The news of the Park

Description:

Creató is a gymkhana organised for UAB students who must solve challenges posed around campus by using the design thinking methodology.

Students will be placed into multidisciplinary teams of 6 to 8 people and will have four hours to visit different offices on campus to propose and develop a viable and innovative solution to the challenge they were given and thus become the winners of the game. 

Those interested have until 4 September to sign up: https://app.becas-santander.com/es/program/becas-santander-creato-uab?poll=create-program

Place: Plaça Cívica of the UAB campus

Date: Tuesday 3, October2023 - 12:30h

Organiser: UAB Research Park

Description:

From 16 to 20 October 2023, the UAB will be organising its Innovation Week as a means to open up to surrounding entities and share its ecosystem of innovation and bring society closer to the technological and knowledge innovations it generates on campus.

The objective of Innovation Week is to make the UAB's commitment to innovation visible from the perspective of different agents, sectors and groups, as well as connectentrepreneurs with the nearby business fabric, private and public investment networks, and knowledge centres. 

The programme offers different areas, activities and themes that will create spaces for meeting and interacting for UAB community members, start-ups, businesses and investors.

Some of the week's activities are:

• Innovation Fair
• Smart Campus Challenge
• Music and Artificial Intelligence
• Visits to campus centres and laboratories
• Science and Entrepreneurship in Feminine

More information can be found at the Innovation Week website

Place: UAB campus

Date: Monday 16, October2023 - 09:00h

End date: Friday 20, October2023 - 15:00h

Organiser: UAB Research Park

Description:

How will Artificial Intelligence radically revolutionise our way of creating, interpreting and listening to music? As part of the UAB Innovation Week, the UAB's Parc de Recerca and Faculty of Arts & Humanities organise a meeting which will bring together renowned artists and scientists working in the fields of AI, creativity and music to debate on the different social, ethical, creative and technical challenges facing society today, with music as an example of a space in which we coexist with AI technologies. The meeting will also be an opportunity to discover new entrepreneurial models and opportunities within the music and creative industries.

The meeting will also include a series of workshops on musical creativity and artificial intelligence and a round table, and will end with a concert by the UAB Chamber Choir and pianist and creator Carles Marigó.

Those attending will also be able to visit the AudioLab, one of the UAB's Open Labs.

Programme and registration form: Activities – Innovation Week

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities

Date: Thursday 19, October2023 - 13:00h

Description:

Under the framework of the UAB Innovation Week this workshop will hold its second edition in which it seeks to give visibility to innovative and entrepreneurial female figures on campus, identify needs and create a network.

The workshop will focus on internal and external limits encountered by researchers and will explore personal experiences, challenges and strategies used to overcome the imposter syndrome and shatter glass ceilings.

Several renowned experts and professionals will be participating by sharing their knowledge, research studies and practical experiences.

Workshop programme and registration form

Place: UAB Theatre Hall

Date: Friday 20, October2023 - 09:30h

End date: Friday 20, October2023 - 13:00h

Organiser: UAB

Description:

The Global FIVE Network organize a 3rd conference on the topic of the Economic Empowerment of Migrant Women as A Key Factor for Gender Equality.

Rosa Maria Sebastian, vice-rector of Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at the UAB and director of the UAB Research Park, will participate with a presentation at the round table on November 9 at 4:30 p.m. on women's testimonies on equality gender, in which different successful women will share their experience on overcoming inequalities on the labor market.

Program

Place: UPF Barcelona School of Management (C/ de Balmes, 132, 134, Barcelona)

Date: Wednesday 8, November2023 - 14:00h

End date: Thursday 9, November2023 - 19:30h

Organiser: Global FIVE Network

Description:

Professor Joaquim Limonero will be sitting in the Science Carriage's Expert Seat this week, which will travel from the UAB to Plaça de Catalunya at 10:42 a.m. and back to the UAB at 11:28 a.m. Professor Limonero, researcher in the Department of Basic, Developmental and Educational Psychology, will be talking with train passengers about how to regulate emotions, behavioural addictions, and substance abuse and suicide in adolescents.

Professor Limonero has also participated in the Science Carriage's podcasts.

Place: Vagó de la Ciència, FGC. UAB-BCN, 10:42 a.m. - BCN-UAB 11:28 a.m.

Date: Thursday 16, November2023 - 10:40h

End date: Thursday 16, November2023 - 12:30h