Novembre 2022
Events are open to anyone who is interested, as long as they sign up in advance.
Activities by campus
7th November
UPF INNOValora
Poblenou Campus
Conference Hall 55.309 (Tànger building)
Presentation of the INNOValora funding and support program for UPF research groups for the development of innovative technologies that can benefit society.
Speech from Eulàlia de Nadal, Vice-rector for Knowledge Transfer, and Ana Sagardoy, Head of the Innovation Unit - UPF Business Shuttle. Presentation of award-winning projects of 2021 and the 2021 Board of Trustees Prize award by the board's president, Montserrat Vendrell.
Launch of the 2022 call for applications
(Session mainly in English)
HUAWEI-UPF Hackathon for a Better University
Poblenou Campus
Aranyó Hall
Different student teams will consider challenges related to the sustainable development objectives (ODS), university campuses and university life. The students will receive specific training from Huawei, the collaborating tech company, and will carry out a series of exercises to help them creatively implement solutions to the challenges set. At the end of the day the best proposed solution will be chosen.
8th November
PUBLIC-PRIVATE COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES
Mar Campus
PRBB Auditorium
Event chaired by Ana Sagardoy, Head of the Innovation Unit - UPF Business Shuttle, featuring financing bodies for public-private research and innovation projects. They will explain the application processes and support programmes for collaborative R+D projects.
AEI grants for public-private collaboration projects 2022
María Ángeles Ferré, Head of the Scientific-Technical Area Subdivision of the National Research Agency (AEI)
CDTI financing instruments: cooperative R+D projects and NEOTEC
Emilio Iglesias Cadarso, Head of Department, Department for Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation at CDTI.
ACCIÓ - R+D Business nuclei and start-up capital
Sandra Colom, Leader of the R+D and Innovation Resources Team.
Jesús Murillo, Transfer and Technology Manager
To follow, coffee will be provided and there will be opportunities to network.
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPANY CHAIRS
Mar Campus
PRBB Auditorium
Round table discussion led by Mònica Terribas, lecturer from the Department of Communication, with representatives from the business world who will discuss the importance of company chairs in the context of university-business relations.
With the participation of:
IDEOGRAMA. Ideograma-UPF Chair in Political Communication and Democracy
ESTATE AGENTS' ASSOCIATION OF CATALONIA. API-UPF Chair in Real Estate Innovation and UPF Alumni
TELEFÓNICA MOBILE PHONES SPAIN. Chair in Cognitive IoT
ALMIRALL LABORATORIES. Chair in Pharmaceutical Policy Innovation Management in the National Health System
AGBAR. Chair in Institutional Communication and Sustainable Development
Networking LUNCH
Mar Campus
PRBB interior courtyard
Time to allow for networking and dialogue between companies-institutions and academic managers and research staff at UPF.
ENTREPRENEURSHIP AT UPF: EXPERIENCES AND AWARDS
Mar Campus
Marie Curie Hall (PRBB)
Round table discussion chaired by Albert Domingo, Entrepreneurship Manager at UPF. Different people who have taken part in entrepreneurship programmes at UPF will talk about their experiences, setting up a business and the need for investment.
Jordi Mill - VirTest project. First edition of the Start-UPFlama programme
Marina Sánchez - UBRA project. Explorer programme
Anna Giralt - Gusano Films. Residency project in the Tallers area, also under development at UPF-Almogàvers
Presentation of the UPF Start-UP Hallmark which recognises innovative companies created by entrepreneurial UPF students and alumni.
(Session mainly in English)
9th November
UPFeina
Ciutadella Campus
Roger de Llúria courtyard and auditorium entrance hall.
18th edition of the UPF Careers Fair.
From 17th October onwards the pre-fair will get started online: presentations and highlighted opportunities from participating companies and institutions will be on the Campus Treball.
The fair will be held (in person) on 9th November featuring: a networking space with around sixty participants and students and alumni, and fast face-to-face interviews throughout the day (speed interviews).
WESTFIELD GLÒRIES PRIZE
Ciutadella Campus
Sala polivalent de Mercè Rodoreda
Awards of the second edition of the Westfield Glòries Prize, aimed at UPF students in order to generate creative, impactful, innovative ideas for the commerce of the future.
With the participation of:
Jaime Tamayo, Director of Westfield Glòries Shopping Centre
Helena Ramalhinho, Delegate of Knowledge Transfer in Social Sciences and Humanities at UPF
Teresa Monllau, Lecturer from the Department of Economics and Business
10th November
INDUSTRIAL DOCTORATES
Ciutadella Campus
Mercè Rodoreda Hall
Round table discussion highlighting the characteristics and the reach of the Industrial Doctorates Programme. A range of experiences will be recounted, from the point of view of companies and doctorate students at UPF, as examples of collaborative research development with positive impacts on society.
Chaired by Ruth Rodríguez, Lecturer from UPF's Department of Communication and with the participation of:
Albert Sangrà, Head of the Catalan government's Industrial Doctorates Plan
Joan Rigat, ACC1Ó's R+D and Innovation Programmes and Resources Manager
Mirella López, UPF Doctor specialising in Industrial Doctorates
Irene Escolar Haro, Manager of Operations a Acellera Labs SL
Carles Pont, Doctoral Thesis Director specialising in Industrial Doctorates
11th November
CREATIVITY AND SOCIAL INNOVATION
Poblenou Campus
Tallers Area
Presentation of applied research initiatives related to creative and cultural industries and social innovation within the "ecosystem" of the Tallers area and the Poblenou Campus .
UPF NODE WEEK CLOSING SESSION AND APÉRITIF
Poblenou Campus
Gutenberg Square