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.
Smart sports
This brunch will provide a vision of trends in the sports industry, such as wearable devices, intelligent sports clothing and biometric data management.
Biopharmaceutical production
This Brunch brought together pharmaceutical companies and research personnel to discuss innovations in the biopharmaceutical field. There was a presentation of the collaboration case between Kymos Pharma Services and the Department of Pharmacology, Therapeutics and Toxicology of the UAB to promote an Industrial Doctorate on biosimilar medications.
Gamification and heritage
In this Brunch you can learn about innovations in the development of simulations, games, collaborative applications, mobile devices and solutions for museums, with the Institute of Artificial Intelligence Research (IIIA-CSIC), the Department of Prehistory of the UAB and the City Council of Banyoles.
Circular water
The circular economy applied to the water sector opens new opportunities of research and business. During this Brunch, the case of collaboration between CETAQUA and the municipalities of Gavà and Sabadell was presented.
Microbial Resistance
The worldwide flow of people, food products, animals and plants makes the circulation of pathogens very permeable by simultaneous routes. The massive and indiscriminate use of antibiotics to combat them causes the phenomenon of microbial resistance to antibiotics (RMA).
Smart Food
It is usually called "smart food" to refer to foods that through the application of new technologies improve their nutrition and healthy effect, preserve food safety and better fit consumer preferences and needs .
Big Data in the social healthcare sector
In the social-health sector, the incidence of Big Data is particularly relevant for the implantation of Electronic Clinical History (EHR), due to the explosion of genomics, and the fact that most of the data generated are unstructured.
Product innovation in Cosmetics
Perfume and cosmetics is a mature, strong and growing sector with a special commitment to internationalization and innovation. The biggest challenges of the formulations are consistency, stability, efficiency and security, but in this industry, innovation is mainly based on changes in consumer preferences on textures, formats and fragrances, as well as the Search for new market niches.
Neuromarketing for the retail sector
Neuromarketing aims to improve the effectiveness of marketing through neuroscience, and in traditional commerce it has become a way of differentiation, because it gives personal experience and emotional connection the shopping experience.
Digitalisation and exploitation of data in the public sector
New packaging solutions for fresh foods
During the session, IRTA and Carburos Metálicos presented their project collaboration for the development of a food container with a gas atmosphere. Moreover, the assistants could listen examples of innovative practices in intelligent packaging from the hand of companies, technology centers, research groups, consortiums and entities working in this field.
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. Furthermore, examples of innovation were also provided by companies, public consortiums, technology centers, entities and other research groups.
Solutions for smart mobility
In this session was presented the transfer case between SEAT and the Computer Vision Center to develop mobility solutions. Moreover, the assistants could discuss examples and experiences of new technologies that are taking place in sustainable mobility.
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.