Institutional session

28 september 2023 | 10.50h to 11.00h

GINA TOST

Secretary for Digital Policies of the Government of Catalonia

Born in Barcelona in 1985. Graduated in Electronic Art and Digital Design at the Escuela Superior de Diseño (ESDi).
Journalist and communicator, with an extensive background and experience, she has focused her career on the fields of technology, mobile applications, startups, and video games.

She has collaborated in the programme “Generación Digital” on Catalunya Ràdio and TV3, and in the Sunday supplement of the newspaper “Ara”. She has also worked for TV channels, newspapers, websites, and radio stations all over the world (Spain, Latin America, Japan, and others).

She has taught communication at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) and the history and industry of video games at the Tecnocampus in Mataró. At La Salle, she has taught ASO (App Store Optimization) and history and industry of video games and technology.

She is co-founder & CEO of the technology company and app promotion platform Geenapp, presented to Wired Magazine as “one of the 100 best startups of 2015”.

Until her appointment as Secretary for Digital Policy, she was Director of Marketing and Operations for Europe and Latin America at IGG Inc, a company dedicated to developing and publishing video games.