🌇📚 BARCELONA TECHIES — ROOFTOP AFTERWORK - DOW JONES/WALL STREET JOURNAL TALK🥂
🔥 HEY BARCELONA TECHIES! 🔥
Welcome to the most high-end, high-energy weekly meetup in the city — the ICON ROOFTOP TECHIES NIGHT at a famous rooftop location in Gracia.
Forget your typical expat nights.
Forget loud bars and random mixers.
Here, every conversation matters.
Our speaker: Dow Jones & Company is a global provider of business and financial information, best known for publishing The Wall Street Journal and creating the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA). It employs around 8,000-10,000 people worldwide (based on early 2000s figures of 8,100, with growth since), generating billions in annual revenue through news, data services like Factiva, and indices. Owned by News Corp since 2007, it operates from major hubs including New York, London, and expanded tech offices like Barcelona.
This is where ambitious locals and international professionals meet to truly connect, collaborate, and create — blending TECH, SCIENCE, and ART under the Mediterranean sunset.
Follow our journey on Instagram to see what’s next for the community.
🌇 WHAT MAKES THIS DIFFERENT
We’re not a random meetup or a social crowd.
Our community is HIGHLY CURATED — made up of founders, engineers, scientists, creatives, and leaders shaping Barcelona’s innovation scene.
No loud-music chaos. No awkward small talk. No hookup energy. Just authentic, intelligent people building something meaningful together.
🚀 Expect to meet:
Pioneers from FORTUNE 500 tech companies (Meta, Google, Apple, Amazon, Tesla)
Researchers from Barcelona’s top institutions (BSC, IRB, UPF, UB, UPC)
Artists, musicians, and designers blending creativity with technology
It’s the kind of energy you only get when everyone in the room belongs there.
🕓 THE FLOW
⏰ 19:30 sharp — We gather in style. Collect your drink at reception 🍸 (ICON’s menu is exquisite), step onto the rooftop, and let the skyline set the mood.
🎤 Lightning Talks:
Short, spontaneous, inspiring — straight from our own community members. The latest AI breakthroughs, mind-bending startups, art-tech collabs, and stories that spark curiosity.
💬 Open Networking:
After the talks, the conversation takes off. You’ll move across small clusters of fascinating people — exchanging bold ideas, sharing experiences, and starting collaborations that could outlast the night.
💎 WHY BARCELONA TECHIES STANDS OUT
Because this isn’t just a meetup. It’s a movement.
A gathering of like-minded professionals who uplift, inspire, and collaborate, without the noise or the nonsense.
You’ll find conversations that matter, people who get you, and opportunities that start naturally — between equals.
🌍 Whether you’re a visionary founder, a researcher, a digital nomad, or an artist with ambition — this is where you belong.
✨ JOIN THE ICON ROOFTOP TECHIES NIGHT.
Experience the city’s smartest and friendliest community — where innovation meets elegance, and every connection is real. 🥂