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The Forum Innovation Demand reaches Novum

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The initiative is the result of contributions made in the "Research and Business Seminar: Collaborate to better compete" as part of the 2014 The Festival of Science, Technology and Innovation of Barcelona.
 28.04.2015

The Forum Innovation Demand reaches Novum

The Network of Science and Technology Parks of Catalonia (XPCAT)  in collaboration with the Barcelona City Council, FemCATPimec and Ascamm center, is organizing this Thursday, 30th April, the Demand Innovation Forum at the  Disseny Hub Barcelona. The event features an open innovation space where a series of companies will publicly launch their challenges to foster innovative responses from technology centers, research groups, entrepreneurs and spin-offs. The call for the submission of solutions will be open until 5 June. During the Bizbarcelona, to be held on 1 and 2 of July, a partnership meeting (B2B meetings) will be held between these companies and the selected projects.  

 

The Forum Innovation Demand, part of the Festival of Science, Technology and Innovation of Barcelona NOVUM 2015, was born out with the aim of establishing links between the capabilities of the Catalonia´s research fabric with the needs of the business world. The initiative is the result of contributions and the debate that representatives of organizations from the scientific and business fields in Catalonia made at the “Research and Business Seminar: Collaborate to better compete”, as part of the 2014 The Festival of Science, Technology and Innovation of Barcelona. The conclusions were included in a document titled ‘Challenges and Actions‘ that was on exhibit at the Parliament of Catalonia.

To date the following companies have already presented their challenges: Agbar, Bohigas, Factor Energía, GB Foods (Gallina Blanca), Confectionery Guild of Barcelona, KH Lloreda, Lékué, La Fura dels Baus, Neos Surgery and Inprous.

The deadline for the submission of projects providing solutions to the challenges is 5 June through the on-line platform: : http://goo.gl/WmkBmm.

For a description of some of the challenges that companies will launch on Wednesday 30 April, please click [+info]