Activities
Thursday, May 2 2024
Dia · Setmana
09:00
Professional Orientation Activities: Exploring professional research channels and self-candidates
Description:
The Employment Service of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities offers training activities within the field of Anthropology. These sessions are open to UAB students and alumni. The objective is for participants to reinforce their skills and help them face the challenges of the professional world. The activities will take place each Thursday until 16 May at the faculty.
On Thursday 2 May the activity "Explorem els canals de recerca de feina i autocandidatura" will take place from 9 to 11 a.m. at the Aula 201 of the Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Registration is free through NEXUS.
Place: Faculty of Arts & Humanities
Date: Thursday 2, May2024 - 09:00h
Friday, May 3, 2024
11:00
Sylvia Montilla (CAC) to attend the INNO MÈDIA UAB series
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
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
10:00
Blood drive at the UAB
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
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
10:00
Blood drive at the UAB
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
11:00
Open Day at the Computer Vision Centre
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
Thursday, May 9, 2024
10:00
Conference on "Knowledge Transfer in Social Science and the Humanities"
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