The UAB hosts the III Conference of the Catalan Universities' Transfer Offices

The event, which is being organised by the UAB, has the main goal of generating spaces for debating, exchanging ideas and learning among the agents promoting the connection between research and society. It will held conferences, roundtables and networking spaces which will focus on the evolution of the transfer offices and the need to adapt to an environment progressively more complex and multidisciplinary.

The day will begin with an institutional welcome by Javier Selva, general manager of the Office for Transfer and Knowledge Society at the Catalan Government; and Rosa Maria Sebastián, UAB vice-chancellor of Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship. Next, Xavier Vallve, director of the UAB Office of Knowledge Transfer and Research Valorisation, will introduce indicators and results of the activities of knowledge transfer in Catalan Universities.

The main talk will be by Simon Hepworh, director of Knowledge Transfer at Research England. Under the title “The Future of University Innovation, and How to Get There” will explore the evolution of university spin-offs, the challenges of deep tech funding, and the public policies to strengthen the innovation ecosystem, based on his experience at the Imperial College London and the organisation TenU.

The day will continue with a session on communication strategies to create impact in knowledge transfer by Ana Cano, project officer at Iuris.doc, and a session on designing, explaining, and measuring impact on research and transference projects, with interventions by Toni Bassaganyas (CERCA Strategy Area) and Juan Solís (CEO of Arvor)

For more information, you can check out the complete program here.

The event has the support of the University Entrepreneurship Network (XEU) and the Department of Research and Universities of the Generalitat de Catalunya.