Strategic Alliances between University and Business: Technology and Talent for Innovation
May 15, 2024
Carmen Borja, CTO of Fractus, inaugurated the session "Strategic Alliances between University and Industry: Technology and Talent for Innovation," held on May 21 as part of the eighth edition of the IoT Solutions World Congress. In her presentation, she detailed the successful collaboration between Fractus and UPC, which has led to the creation of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub.
The session began with a dialogue with Carmen Borja, CTO of Fractus, a pioneering antenna company founded 25 years ago as a spin-off from UPC, showcasing a successful university-industry collaboration resulting in the creation of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub. The session continued with presentations of UPC solutions developed by researchers as examples of IoT transfer, such as an energy solution for Open Arms and projects like LoRaMesher, Kapture, Assolim, ModPoW, sensQ, ADRIANO, CULTISENSOR, and GIRASOL II.
The event concluded with a dialogue between Ilker Demirkol, professor at UPC (EPSEM Manresa) and coordinator of the MERIT project, and Eva Roca, Talent Iberia Manager at Schneider Electric, on new collaborative formulas to foster talent in emerging areas.
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