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The Social Hub Barcelona has been the epicentre of an extraordinary celebration: the 10th anniversary of the Challenge Based Innovation (CBI) programme! Since its inception, this programme has been the catalyst for creativity and innovation among hundreds of students from UPC, Esade and the IED Barcelona), who have developed 68 innovative solutions to global challenges using CERN's technology and knowledge.

Why Deep Tech startups should invest in a solid patent strategy. Carles Puente, representing Fractus, was participated in this roundtable on the growth of the startup ecosystem in Europe and the importance of intellectual property in securing successful funding. In this context, Puente pointed out that "patents are not defensive tools, patents are business tools that deep tech companies should embed in the core of their business models".

Fractus awarded the Fractus Prize to the best academic record of the Master’s degree in Technology and Engineering Management to the student Laia Martínez Capella. The delivery took place during the graduation ceremony of more than 850 students from the School of Industrial, Aeronautical and Audiovisual Engineering of Terrassa (ESEIAAT) of the UPC.

On these days it has taken place the Barcelona Deep Tech Summit. About fifty companies from the UPC and various researchers from the University have presented transformative developments and trends in energy transition, industry digitalization, connectivity, urban mobility, biomedicine and space technology. The Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub was also present.

IA, 5G-6G, big data, robotics, cybersecurity, computers and IoT protocols and 3D and 4D printing are the technologies with the most research groups at the UPC, according to the study 'Analysis, map and detection of Deep Tech areas and technologies'.

The hub also participated in the central event of the celebration of the 25 years of the Innova Program: the round table with managers of companies that emerged from the UPC. You can see the video of the celebration.

The 14th UPC Research Valorisation Award has recognised 4DPolysense as the best technology transfer project, the NECADA program as the best invention or work for its application in the market and the Process Talks spin-off as the best technology-based company. The Nimble Diagnostics spin-off has also received a special acknowledgement. The award is supported by Fractus as part of the Fractus Deep Tech Hub.

The day, dedicated to the valorization of research, entrepreneurship and the participation of doctoral students in the university community, brought together doctoral students, professors and invited lecturers. The professor Carles Puente shared knowledge on how to take advantage of research to create economic impact and explore the potential of research

The Vèrtex Auditorium hosted this day on the new patent system, effective since June 1 and which had the participation of Carles Puente, professor at the UPC.

The co-founders of Fractus, Rubén Bonet, currently CEO, and Carles Puente, professor at the UPC, explained how they managed to go from being a leading spin-off to antenna technology inspired by fractal shapes to a large company with more than 120 patents