Activities
Thursday, October 5 2017
Dia · Setmana
09:00
Open Innovation Forum
Description:
The Open Innovation Forum is an Open Innovation Program that gives companies the opportunity to suggest innovation challenges while research centers and groups are able propose solutions to these problems.
The Open Innovation Forum is a great opportunity to meet the right partner to address the Innovation challenges proposed. Using a schedule of pre-arranged interviews only with the interesting proposals, this Forum will allow companies to save time in the development of products/services/solutions needed to increase their competitiveness.
The event is open to any company with innovation needs to develop new products / services, or that has interest in exploring new opportunities for innovation; and research groups from universities and technology centers interested in applying their research to the Catalan business.
Place: Fira de Barcelona · Gran Via (Av. Joan Carles I, 64 · L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Barcelona)
Date: Thursday 5, October2017 - 09:00h
Organiser: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Fundació Bosch i Gimpera, Parc de Recerca UAB, IQS Tech Factory, ACCIÓ i Expoquimia-World Chemical Summit
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Monday, October 9, 2017
18:00
Startup Grind BCN - SF Summit
Description:
Startup Grind BCN - SF Summit will connect the best investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and journalists from both Europe and Silicon Valley. It will showcase one day of nonstop content, valuable networking, mentor sessions, and investor Q+A's.
Place: UPC Espai Vèrtex, Campus Nord (Plaça d'Eusebi Güell, 6 · Barcelona)
Date: Monday 9, October2017 - 18:00h
End date: Tuesday 10, October2017 - 19:00h
Organiser: Startup Grind BCN
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Saturday, October 21, 2017
10:00
Barcelona International Community Day
Description:
Discover what Barcelona has to offer you to help you find your feet, do business and enjoy the city. Come along to our international community event in Barcelona and start mixing in.
Place: Museu Marítim de Barcelona (Av. de les Drassanes, s/n · Barcelona)
Date: Saturday 21, October2017 - 10:00h
Organiser: Barcelona Activa
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Thursday, October 26, 2017
15:30
The importance of protecting your inventions on time
Description:
BigML, in collaboration with Telefónica, the law firms of Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and FisherBroyles, and the Valencian Municipality (VIT Emprende, València Activa, and Ajuntament de València) are bringing to Spain a special event about the importance of patents in protecting your inventions expeditiously.
A patent turns your ideas into property from which you can generate revenue. It protects your invention and lets you make, hire and sell the claimed invention at your convenience. But, are these rights the same worldwide? How important is patent protection to your business? What is the effect of patents on innovation? What could happen if your IP is not properly patented? What’s the process to protect your inventions? Are there specific grants or awards when patenting? All these questions will be addressed at this event from three different perspectives: a startup, a big corporation, and a legal point of view, for both European and US companies.
This workshop evidence the importance of being IP-aware, as protecting the Intellectual Property (IP) of your business is key for its commercial success, whether your product is on the market or still under development. By patenting your ideas, your brand, your offerings, you are making your company stronger, more competitive in the marketplace, and definitely more attractive for investors willing to support your company.
Place: Diagonal 00 Telefonica Tower · Auditorium (Ernest Lluch and Martin Square, 5, 08019, Barcelona)
Date: Thursday 26, October2017 - 15:30h
Organiser: BigML, Telefónica, Schwabe Williamson & Wyatt and FisherBroyles, VIT Emprende, València Activa, and Ajuntament de València
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Thursday, November 9, 2017
09:00
4th CORE Seminar in Mental Health: "Mental Health 4.0: New technologies applied to mental health research and treatment"
Description:
The objective of this year's CORE Seminar is to offer a space for all of these innovative techniques and technologies being applied today in the Mental Health field. With this in mind, the seminar will include both CORE researchers and researchers from other centres who will explain the potential of tools such as optogenetics, deep cerebral stimulation, big data, virtual reality and mHealth. These tools can help in improving the knowledge of how the brain works and the subjacent mechanisms of mental disorders, as well as offer advantages in the therapeutic field. The conferences will cover a wide range of disciplines from basic research in psychobiology and the approximation to engineering fields and clinical practices, to applications in the public health system.
Place: Auditorio Hospital Universitari de la Vall d'Hebron (Passeig de la Vall d'Hebron, 119-129 · Barcelona)
Date: Thursday 9, November2017 - 09:00h
End date: Thursday 9, November2017 - 17:00h
Organiser: CORE in Mental Health
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Monday, November 13, 2017
09:00
31st EFFoST International Conference: "Food Science and Technology Challenges for the 21st Century - Research to Progress Society"
Description:
Every year EFFoST organizes this prestigious international food science and technology conference, an important scientific event that brings together world-renowned researchers, scientists, policy makers, professionals and students from multidisciplinary food-related fields to share the latest developments, meet old friends and form new partnerships. See here for details of our previous conferences.
The 2017 conference will explore solutions to current and future challenges such as food safety and security, food fraud, waste reduction and sustainability, analytical techniques, novel technologies, functional foods, nutrition and health, gastronomy, entrepreneurship, open innovation & strategic alliances and knowledge transfer management.
Place: Hotel Meliá Sitges (38 Joan Salvat Papasseit · Sitges · Barcelona)
Date: Monday 13, November2017 - 09:00h
End date: Thursday 16, November2017 - 17:00h
Organiser: EFFoST, IUFoST, UAB and UdL
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