Presentation given by Buenaventura Guamis from the UAB Research Park in the framework of the Emergence Forum Barcelona Biocat organized the Barcelona Emergence Forum (April 10-11th, 2014, Congress Palace, Montjuïc) supported by the TRANSBIO SUDOE, a translational cooperation project dedicated to innovation in life sciences in South-West Europe. The Barcelona Emergence Forum contributed to bringing together Academics, Companies, Investment Entities, Technology Platforms and Technology Transfer Offices from Spain, France and Portugal to set up collaborative projects on Human Health & Agro-food Innovation. More information at: http://www.b2match.eu/emergenceforum2014

1. UAB Research Park:
a strategic alliance to foster
transfer and innovation
April 10, 2014

2. The UAB Research Park
is a nonprofit organization dedicated to
promoting and facilitating
knowledge transfer
and innovation
What
is the
Park?

3. 1. Promoting collaborative
projects
2. Spin-off creation and support of
the entrepreneur researchers
3. Visibility and dissemination of
transfer

4. Promoting
collaborative
projects
 Encourage projects between companies and researchers: Ideas Lab
 Management and coordination of R&D projects
 Technology demands’ platform
 Innovation Laboratory
 Looking for funding opportunities for projects
 Management and support to the TECNIO centers
 Collaboration with the UAB for the university clusters’ management
To make the scientific and technological capacity of the UAB, CSIC &
IRTA available to companies and institutions

5. Innovation
Laboratory
 Identification and promotion of new
innovative opportunities for SMEs to
improve their productivity
 Specific analyses of firms’
technological needs to set up a
collaborative project based on meeting
these needs

6. Creation of
spin-offs
 Training in entrepreneurship
 Support to entrepreneurs: Personal advice, completing the business
idea, business plan, legal advice, specialized training
 Business incubation
 Management of public funding
 Search for business investment opportunities
 Search of talent and specialized training
 Connections to other companies and business organizations
To turn UAB research with market potential into new science or
technology based companies.

7. Visibility and
dissemination
of transfer
 Edit a digital magazine: UAB Innova
 Dissemination and external communication
To show the innovation developed at the UAB, CSIC & IRTA to the
university community and the business environment and institutions

8. Research in Agrofood
Innovation & Human
Health for business:
Successful examples

9. 7spin-offs and start-ups
working in agro-food

10. TECNIO brings together research and technology transfer centres that are
able to offer innovation and knowledge and technological transfer
services to companies in Catalonia.
Within the UAB Research Park, there are 16 research centres that belong to the TECNIO and 5
are working on agro-food.
5TECNIO research centres
working in agro-food

11. One week science to
business course, following
the successful academy of
the University of California
Davis Entrepreneurship
Center, that provides the
participants with the
knowledge on how to
move their research from
the laboratory to the
market.
 Second edition: 16th - 20th June, 2014
 To international academic researchers and engineers working
in food science, nutrition and health related fields.
 Seminars, mentoring and networking sessions.

12. Thank you
for your
Attention!
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