Innovation inspirational talk: BGSMath and the Collider
Innovation inspirational talk: BGSMath and the Collider
Date
27 Sep 2018
10.00-11.30h
Registration
No fee.
Registering required.
Location
Pier 01, Barcelona
The talk will be focussed on innovation and will end up with a visit at the incubator The Collider.
Here is a list of topics covered:
- Introduction to innovation
- Start-up vs spin-off
- From start-up to company
- What do we mean by entrepreneurs? Can you become one?
- Incubators vs accelerators
- The Barcelona ecosystem in IT/Digital
- Visit to the Collider
“At The Collider we bring together the best scientists, engineers and entrepreneurs to help them create the disruptive startups that will shape the future”.
The Collider is a science based venture builder that aims to complement the tech transfer initiatives ran by Spanish universities and research centers so as to contribute to create commercially successful spin-offs. The program is structured in two phases, an initial opportunity identification and validation phase and a venture building second phase. Only the best teams will be selected to participate in the venture building where the company will be formally founded.
The course is addressed mainly to BGSMath PhD students and postdocs. Registration is compulsory.
If you have any question, please contact secretariat@bgsmath.cat.
Date
27 Sep 2018
10.00-11.30h
Registration
No fee.
Registering required.
Location
Pier 01, Barcelona
The course is addressed mainly to BGSMath PhD students and postdocs. Registration is compulsory.
If you have any question, please contact secretariat@bgsmath.cat.
With the support of
Lecturers
Manuel Palacín
The Collider
Manuel Palacín
PhD in Information and Communication Technologies by the UPF and Master in Applied Telecommunications and Engineering Management by the UPC. Experienced researcher with high entrepreneurial skills. Mr Palacin has joined different research groups like UPC, i2Cat, UPF and collaborated and founded different IT startups.
Currently, Mr Palacin is the Program Manager of the Collider, the Tech Transfer program of mVenturesBcn, an initiative of the Mobile World Capital Barcelona. Here, Mr Palacin leads the selection of the best technology projects and the best scientist and entrepreneur candidates to then coordinate the creation of disruptive deep-tech startups.