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Participation in the UPC's first Doctoral Summer Day
Jul, 11, 2023. 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. Program
The new European patent system with unitary effect
May 17, 2023. 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. An introduction was made to the changes that the unified patent system came into force on June 1, 2023, and opportunities, doubts and decisions to take into account were discussed for the UPC scientific community. Program
Presentation of the book 'Fractus, the phoenix'
Apr 27, 2023. 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. Bonet summarizes the story in the book Fractus, the pioneering phoenix of the Catalan deep tech ecosystem,
Fractus visits the UPC Startup Corner at 4YFN
Mar 2, 2023. As part of the activities of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, members of the Fractus company visited the Startup Corner of the UPC at Four Years From Now (4YFN) event, the most important event dedicated to promoting entrepreneurship within the Mobile World Congress. Read more
The UPC shows its muscle and entrepreneurial talent
Feb 27, 2023. From February 27 to March 2, the UPC showed its entrepreneurial spirit at the Four Years From Now (4YFN) event. More than thirty technology-based spin-offs and start-ups, led by UPC students, alumni or research staff, have attended this international meeting of the innovation ecosystem. Read more
At 'Demo Day' of the program 'From Science to the Marketplace'
Dec 15, 2022. The representatives of the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub got to know the entrepreneurial community and the innovative system of the participating universities in the program 'From Science to the Marketplace'. An initiative of the Generalitat de Catalunya that helps students transform their master's or doctoral thesis into a business project.
Fractus and the UPC create a technological hub to develop deep tech solutions
Sep 19, 2022. The company Fractus and the UPC have agreed to create the Fractus-UPC Deep Tech Hub, a research center where deep technologies will be designed and improved to develop disruptive technological solutions based on scientific challenges with great potential and social impact. Fractus is one of the first spin-offs that emerged from the UPC. Read more