Innovation Management Service (SGI)

The Innovation Management Service of UPC has as its main function the valorization of research results, understood as the process of supporting technological maturation, advancing TRL to bring technologies to the market. The main activities are: protecting the results of intellectual and industrial property, valorizing technologies, creating spin-offs based on research results, and promoting entrepreneurial culture throughout the UPC community.

The head of the service is Cristina Aresté, and is organised into the following Units:

Valorisation and Transfer Unit
Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit
R&D Spaces Management Unit

Valorization and Transfer Unit

Eva Villalón unit manager
Elena López specialist
Sonia Touriño specialist
Mathilde Cadene specialist
Marta Villarroya specialist

Entrepreneurship and Innovation Unit

Laia Iglesias: entrepreneurship specialist
Ximena Alejandra Silva: entrepreneurship specialist
Jose Luis Grande: Incubation specialist
Elisabeth Vilchez: ESA-BIC accelerator specialist

R&D&I Spaces Management Unit

Cross-functional Support

Cristina Urpí Economic Area
Anna Duro Economic Area
Nora Brugué, Press and Communication

The Innovation Management Service is composed of two main areas:

Valorisation and Transfer

Technology Protection	Advising teachers on intellectual and industrial property (IP) strategy and portfolio management.
Research Valorisation	Supporting trachers in research results maturation processes and assisting in advancing technologies to the market.
Technological Transfer	Advising teachers on technological commercialization strategies, third-party licensing, or supporting the creation of knowledge-based companies (spin-offs).

Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Pre-incubation	Emprèn UPC is the program to foster entrepreneurial culture and support the creation of new technology-based and/or innovative companies aimed at UPC students and/or recent graduates with a project in its initial phase.
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.
Acceleration	Initiatives to support 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.