Barcelona or Milan (Depending on travel restrictions)
May 27-30, 2021
Applications close on October 31
Taking place over four days in beautiful Barcelona (or Milan, depending on travel restrictions), and with all expenses paid, this is an unmissable opportunity to learn, network, and impress:
Meet and measure up with other remarkable young talents
Get granular with relevant real-world business cases
Hone your collaboration skills with team challenges
Gain the insight of experienced tech pros from top app developer Bending Spoons
Discover the very latest digital trends
Bending Spoons is the creator of products like 30 Day Fitness and Splice. In both 2019 and 2020, it was awarded the title of Italy’s best place to work (50-149 employees) by Great Place to Work Italia.
At First Ascent, you’ll share experiences with other incredibly talented, passionate, and eager young people, broadening your knowledge-base, exchanging ideas, and forging lifelong relationships. After all, great business is all about curious people coming together and making remarkable things happen.
Collaboration meets competition in a series of exciting challenges that connect the complexities of business and tech. Get a feel for how logic, teamwork, and business acumen make the difference in developing successful strategies.
Quiz the Bending Spoons team until your heart’s content. Learn the real-world processes, challenges, and secrets of one of Europe’s biggest tech successes of recent times.
Buzzing Barcelona is home to one of Europe’s most thriving startup scenes. There’s no better place to dive deep into the business side of tech.
Travel, accommodation, food, drinks, and activities—Bending Spoons, organizer of First Ascent, is picking up the tab.
Applications close on October 31
You’re an Italian student or recent graduate, or a student or recent graduate at an Italian university, and you have an outstanding academic track record
You’re passionate about your business-related field of study and curious about the business side of the tech industry (development of digital products, digital marketing, data analysis, digital innovation, and so on)
You’ve got some experience or a relevant passion project that exemplifies your love of tech and/or business
Arrive in Barcelona
Meet the other Ascenders
Dinner, drinks, networking
Welcome to First Ascent!
Presentation and workshops
Explore Barcelona
Dinner, drinks, networking
Team business challenges
Barcelona sightseeing
Dinner, drinks, networking
First Ascent closing presentation
Goodbyes
Applications close on October 31
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