in us."

  •
    Vanessa Sanchez

    Business consultant on quality and environmental management and mentor of INCUBAZUL .

    "Un Congreso Blue Zone Forum aquí, pues Cádiz es la ciudad más azul que conozco a vista de pájaro y Economía Azul porque los mares y océanos son la solución, si los salvaguardamos".

  •
    Marina Jimenez

    Legal advisor for companies and mentor of INCUBAZUL .

    "Un encuentro en Cádiz pues contamos con un enclave marino y marítimo único en Europa. Y sobre Economía Azul porque fomenta el crecimiento económico en pro del medio ambiente y el desarrollo sostenible”.

Why focus on the Blue Economy?

Because today the seas are the future, the great opportunity for the sustainability of the planet.

Because our province has the best resources in this sector: hundreds of kilometers of coastline, salt flats, rivers, regenerative tourism of reference, a unique naval industry and two large ports such as Algeciras and Cádiz.

  • oceans

    The oceans generate 50% of the oxygen we breathe

  • Economy

    The Blue Economy contributes 5% of World GDP. In Spain it generates around €32 billion annually and employs approximately 945,000 people.

  • Employment

    Employment has grown 10% in Coastal Tourism and 25% in port activities

  • tons

    In between 19 and 23 million metric tons of plastic rubbish end up in waters around the world every year

Conoce Blue Core

BLUE CORE It is the new 4.0 Companies Vivero promoted by the Cádiz Free Zone . A physical and digital space to accelerate innovative projects linked to the sea, sustainability and digital transformation.

Designed as an open innovation environment, Blue Core promotes the development of ideas, entrepreneurship and business competitiveness in strategic sectors of the blue environment.

The objective of Blue Core is the promotion of innovation and the transfer of technology to micropymes in the blue economy sector in Andalusia from Cádiz.

The program is open to all natural or legal persons established in the EU with initiatives and/or projects of a technological and innovative nature and from the Blue Economy sector.

The initiative offers a comprehensive acceleration program with all the support of a team of mentors where space (physical and virtual) is shared with startups and training programs, networking, access to financing, research and services, among others.

ZF Blue Core project. Companies 4.0 nurseries is financed by 85% by the European Regional Development Fund within the Plurirregional Operational Program of Spain Feder 2021-2027 Within the framework of the P1A priority of the Viveros 4.0 high -tech incubators program, aimed at favoring a digital and intelligent transition and, within it, in the specific objective 1.3 “Reinforcement of sustainable growth and the competitiveness of SMEs and the creation of employment in these, also through productive investments.
  • Talent

    Attract young talent, entrepreneurs and investors.

  • Chance

    Generate spaces of opportunity around the initiative.

  • Initiatives
    Enable the arrival of technological initiatives around the blue sector, within the program BLUE CORE
  • Startups
    Promote and disseminate the startup acceleration program BLUE CORE
  • Projects

    Disseminate accelerated projects in the initiative.

  • Acceleration
    Promote the startup accelerator program BLUE CORE as an initiative to accompany, feed and consolidate technology-based business initiatives.