Innovation Brunchs
Meetings that show the most disruptive technologies and how they influences in the business and society. They are dedicated to innovation lines in specific fields that allow knowing the tendencies that are configured in that area, as well as the experts of the sector.
The Brunchs are aimed at small and medium companies that want to innovate with the research institutions of the territory.
Past Brunchs
3D printing: From prototyping to industrial manufacturing
The disruption of supply systems induced by COVID-19 caused a shortage of raw materials in most of the industry's verticals. This situation raised the awareness of manufacturers about the crucial role of 3D Printing Technologies or Additive Manufacturing, which was a great opportunity to overcome the state of emergency.
REUSE AND RECYCLING OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE BATTERIES
The electric vehicle is an inevitable future of the automotive industry. However, the short useful life of batteries and the possible scarcity of the minerals necessary for their production make it necessary to explore new opportunities for recycling and reuse, which involve very complex processes.
Slow Tourism: The binomial of industrial and proximity tourism
The crisis arising from the Covid-19 Pandemic has led to important socio-economic changes, both in the way we work and in training, mobility, consumption, leisure ... And the tourism sector is not an exception.
Online learning communities
Despite the recent rise of e-learning, not all e-learning experiences respond to accessible and compatible technologies, nor to methodologies appropriate to their purpose.
Health Apps
In the current pandemic, apps are a crucial resource for health systems, but they also present dilemmas.
THE FUTURE OF SMART FABRICS
The smart fabrics of the future are developed with new materials and with innovative technologies, but also with a key to environmental efficiency.
Smart Rural
We call Smart Rural the initiatives to articulate circular green economies of a local nature that seek to boost competitiveness in the rural world, providing multiple benefits of economic, social, environmental and territorial balance.
Cybersecurity
In the Cloud age, connected devices and massive data generation, digital criminals can exploit organizations' vulnerabilities to manipulate computer infrastructure and steal data, with detrimental economic and reputational effects.
Smart sports
This brunch provided the trends in the sports industry, such as wearable devices, intelligent sports clothing and biometric data management.
Biopharmaceutical production
Pharmaceutical companies and research staff discussed innovations in the biopharmaceutical field.
Gamification and heritage
Discussion of innovations in the development of simulations, games, collaborative applications, mobile devices and museum solutions.
Circular water
Discussion on innovative circular economy practices applied to the water sector.
Microbial Resistance
A collaborative project was presented between the companies ABAC Therapeutics, Draconis Pharma and Isoquimenera for the in vivo evaluation of new molecules with antibacterial activity.
Smart Food
Presentation of the success story of the CIEN SMARTFOODS collaborative project between Laboratorios Ordesa and the Eurecat technology center.
Big Data in the social healthcare sector
This Brunch discussed the challenges and difficulties of carrying out advanced analytical innovation projects in the healthcare system.
Product innovation in cosmetics
In this session, the case of transfer between the Alba Synchrotron and the company Bicosome, spin-off of a CSIC research group, was presented.
Neuromarketing for the retail sector
Experiences, lines of innovation and disruptive neuromarketing technologies applied to commerce, especially to improve the customer experience.
Digitalisation and exploitation of data in the public sector
This session shown the transfer project between Sant Feliu City Council, the Computer Vision Center (CVC) and the Center for Demographic Studies (CED) focused on recovery and dissemination of historical patterns.
New packaging solutions for fresh foods
IRTA and Carburos Metálicos presented their project collaboration for the development of a food container with a gas atmosphere.
Smart waste management: industrial symbiosis
The collaboration between the company Distiller S.A. and the BIO-GLS Technology Center on waste treatment and biogas production.
Solutions for smart mobility
In this session was presented the transfer case between SEAT and the Computer Vision Center to develop mobility solutions.
Sensors in healthcare
The case of Devicare, developer of innovative solutions for diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and monitoring of chronic diseases, and its collaboration with the Group of Chemical Transducers (GTQ) of the IMB-CNM (CSIC), which develops new biochemical transducers based on different materials and interaction methods.