Innovation Management Service (SGI)
The UPC Innovation Management Service (SGI) has as its main function the valorisation of research results, understood as the process of supporting technological maturation, the advancement of TRL to bring technologies closer to the market. The main activities are: the protection of intellectual and industrial property results, the valorisation of technologies, the creation of spin-offs based on research results and the promotion of an entrepreneurial culture throughout the UPC community.
The Head of the Service is Cristina Areste and the service is organised into the following Units:
Valorisation and Transfer Unit
The Valorisation and Transfer Unit promotes the return to society of the research results generated at the UPC. It is in charge of protecting intellectual and industrial property, technology valorisation and licensing management, as well as providing strategic support for the creation and consolidation of technology-based companies (spin-offs) derived from the University.
| Valorisation and Transfer Unit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head of the Unit |
Eva Villalón |
eva.villalon@upc.edu |
| Valorisation and transfer management |
Elena López |
elena.lopez-cano@upc.edu |
| Valorisation and transfer management |
Mathilde Cadene |
mathilde.cadene@upc.edu |
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Spin-off and valorisation management |
Marta Villarroya |
marta.vilarroya@upc.edu |
| Spin-off and licensing management |
Adrià de Lucas i Ibañez |
adria.de.lucas@upc.edu |
| Spin-off and valorisation management |
Laura Tuduri |
laura.tuduri@upc.edu |
R&D&I Space Management Unit
Management of the buildings and spaces of the Parc UPC for companies and entities in the scientific and technological sector.
| R&D&I Space Management Unit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Head of the Unit | José Luis Grande | jose.luis.grande@upc.edu |
| R&D&I space management | Maria Ortis | maria.ortis@upc.edu |
| R&D&I space management | Elisabet Romero | elisabet.romero@upc.edu |
|
Economic management of R&D&I spaces |
Judith Losada |
judith.losada@upc.edu |
|
Business growth and incubation management |
Marta Gelabert |
marta.gelabert@upc.edu |
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit
The Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit provides students, recent graduates and teaching and research staff with services, activities and resources to turn ideas into real projects. It also manages the pre-incubation and incubation of early-stage technology-based projects.
| Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit | ||
|---|---|---|
| Entrepreneurship and innovation management and transversal support for the unit | Laia Iglesias | laia.iglesias.galceran@upc.edu |
| Entrepreneurship and innovation management - EEBE Espai Emprèn | Ximena Alejandra Silva | ximena.alejandra.silva@upc.edu |
| Entrepreneurship and innovation management - Campus Nord Emprèn | David Blasco | d.blasco@upc.edu |
| Entrepreneurship and innovation management - Emprèn UPC Terrassa | Marta Nolis | marta.nolis@upc.edi |
| ESA-BIC accelerator management (European Space Agency - Parc Mediterrani de la Tecnologia) | Cristina Protasio | cristina.protasio@pmt.es |
Transversal Support for the Innovation Management Service
| Transversal Support for the Innovation Management Service | ||
|---|---|---|
| Economic and administrative management | Nàdia Cirera | nadia.cirera@upc.edu |
| Economic and administrative management | Cristina Urpí | cristina.urpi@upc.edu |
The Innovation Management Service is made up of two main areas:
| Valorisation and transfer | |
|---|---|
| Protection of technologies |
Advising teaching and research staff on intellectual and industrial property (IP) strategy and portfolio management. |
| Valorisation of research |
Accompanying teaching and research staff in the maturation processes of research results and supporting the advancement of technologies to the market. Search for funding through valorisation grants.
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| Technology transfer |
Advising teaching and research staff on technology commercialisation strategies, licensing to third parties or supporting the creation of knowledge-based companies (spin-offs). |
| Entrepreneurship and innovation | |
|---|---|
| Pre-incubation | Emprèn UPC is the programme for promoting an entrepreneurial culture and supporting the creation of new technology-based and/or innovative companies aimed at UPC students and/or recent graduates with an early-stage project. |
| Incubation |
Initiatives to support the consolidation of new technology-based and/or innovative companies promoted by members of the UPC community: start-ups and spin-offs. More information at Parc UPC. |
| Acceleration |
Initiatives to support the accelerated development and/or growth of new technology-based and/or innovative companies promoted by members of the UPC community: start-ups and spin-offs.
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