In the framework of the round table titled “Challenges in Transfer: how the university system can become an engine of economic and social transformation”, the director of the Knowledge Transfer and Valorisation Centre, Òscar Carbó, stressed that the benefit generated by research projects and knowledge transfer carried out in universities is directly reinvested in these institutions to improve teaching, research and infrastructure.

Carbó stressed the importance of universities playing an active role in the generation of knowledge applicable to society and industry, thus contributing to the economic and social transformation of the region. Òscar Carbó shared the round table with Xavier Vilajosana, professor and vice-rector of Research, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at the Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, and Iván Martínez, vice-rector of Research at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Tech Spirit Barcelona was born as a response to the cancellation of the Mobile World Congress due to the pandemic and has become an essential event for the technology sector of the city. This year, the central theme was state-of-the-art technology, with a special focus on deep tech like artificial intelligence and microchip design. The event highlighted the role of Barcelona as a technological hub of Europe, with a programme full of presentations and round tables.

UIC Barcelona reaffirms its commitment to applied research and the creation of synergies between academia and the business sector, following the model of the main European universities in terms of knowledge transfer and research valorisation.