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From 19 to 23 October 2026, the UAB will organise the fourth edition of Innovation Week. The aim is to reach out to the wider region, showcase the university's innovation ecosystem, and make the technologies and innovative knowledge generated on campus more accessible to the public.

The varied programme of activities and themes will provide opportunities for the UAB community, start-ups, companies and investors to meet and network. Some of the activities include:

• Innovation Fair
• UAB-Cruïlla Chair: Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Music
• -Emprèn UAB: generating spin-offs and start-ups from the university
• -Eines Awards Ceremony
• From Research to Impact: Experiences of Public Innovation and Knowledge Transfer from the University to Society
• Women in Science and Entrepreneurship
• Inauguration of the Cerdanyola Activa Innovation Hub
• Beyond the Hype: How (Not) to Use AI for Entrepreneurship
• Innovation from Catalan Forests for the Bioeconomy: Construction and Green Chemistry
• UAB Virtual Reality Conference

Place: Campus UAB

Date: Monday 19, October2026 - 10:00h

End date: Friday 23, October2026 - 15:00h

Organiser: UAB Research Park

Description:

Charlotte Bigg, historian of science and research director at the Centre Alexandre Koyré (CNRS, Paris), will offer the inaugural lecture of the 2026/27 academic year for the bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology and Humanities.

In her inaugural lecture, Bigg will outline the interconnected history of techniques for the visual representation of the universe and for the popularisation of astronomy in the modern era, as well as how these advances have contributed to shaping our perception of the universe and humanity's place within it.

After earning her degree in history at the University of Oxford and in the history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge, Bigg worked at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin and at ETH Zurich. She is an expert in the social and cultural history of science—particularly 19th- and 20th-century chemistry, physics, and astronomy—and has published numerous works exploring the visual and material cultures of science and technology.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities (Room 501)

Date: Monday 19, October2026 - 11:30h

End date: Monday 19, October2026 - 13:00h

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The UAB Innovation Fair 2026 will take place on 20 October. This event aims to foster connections between the research community and the business world, and was designed to showcase knowledge transfer from research groups at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and display the wide range of technologies, services, and innovative ideas generated on campus.

Here, visitors will be able to explore the latest trends and technologies developed at the University and connect with researchers.

Place: Hotel Exe Campus

Date: Tuesday 20, October2026 - 09:00h

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The 5th Awards Ceremony for the Eines 2026 Awards for the best social transformation projects will take place on 20 October at the Margarida Xirgu Theatre in Montornès del Vallès. The awards aim to recognise and promote projects with a positive social impact, fostering social transformation through innovation and entrepreneurship. 

The Eines 2026 Awards, which include a cash prize of between €750 and €3,000, are awarded to the best social transformation and innovation projects in four categories: General (Catalonia), Vallesà (Vallès Oriental and Vallès Occidental), Local (Cerdanyola, Mollet and Montornès) and a new category: Thematic Award (Digital Transformation with Social Impact) – Province of Barcelona.

Place: Margarida Xirgu Theatre, Montornès del Vallès (Plaça Margarida Xirgu 4)

Date: Tuesday 20, October2026 - 18:30h

End date: Tuesday 20, October2026 - 20:40h

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The UAB through its QUIT research group and the CED, organises and hosts Time Use Week, the leading international gathering dedicated to advancing the debate, knowledge, and public policies regarding the right to time and improved time organisation. The meeting will take place on Wednesday 21 October and the full programme can be consulted here.

From 19 to 21 October, the Setmana dels Horaris i el Temps [Schedules and Time Week] will bring together researchers, policymakers, companies, social organisations, and citizens from around the world in Barcelona and at the UAB to foster debate—drawing on their diverse fields of knowledge and experience—aimed at improving the social organisation of time.

Time policies are the key tools at the disposal of administrations and organisations to reduce the inequalities caused by time poverty and to build a healthier, fairer, more efficient and more sustainable society in which the right to time is guaranteed for all. 

The event on Wednesday 21 October, to be held at the UAB, is expected to attract between 100 and 150 participants. It will be attended by the various institutions co-organising the Time Use Week (Government of Catalonia, Barcelona Provincial Council, Barcelona City Hall, and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona).

The programme also includes the presence of the official statistical institutes of Catalonia (IDESCAT) and Europe (Eurostat), and a research presentation session on time use, which will feature research from the UAB.

To view the provisional programme, please visit Time Use Week website.

Date: Wednesday 21, October2026 - 09:30h

End date: Wednesday 21, October2026 - 14:00h

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On 23 October at 9:30 a.m., the UAB and the Catalan Broadcasting Corporation will be hosting a conference in celebration of 25 years of the programme InfoK, under the title "El repte d’informar als infants en l’entorn digital" [The Challenge of Informing Children in the Digital Environment]. The conference will take place in the Aula Magna of the UAB Faculty of Communication Studies. To attend, one must register here. The event aims to reflect on and debate the way information is presented to children, as well as its educational aspect and the challenge facing the media in a context where screens define adolescent media consumption.

There will be three round-table discussions organised around the three aforementioned debate axes. Journalists affiliated with InfoK and researchers from across the country in information, childhood, education, outreach and psychology will take part. The opening address will be delivered by Lewis James, editor of the BBC's children's news programme “Newsround”.

Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)

Date: Friday 23, October2026 - 09:30h