PhD Thesis defenses

Description:

Sylvia Montilla, head of the Research, Studies and Publishing Unit at the Catalan Audiovisual Council (CAC) will offer a conference on 3 May at the Aula Magna of the Faculty of Communication Studies under the framework of the conference series "MediaLab Innova UAB: Innovació i reptes dels sistemes de mitjans". This initiative is organised by the faculty and lecturers of Communication Structure of the Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and aims to provide students with the experiences of professionals.

Place: Faculty of Communication Studies (Aula Magna)

Date: Friday 3, May2024 - 11:00h

Description:

The UAB joins the new blood donation campaign of the Blood and Tissue Bank. Several areas of the campus will become a donation point. This campaign aims to make itself known among the younger generations of Catalonia, raise awareness and inform people about donating blood.

On 7 May from  10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a blood drive will take place at the entrance hall of the School of Engineering. To participate, it is necessary to sign up in advance by choosing the most suitable time. This year, the Blood and Tissue Bank aims to build the first digital castle. Each donation is one more step to building this castle that represents a symbol of the collective effort of donating blood and the cohesion and connection that this gesture means between donors and recipients.

The Blood and Tissue Bank is also holding a bone marrow donation campaign.

Place: School of Engineering

Date: Tuesday 7, May2024 - 10:00h

Description:

The UAB joins the new blood donation campaign of the Blood and Tissue Bank. Several areas of the campus will become a donation point. This campaign aims to make itself known among the younger generations of Catalonia, raise awareness and inform people about donating blood.

On 8 and 9 May, from  10 a.m. to 2 p.m., a blood drive will take place at the entrance hall of the Faculty of Arts & Hunmanities and of Psychology. To participate, it is necessary to sign up in advance by choosing the most suitable time. This year, the Blood and Tissue Bank aims to build the first digital castle. Each donation is one more step to building this castle that represents a symbol of the collective effort of donating blood and the cohesion and connection that this gesture means between donors and recipients.

The Blood and Tissue Bank is also holding a bone marrow donation campaign.

Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities and of Psychology

Date: Wednesday 8, May2024 - 10:00h

End date: Thursday 9, May2024 - 14:00h

Description:

The CVC's Open Days are aimed directly to university students and the public in general as a way to share with other the activities conducted at the CVC and the work done in the research centre. The visit is aimed at showing what the computer vision centre is and what sectors it can benefit, as well as helping the public discover its main projects and lines of research, experience how research is conducted "live", and discover the academic and professional opportunities available at the centre (TFGs, work placements, master's degrees, PhD programmes, etc.).

The meeting will include a visit to the CVC's facilities, with different demonstrations of interactive technologies. 

For more information and registrations please visit:
https://www.cvc.uab.es/cvc-portes-obertes/

Place: Computer Vision Centre, UAB Bellaterra campus (Building O)

Date: Wednesday 8, May2024 - 11:00h

Organiser: Computer Vision Centre

Description:

The Xarxa AccessCat, with the support of the Office of the Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship of the UAB and AGAUR, through the Grants for R&D&I Networks (2021XARDI00007), and the collaboration of the UAB Parc de Recerca and the Directorate General of Knowledge Transfer of the Government of Catalonia, organises a conference to bring knowledge transfer to researchers and institutions in the fields of social sciences and humanities.

The event, aimed at teaching and research staff and technical and management staff of all Catalan universities, will emphasise two fundamental aspects: understanding the type of transfer that can be made from the fields of social sciences and humanities, and the mechanisms for evaluating its impact.

Prior registration is required to participate in the conference. Registration will close on 29 April or when the maximum capacity is reached.

PROGRAMME

9:30  -10:00 a.m. Registration as participants

10:00 - 10:15 a.m. Institutional welcome speech, by Laia Arnal, director general of Transfer and Society of Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia, and Javier Lafuente, rector of the UAB.

10:15 - 10:45 a.m. Valorització social de la recerca en Ciències Socials i Humanitats. Aprenent del sexenni de transferència, conference by Julia Olmos, professor in Business Organisation and member of INN4ALL, research group in Innovation, Science and Society (UV).

10:45 - 11:15 Coffee break

11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Round table led by Lídia Aguilera, director in Innovation (CaixaResearch Institute): De què parlem quan parlem de transferència de coneixement en Ciències Socials i Humanitats?

• Jordi Balló, director of the Department of Communication (UPF).
• Jordi Collet, professor in Sociology of Education (UVic-UCC).
• Anna Matamala, principal investigator at TransMedia Catalonia (UAB) and director of Xarxa AccessCat.
• Laura Sáez, member and co-CEO of CoRegistros, S.L.U. and lecturer at the UB and the IQS).

12:15 - 1:15 p.m. Round table led by Manel González-Piñero, director in Innovation (CREB UPC) and lecturer of the Faculty of Economics (UB) and of the ESMUC: Com avaluem la transferència de coneixement en Ciències Socials i Humanitats? Indicadors i impacte social. 

• Marcos Paz, technician in Knowledge Transfer (UOC) and member of the RedOTRI Work Group in Social Science and Humanities Transfer.
• Nadal Bayà, head of the Area of Knowledge Transfer (AGAUR).
• María José Herrero, member of the European project Revalorise and head of Connexió amb l’Ecosistema. Servei de Suport a l’Emprenedoria i la Innovació (UC3M). 
• Teresa Sordé Martí, professor of Sociology (UAB).

1:15 - 1:45 p.m. Conclusions with Anna Matamala, director of the Xarxa AccessCat, and institutional closing speech by Rosa María Sebastián Pérez, vice-rector for Innovation, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at the UAB.

Place: Rectorat building (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 9, May2024 - 10:00h

Organiser: AccessCat Network, with the support of the UAB Vice-Rector's Office for Transfer, Innovation and Entrepreneurship and the AGAUR R&D&I Network Grants (2021XARDI00007), the UAB Parc de Recerca, and the Directorate General of Transfer

Description:

One more year, the Centre for University Entrepreneurship (CIEU) of the UAB organises its CIEU-FEiE Award to the most entrepreneurial person. The event will take place in the conference hall (Sala d'actes) of the Faculty of Economics and Business Studies. The session will begin with a presentation by Alan Fusté, founder of the company Mathew. This will be followed by the awards ceremony presented by the director of the CIEU, Andreu Turró. The categories awarded in this edition are: hotel management, archiving and document management, prevention and integral security, tourism, Faculty of Economics and Business and general UAB.

Place: Faculty of Economics and Business Studies (conference hall)

Date: Thursday 9, May2024 - 11:30h