Activities
Friday, October 2 2026
Dia · Setmana
12:30
The UAB inaugurates the 2026/27 academic year for the Catalan university system.
Description:
American linguist Mary Ann Newman will deliver the inaugural lecture for the 2026/27 academic year at the institutional event organised by the UAB on 2 October. It will take place at 12:30 p.m. in the Rectorat’s conference hall. The ceremony will kick off the UAB’s thematic year dedicated to Catalan culture and will also serve as the official opening of the academic year for the entire Catalan university system. The event will be presided over by UAB Rector Javier Lafuente and President of the Government of Catalonia, Salvador Illa. The event will be streamed live on the UAB's YouTube channel.
Date: Friday 2, October2026 - 12:30h
17:00
Researcher's Night at the UAB
Description:
The UAB organises a wide array of activities as part of Researcher's Night, an event open to all publics that is dedidated to science communication. Starting at 5:00 p.m., the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will be holding a research fair, with workshops and demonstrations, games and micro-talks with researchers from the University and research institutes that are members of Esfera UAB.
The NitRecerCat2627 project is an event associated with the European Union’s MSCA and Citizens initiative, funded under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions: HORIZON-MSCA-2025-CITIZENS-01.
Place: UAB Central Axis
Date: Friday 2, October2026 - 17:00h
End date: Friday 2, October2026 - 21:00h
Monday, October 19, 2026
10:00
UAB Innovation Week
Description:
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