2nd Networking & Innovation Day, a meeting space to explore new university-business collaboration pathways
On Thursday 27 November, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) hosts the second edition of the Networking & Innovation Day (NID), an initiative organised by the University of Barcelona, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, the Science and Technology Centres of the UB (CCiTUB) and the PCB.
The objective of the initiative is to create a benchmark in knowledge transfer between academia, research and business that promotes public-private collaboration, partnership agreements and open innovation.
On Thursday 27 November, the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) hosts the second edition of the Networking & Innovation Day (NID), an initiative organised by the University of Barcelona, the Bosch i Gimpera Foundation, the Science and Technology Centres of the UB (CCiTUB) and the PCB.
The objective of the initiative is to create a benchmark in knowledge transfer between academia, research and business that promotes public-private collaboration, partnership agreements and open innovation.
The conference is opened by the rector, Dídac Ramírez; Antoni Castellà, secretary for Universities and Research of the Government of Catalonia; Salvador Alemany, president of the Board of Trustees of the UB; Inés Garriga, director of Creativity and Innovation at the Culture Institute of Barcelona, and Montserrat Vendrell, director general of the PCB. Xavier Ferràs, dean of the Faculty of Business and Communications at the University of Vic, gives the plenary lecture: “Innovative ecosystems, the creation of a competitive country”.
The second edition of NID features two round tables: “The internationalization of research and innovation system”, moderated by Xavier Testar, delegate to the Rector for Strategic Actions and Innovation and deputy director of the Barcelona Institute of Entrepreneurship (BIE-UB), and "New paradigms in public-private partnerships in research and innovation projects", moderated by Joaquim Elcacho, journalist specializing in science and environment who coordinates the section "From science to market" in the supplement Diners of the newspaper La Vanguardia. Meetings are held simultaneously on a one-to-one basis, prior arrangement via an online form available at the event website.