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Last Thursday, the final of the sixth edition of the 'Emprèn Pitch' competition was held at the Emprèn UAB space, awarding the three best presentations with a Waynabox surprise trip. The final featured 15 finalists, who had 90 seconds to defend their project before a professional jury.

Ten projects have submitted proposals covering areas such as deep tech, health, immersive technologies, heritage, educational digitalisation and the Internet of Things. The programme consolidates inter-university collaboration in knowledge transfer and scientific entrepreneurship among six Catalan universities.

The UAB launches a new edition of "Visionaris", a free entrepreneurship training course aimed primarily at UAB students and open to the entire university community. The programme will run from from February 16 to April 15, 2026, every Monday and Wednesday from 3 to 5 p.m., at the Emprèn UAB space (Plaça Cívica).

Last Wednesday, 26 November, the Emprèn UAB space at Plaça Cívica hosted the Demo Day of the course “Visionaris”, the introductory entrepreneurship programme of the UAB. A total of 17 students presented 15 projects, from which a jury of entrepreneurship experts selected six that now move on to the final phase and compete for specialised mentoring.

The 4th University Entrepreneurship Fair, held at the UPF, brought together more than 250 students from 12 Catalan universities to share innovative projects, find inspiration and enjoy an afternoon full of creativity, humour and energy. Attendees were able to learn about entrepreneurial projects in the midst of a battle of ideas. The winner of the competition was ALSense, from the UIC, with an innovative project for the early detection of ALS.

The projects BIOPOLYMERS, BrainMapp and Urbanity ECAI, driven by entrepreneurs from the UAB, have passed the pre-selection phase and are finalists for the Cafè Aventura Award in the Best Project (idea) category. On 27 November they will defend their elevator pitch before the jury and the attending public.

New Entrepreneurship course led by expert Montse Lamata López, to discover how to start a social and collaborative economy project. This activity is organized by UAB and the Federation of Worker Cooperatives of Catalonia. It will be held every Thursday in March, in the morning schedule, at the Emprèn UAB space, in Plaça Cívica. Registrations are open.

UAB offers students and alumni a free online workshop to teach how to use artificial intelligence tools to enhance communication skills in project presentations. The session, led by expert Pedro Olivares, will take place on December 4, 2025, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM, via Microsoft Teams.