University courses in the fields of technology, business and health which take a professional approach and encourage entrepreneurship

El Start for Future program) organized on November 23 and 24 the first Co-Creation Summit, at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich (Germany). The event brought together students, startups, universities, incubators, companies and local and regional governments, to generate co-creation opportunities and connect European innovation ecosystems. The activity had the participation of Mariya Gabriel, European Commissioner for Innovation, Research, Culture, Education and Youth, who delved into the New Innovation Agenda for Europe. Likewise, large corporations such as Bosch and Siemens, innovation hubs and other prominent actors were present.

On behalf of the TecnoCampus, Anahí Moyano, head of University Entrepreneurship, and the five members of the On Rails startup, with the White Jacket solution: Aitor Garcia, Albert Loma, Eric Fradera and Jan Cano, students of the double degree in Computer Science and Video Games at the TecnoCampus, and Xavier Torino, alumni of Administration and Business Management at Pompeu Fabra University. On Rails, recent winner of the Creative University Award, is currently co-incubated by TecnoCampus (incubator and Reimagine Textile program) and the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship in Germany. White Jacket is an innovative technological solution in the form of a wearable for blind or severely visually impaired people.

During the event, they presented their pitch in the event's main forum and had a booth that allowed them to show off the vest prototype and meet with investors, suppliers, corporations and other startups, as well as participate in workshops and a one-on-one coaching session with the University of Ghent (Belgium).

About the experience they had, Aitor Garcia comments: "Enjoying this international vision completely changed the way we approached and sized our project; it allowed us to expand our horizons and our scope." Anahí Moyano indicated that TecnoCampus is currently incubating five startups that are part of the Start for Future Program: the local On Rails, Cänma and Operantmerge, in addition to Polymer 01, from Bulgaria, and RongoDesign, from Romania, which was also present at the event and was a finalist in the Strascheg Awards. For Moyano, "belonging to this European alliance allows us to internationalize our teams and bring them closer to markets of interest. In addition, it positions us as a reference incubation center thanks to the aggregate value of our verticals, the services of softlanding that we offer and TecnoCampus' firm commitment to entrepreneurship and innovation".

Start for Future brings together more than 30 universities and allied entities and with the Summit has begun the path to becoming a European Cooperative Society. The Summit was organized by Start for Future Alliance together with EIT HEI Initiative and EIT Urban Mobility.

Scholarship students and their families filled the Graduation Hall in an event in which the mayor of Mataró and president of TecnoCampus took part, David Bote; the general director of the TecnoCampus, Josep Lluís Checa; the deputy vice-chancellor to the chancellor of Pompeu Fabra University, David Sancho; and the president of the board of directors of Aquahotel, Joaquim Pons. All of them have emphasized that the scholarships reward the effort made in the pre-university stage and in the first year of the University, and demonstrate the will of recho excellence by companies and institutions. The scholarships consist of a bonus on the tuition fee.

The students recognized with a Talent scholarship are:

• Alex Garuz Lanau (Degree in Computer Engineering, Management and Information Systems).
• Jaume Gibert Rangel (Degree in Industrial and Automatic Electronic Engineering).
• Judith Carlota Velasco (Graduate in Audiovisual Media).
• Laia Benages Gómez (Graduate in Video Game Design and Production).
• Martí Sanchez Rulo (Double Degree in Computer Management and Information Systems/ Degree in Video Game Design and Production).
• Miriam Troya Font (Degree in Business Administration and Innovation Management).
• Ana Rebull Carrasco (Double Degree in Tourism and Leisure Management / Degree in Business Administration and Innovation Management).
• Carla Gazquez Sahuquillo (Graduate in Marketing and Digital Communities).
• Oscar Blanco Marin (Degree in Logistics and Maritime Business).
• Marta Montiel Gómez (Montiel Gómez, Marta).
• Arnau Vidal i Herrera (Double Degree in Business Administration and Innovation Management / Degree in Marketing and Digital Communities).
• Marc Escobar Castro (Graduate in Nursing).
• Arnau Navarro Ruiz (Graduate in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences).
• Marta Tintoré Piera (Double Degree Degree in Physiotherapy / Degree in Physical Activity and Sport Sciences).
• Unai Gimeno-Bayon Guinart (Degree in Physiotherapy).

The students recognized with a University-Company scholarship are:

• Adelaida Vilaró Müller.
• Carla Serrat Anaya.

TecnoChallenge brought together nearly 50 undergraduate and master's students from various degrees. In a preliminary session, which took place on November 11, ten multidisciplinary teams were formed, whose members met for the first time and were able to choose together the challenge they would work on during the weekend event of November 19 and 20.

The teams developed the solutions following the Design Thinking methodology, to present them on Sunday with a pitch in front of the judges of each challenge. The winning teams were:

• Company challenge: Fénix team, made up of David Alfaro and Santi Aymerich, together with Linghao Feng and Kenny Wang.
• Startup challenge: Together Safer team, formed by Victor Antràs, Sebastian Reyes, Ian Roche and Roger Vidal.
• University challenge: team Jamale, with Mario Aldabó, Jaime Blanco, Letizia Quer and Albert Verdaguer as members.
  
  Sebastian Reyes, Master's student in Entrepreneurship and Innovation, commented on the event: "It was an enriching experience, which we enjoyed as a team and which allowed us to network and motivate ourselves more." For his part, Mario Aldabó, students of the Degree in Business Administration and Innovation Management with teaching in English, pointed out: "The event will help us on the way to being professionals of the future."
  
  Daniel Ayala, from Ambisort emphasized: "As an entrepreneur it has been very enriching to participate in the TecnoChallenge and to see the great talent that is rising and how they propose solutions to the proposed challenges." The days were animated by the expert Ana Rodera, with Javier Pérez and Borja Fernández from Evoluciona. The event was made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Department of Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Provincial Council of Barcelona, ​​the Ajuntament de Mataró and the Start for Future European Program.
  
  Each of the teams won 500 euros and the possibility to implement their solution together with the masters of the challenges, , or from the TecnoCampus pre-incubator. The days were animated by the expert Ana Rodera, with Javier Pérez and Borja Fernández from Evoluciona. The event was made possible thanks to the collaboration of the Department of Business and Labor of the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Provincial Council of Barcelona, ​​the Ajuntament de Mataró and the Start for Future European Program.

The Red Bank is a cultural and peaceful prevention, information and awareness project against gender violence and femicide. Its aim is to make people who see it think, a kind of wake-up call to continue talking about it every day of the year, not just on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women , and March 8, International Women's Day.

It is part of an awareness campaign against the abuse of women that was born in 2016 in Italy on the initiative of the activist Tina Magenta. The installation of this bench in the TecnoCampus means a gesture of denunciation against the constant violence that women receive everywhere, and wants to highlight the attention that all victims deserve, as well as make a call of protest against a social plague that does not stop He has been placed in multiple institutions, not only universities.

In Catalonia, the UB and the UPF have placed several red banks. The UPF has placed one on each campus. The color red is associated with the first women's demonstration against femicide that took place in 2012 in Ciudad Juárez (Mexico). On that occasion, the demonstrators exhibited red shoes to symbolize the victims of gender violence. This campaign has had a great impact especially in Italy and Argentina, but also in Mexico, Austria, Australia, Ecuador, etc. The bench bears the phrase "When I go out into the street I don't want to be brave, I want to be free", which was chosen from among several proposals by the members of the TecnoCampus Equality Commission.

La Entrepreneurship Night held today at the TecnoCampus brought together around 300 people to attend the presentation of the Creatic awards and, as a novelty, the first edition of the Antena TrenLab awards. A total of seven projects were recognized during the evening: three corresponding to the Creatic awards and four to the Antena TrenLab, which will allow their promoters to enjoy financial aid and business acceleration programs to bring their solutions to market.

Creative Awards:

• Award for the best business initiative in the field of technology and innovation (12.000 euros and subsidized stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Coresys Health, which works on the development and manufacture of monitors for the detection of sepsis in hospitalized patients. Presented by: James Marugg and Erik Weber Jensen.
• Prize for the best project with social impact (6.000 euros and subsidized stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Hoop Diabetes, a project focused on the design of medical devices to improve the quality of life of people with diabetes. Presented by: David Reyes and Axel Rico.
• Prize for the best initiative led by women (6.000 euros and stay in the TecnoCampus incubator for one year): Sweanty , a start up that offers a solution to prevent dehydration in athletes by analyzing sweat. Presented by: Anna Llorella and Laura Ortega.

Additionally, two projects submitted by students were recognized. The award for university entrepreneurship went to Albert Loma, Aitor Garcia, Jan Cano and Eric Fradera, for the White Jacket project, an innovative technological solution in the form of a wearable for blind or visually impaired people. The best entrepreneurial project in the field of professional training went to the students Carol Lozano, Elsa Mena and Maria Molleví, from the Pia Santa Anna School, for the Iberia Discovery project, a video game with a historical theme of Spain about events that took place between the years 1875 and 1975, applying the gamification to learning 

Antena TrenLab awards:

The awards that respond to the three operational challenges are endowed with €40000 each, and the disruptive challenge with €30.000. Thanks to this endowment, the four companies will participate in a six-month acceleration program that includes the possibility of testing the solution in the territory of Mataró and the Maresme.

• "Smart Railway Station" Operational Challenge CACTUS, For a proposed network of IoT devices and a sustainable technology platform with the ability to provide real-time information of interest to passengers. Presented by: Israel Blanco
• "Customer Happiness" Operational Challenge Wipass, proposes to unify digitization and accompany the user from the beginning to the end of their journey, offering a unique and connected experience with Renfe. And, at the same time, Renfe will be able to obtain relevant information about the experience, interaction and satisfaction of passengers, once the service ends. Presented by: Mariam Ayadi.
• “3D Rail” Operational Challenge Drukatt, which has presented an innovative project in the manufacture of industrial spare parts through design and additive manufacturing, training and integrating the professionals of the territory. Presented by: Israel Arias.
• Disruptive Challenge “Keep it Open!”Hypervisoul proposes to adapt its system of  traffic management to operate fleets of light and automated vehicles on rural rail lines and create on-demand transporte services for commuters-  Presented by: José Triano Romero

The Antena TrenLab project and awards are an initiative of Renfe, Mataró City Council and TecnoCampus. The Creatic awards, an initiative of the TecnoCampus and the Mataró City Council, also have the support of several companies and institutions, among which we should highlight those who act as patrons: Bytemaster, Esed, Fyr Legal, Minoryx, Palobiofarma and Derecho.com In addition to the companies that act as patrons, the Diputació de Barcelona, ​​the Generalitat de Catalunya, through the Secretariat of Digital Policies and the Agency for the Competitiveness of the Company ACCIÓ support the initiative. Also collaborating are the Mataró and Maresme New Information and Communication Technology Business Group (GENTIC), the Independent Association of Young Entrepreneurs of Catalonia (AIJEC), EURECAT, the Federation of Business Associations and Guilds del Maresme (FAGEM), the Associació Don't un impuls, the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona, ​​BANC and PIMEC. It also has the support of the Start For Future European program, promoted by EIT Manufacturing&Urban Mobility.

From this week, you can check the online version of the report for the 2021-2022 academic year, which collects the most relevant data and facts from the past year.

The document reviews the areas of teaching, research, knowledge transfer, internationalization, business creation or support programs for the productive fabric in which the TecnoCampus participates.

If you want Download the 2021-2022 report in PDF, you can do it atcorresponding section of the web page. It is also available in Spanish and English (to access it, change the language of the page).

The TecnoCampus and the Mataró City Council were awarded on October 9 at the Biz Barcelona entrepreneurship show by the Diputació de Barcelona as one of the most active local Reempresa centers in the province of Barcelona, prize that has been repeated in the six previous editions of the program. Reempresa is an initiative of the employers' association Cecot with the support of the Diputació de Barcelona.

The councilor for Employment and Business and second deputy mayor of Mataró City Council, Sergio Morales, was in charge of receiving the recognition. Since its launch in 2012, the TecnoCampus Re-enterprise center has achieved 115 cases of "successful re-enterprises" (assignments or transfers of businesses) that have generated an induced investment of €5.192.226 and have safeguarded 330 jobs.

To date, this service point has advised 354 businesses whose owners wanted to transfer it to an entrepreneur, 584 "re-entrepreneurs" or people interested in acquiring a business have been assisted and 580 negotiation processes have been generated . The aim of the program is to promote and structure the transfer of companies as a way to grow economic activity, and thus avoid the closure of economically viable businesses and the destruction of employment in the municipalities of the county.

The program offers people who want to sell their business, free of charge, individual advice for the preparation of the Transfer Plan, as well as advice throughout the process of the transfer of the company: from the first meeting of the presentation of the parties to the signing of the contract of sale, going through the phases of negotiation and mediation to reach an agreement. People who have the project to "restart" a company or business that is already in operation, are offered a portfolio of businesses in transmission and are helped to make the viability or "Restart" plan of a business that they are interested

The master's degree is aimed at professionals who want to achieve a profile of information technology integrator in management, planning and urban engineering and acquire practice based on experiences of companies in the service sector in cities.

The congress will have the challenge of reimagining and reinventing the city to achieve these changes that are necessary to make in our cities and is aimed at engineering professionals who develop their activity at the local level, municipal managers, companies who work in the provision of municipal services, to the political representatives of local administrations and to all those interested in improving the efficiency of municipal management through engineering

This year, the main axes of the congress will be:

1. Imagine new ways of designing the city. The pandemic and periods of confinement have shaken the concept of the city that we had until now.

With presentations such as that of Lior Steinberg, Co-Founder & Urban Planner @Humankind, Xavier Matilla, Chief Architect at Barcelona City Council, representatives of theMetropolitan Area of ​​Barcelona (AMB) and representatives of theAssociation of municipalities for Mobilitat i el Transport Urbà (AMTU).

2. Think about how to improve and make life easy for citizens. The city is the place where there is social interaction, where it is easier for things to happen, and it is the social space par excellence. Round table with Ramon Gras, science researcher of the cities of theharvard university, Vincent Guallart, urban architect with important international projects and Ricard Font, general manager of BIMSA, principal execution agent for works in the city of Barcelona. The moderator will be Oriol Altisench, mobility manager of theAjuntament de Barcelona.

Free registration here.

The short film Ayúdame, produced by Betetafilms and directed by Cristian Beteta, has been selected as candidate for the XV Gaudí Awards. This short film was made as the final work of the Master's in Direction of the Escola Superior de Cinema i Audiovisuals de Catalunya (ESCAC), and has had the participation of several students and alumni of the Degree in Audiovisual Media of the TecnoCampus, among which there is Cristian Beteta (screenwriter, director and producer) -in the picture with Patricia Pujadas, producer-, Àlex D. Sala (director of photography), Cris Borràs (head of production), Monica Castro (director of art), Gerard Cobos (sound technician), Julia Santisteban (art assistant) and Jordi Planas (Gaffer).

The short film, produced in 2022, stars Pedro Casablanc, Dafnis Balduz, Georgina Latre, César Mateo, Xavier Teixedó and Biel Rossell. Synopsis: "Pedro is a security guard. He is in a park waiting for his partner to come and replace him. Meanwhile, a person starts insulting and assaulting other passers-by for no apparent reason. Pedro, despite having a date and not wanting to get involved in the matter, is forced to intervene."

The XXVIII Spanish Universities Research Conferences were held in Valencia from November 9 to 11 and brought together in person the main people responsible for scientific policy and the management of research, the transfer and innovation of Spanish universities.

On the first day of the conference, TecnoCampus had the opportunity to participate as a speaker in the parallel session of the OTRI Network "Open innovation business initiatives: a challenge for OTRIs", presenting the TecnoCampus ecosystem and the project AntenaTrenLab as an outstanding case of open innovation. The presentation was made by the general director of the TecnoCampus, Josep Lluís Checa, and by Renfe's director of innovation, Maria Pilar Górriz.

On Thursday, November 17, an evaluation commission from the Catalan University Quality Agency (AQU) visits the TecnoCampus to make a visit as part of the accreditation process for the DEGREE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AND INNOVATION MANAGEMENT studies and DEGREE IN TOURISM AND LEISURE MANAGEMENT.

This is a periodic process that, in the case of undergraduate studies, takes place every six years. During its visit, this commission will hold hearings with the various interest groups: teachers, students, graduates and employers. If any person who has not been summoned to these hearings wants to speak to the evaluation committee, they can do so on the same day between 16.15pm and 16.45pm. in room 201 of the TCM1 building, in what is known as an open hearing. The accreditation of qualifications is a periodic process that, in the case of Degree studies, takes place every six years.

The studies that are now entering the process were already positively accredited in 2016 and now the commission will issue a report for the renewal of this accreditation.

The company based in the TecnoCampus Minoryx has reached one agreement to assign the rights to commercialize its treatment for the minority disease X-ALD in Europe. The agreement is with Neuraxpharm for the drug Leriglitazone, specialized in the treatment of X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy (X-ALD). 

Neuraxpharm, a leading European pharmaceutical company specializing in the treatment of CNS disorders, today announced the signing of a strategic licensing agreement. Minoryx grants Neuraxpharm exclusive rights in Europe to lead candidate, leriglitazone, a novel selective brain-penetrating PPAR-gamma agonist. As part of the agreement, Neuraxpharm will pay Minoryx a significant double-digit upfront amount, in addition to milestone payments and development funding totaling up to €258 million. In addition, Minoryx will receive incremental double-digit royalties.

The initiative, which will take place on 16, 17 and 18 in November, is part of the Audiovisual Talent Week, a program that encompasses a series of activities aimed at connecting the new emerging talent of university centers in the audiovisual field with professionals from the entire sector.

Audiovisual Pitching is its main activity, and it also hosts others such as the market for new professionals, workshops, conferences and networking sessions. To this pitching, students present their projects to industry producers. The format consists of a 7-minute presentation and 7 minutes of questions and comments from the producers to the authors. The sessions are held in front of an audience made up of professionals from the sector, institutional representatives of the audiovisual and academic fields and students from the participating universities.

The projects of the Degree in Audiovisual Media selected are:

• Manola, by Pau Bonastre and Pau Artero.
• Ephemeral, by Carla Casimirio Valenzuela and Roger Galano Ramos.
  
  The projects of the Degree in Design and Production of Videogames are:
• Marge It!, by Alex Pascua and Pau Ruano.
• Look What I've Made, by Jan de Nobel and Gerard Coquard.

La Chair of Circular Economics and Sustainability of the TecnoCampus has awarded the student Alex Pelegrín Núñez an award for work "Project for tracking and controlling shrinkage in a Hotmelt machine”, directed by Professor Francisco Flores Salgado. It is a circular economy proposal to reduce the consumption and rejection of both the hot-melt adhesive applied to clothing and the clothing itself. The prize was awarded on October 26 at the headquarters of the Chair of Circular Economy and Sustainability, in an event attended by the general director of the TecnoCampus, Josep Lluís Checa, and the vice president of the Maresme Regional Council, Joaquim Arnó (in the photograph, both with the prize winner).

The award is part of the chair's annual awards, which will be held again this year 2022-2023 with the intention of recognizing those final degree and master's theses that provide proposals to address the need for the transition to new models of production and consumption. The following categories have been established: area of ​​research, area of ​​entrepreneurship and innovation, area of ​​improvements and best thesis at the end of a degree or master's degree.

The awards are supported by'Aigües de Mataró, the Maresme Urban Solid Waste Consortium and the Maresme County Council, and involves an allocation of 800 euros for each category.

The methodology called eHEI (entrepreneurial Higher Education Institutions) is built on the HEInnovate platform, developed by the European Commission and the OECD, which defines a taxonomy of the entrepreneurial university in eight dimensions: leadership and governance; organizational capacity; entrepreneurship teaching and learning; support for entrepreneurs; knowledge transfer; internationalization; digitization; and impact measurement

The eHEI methodology defines a process that goes from the reflection and analysis of the university's entrepreneurial development, the definition of the university's mission and vision, the detection of opportunities, the generation of ideas, the elaboration of a strategy and action plan, as well as the identification and measurement of impact. To follow this process, eHEI has created a set of support tools such as action cards, which facilitate the generation of ideas and the creation of the action plan.

The eHEI methodology is the result of the work of a consortium of universities formed by the University of Aveiro (Portugal) -as project leader-, Dundalk Institute (Ireland), LUT University (Finland), Strascheg Center for Entreprenurship ( Germany), in addition to the TecnoCampus. The project called "Towards HEInnovate 2.0: From assessment to action" (THEI2.0), started in 2020 and has been funded by the European Commission through the Erasmus + program. The methodology has been tested and validated with more than ten universities from all over Europe. Likewise, it has received international recognition with the realization of a workshop in Amsterdam last June 16, in the framework of the UIIN 2022 (University Industry Innovation Network) congress and the subsequent dissemination in the HEInnovate network supported by the European Commission.

The TecnoCampus work team is led by Ester Bernadó and made up of also professor Jaume Teodoro, and Ferran Huidobro, technician from the area of ​​Transfer, Innovation and Enterprise, as well as the participation of Anna Gabriel and Marta Carceller, from the sevei of projects and research, and Anahí Moyano, responsible for university entrepreneurship.

The Tecnocampus has opened the call so that the park's business community, made up of more than a hundred companies, can choose to be present at the 4YFN show, which will be held in Barcelona as part of the Mobile World Congress.

Ten companies will be selected that will be able to exhibit their project at the TecnoCampus stand on March 1 and 2, 2023 and thus gain visibility and connect with investors, partners or customers from all over the world. This call is aimed at technological or digital startups, especially in the areas of Health, fintech, blockchain, artificial intelligence, IOT, big data, mobile, textiles or IT.

In the 2022 edition, participating tech startups were Leads Finanzas, MyHealthWatcher,, Elsetic, Appat delivery, Datali Group, Winahost, JDE Payment, Coresyshealth and Inviertis. All rated the experience very positively, which has allowed them to connect with potential investors and clients and explore opportunities for collaborations and business 

The event, promoted by the Innpulso Network and the Ministry of Science and Innovation, was held at the Veles e Vents space, in the Valencia Marina, and had the collaboration of the Valencia City Council, the center of innovation Las Naves and Valencia Activa. The main objective of Innpulso Emprende is facilitate the meeting between municipal officials and the entrepreneurial fabric, while rewarding the most innovative initiatives of the different municipalities.

The 50 participating cities presented their innovative companies in a format elevator pitch. The transversal theme proposed, for the second consecutive year, has been that of climate-neutral cities (100 Climate-Neutral Cities by 2030 – by and for the citizens), promoted by the European Commission. The meeting is a showcase of talent, an unbeatable promotion opportunity for companies and emerging projects that have enjoyed the opportunity to show themselves in front of other municipalities, potential markets and potential investment agents.

The company Valgreen E-coviviendas, located in the TecnoCampus, designs and promotes ecological homes that enhance people's well-being, encourage coexistence and facilitate teleworking. Valgreen aims to establish the foundations for an affordable building, oriented towards sustainability and with a lower impact on nature.

A good example of this innovative capacity were the projects presented at the Reimagine Textile awards, jointly organized by the Mataró City Council, the Eurecat technology center and the TecnoCampus. This program makes available to entrepreneurs, startups and companies in the sector an incubation space and FabLAB (fabrication and prototyping textile laboratory) for the generation of new companies.

Yesterday's winners were Sustein (Innovation plus and Sustainability and circular economy awards); Ubra (functional textile award); Rrent (Digital Business Model Award); and Infinite Athletics (special mention). All of them will enjoy a bonus stay in the incubator.

Before the day, in the framework of ACTE, one was carried out work session where the current leaders of the industrial policy of the main Catalan cities with a textile tradition -Mataró, Sabadell, Igualada, Terrassa and Manresa-, together with the presidencies of the guilds, clusters and technological centers specialized in the textile and fashion value chain, shared territorial experiences of economic development in the sector and jointly identified present and future challenges, to strengthen business competitiveness in a conjunctural moment in which a return to zero kilometer production is experienced.

The day held yesterday was sponsored by companies in the textile value chain. Specifically, from the fashion firm Bobo Choses as sponsor SYLVER; technical fabric manufacturer SportWearFabrics and fashion brand Colibrí as BRONZE sponsors. And finally, EPSON, a company with solutions for the digitization of the textile sector, also as a BRONZE sponsor. In the central conference of the day, Emili Rousaud, CEO of Factor Energia, advised entrepreneurs to invest in facilities that allow them to supply themselves with energy, as he predicted that the high prices of gas and electricity they will remain "As a country, we have a privileged position to supply and export wind and solar energy", he pointed out.

Jaume Ferrús, vice president of Eurecat; Francesc Casas, president of Asegema; Sergi Morales, Councilor of Employment and Business of Mataró; and David Bote, mayor of Mataró, pointed out in their interventions that the role of the public sector is to contribute to the innovation of a sector with deep roots and with the possibility of continuing to grow. In the round table that starred the companies Finsa, Hilaturas Arnau, Texia, Bobo Choses and Original Buff, there was a coincidence in pointing out sustainability as an opportunity for the future.

On the weekend of October 29 and 30, you can enjoy for free, at cochereres de Sants (Barcelona), an edition full of studios and developers exhibiting their video games, talks and conferences by industry professionals, arcade machines, virtual reality, video game music sessions, exhibition of independent projects and more. The IndieDevDay is an ideal place to network, especially for the best TecnoCampus projects from the Video Game Design and Production Degree, which will enjoy a stand at the fair.

At the stand there will be a representation of the projects of the degree and one of the professors of the degree, the art expert Dani Candil, will give a talk on Sunday with the title "Art Direction: Survival Manual". The projects that will be presented have been carried out in the framework of two of the three subjects of "Creation and Development Projects", which are offered in the Degree in Design and Production of Videogames.

The development has gone hand in hand with professors of the degree who are, at the same time, professionals in the video game industry: Jordi Arnal (Kaneda Games), Paolo Gambardella (Tangelo Games), Albert Ramon (Kaneda Games), Dani Candil (Alkimia Interactive) , Rafa Gonzalez (Alkimia Interactive) and Javier Untoria (Alkimia Interactive).

The projects presented are:

• "Look What I've Made", by students Gerard Coquard, Héctor Vergel, Cora Real, Jan De Nobel and Nil Muns. Look What I've Made is a metroidvania video game with an RPG twist in which the player must progress through the different areas of the world to unlock skills and level up in order to fulfill the protagonist's goal.
•  "AllPack.co", by students Pau Bartolomé Alvea, Anabel Jiménez Moreno, Carlos Martínez Bueno, Gerard Montasell Valls, Arnau Reig Méndez, Pau París Muñoz and Daniel de Salabert García. In this game, the prestigious delivery company Allpack.Co has hired the player, who must drive like a madman through the streets of Llama City and deliver all the packages on time if he does not want to be fired.
• "Claws Out", by students Óscar Villalobos Marin, Ariel Valera Chacón, Marc Mas Vidal, Ainoa Tabares Amaya, Marcel Feliu Saperas, Eduard Corral López, Paula Ros Márquez and Rocard Peláez Corberó. This game is a third-person shooter where the player chooses from multiple bullets that have different effects and must create his own combos to face all kinds of enemies.
• "Gyromitra", by students Pau Sánchez, Marina Camí, Lidia Álvarez, Joel Rodríguez, Jose Antonio Cánovas, Alex Terradas, Óscar Paz and Josep Franqueza. This game is a third-person shooter and platformer where the player controls a forest spirit.
• "Merge It!", by students Marc Martínez, Pablo Morer, Darian Badia, Pau Ruano, Isaac Tomás, Carlos Carbó, Alex Pascua and Marc Torres. In this game the player takes on the role of Alch, an apprentice alchemist who embarks on a mission to create a mysterious object requested by his master.
  
  Conference on Sunday, October 30 at 15 p.m.: "Art Direction: Survival Manual" This talk given by Dani Candil, Art Director of Alkimia Interactive (THQ Nordic) and Art teacher at the Degree in Design and Videogames at the Tecnocampus, will explore the importance of art in a video game and how an Art Director develops his work: from the emotional and professional management of the team, to the environments, characters, search for references, a solid style, the light.

Last Wednesday, October 12, it was presented at the Saló Nàutic de Barcelona in the agora space of the Port of Barcelona Mirada Blava project, in which the Chair of Circular Economics and Sustainability of TecnoCampus as a partner. This project works within the scope of teaching and the promotion of educational activities on maritime issues, with the focus on the sustainable development of the coast.

The professor of the TecnoCampus Marco A. Rodríguez, presented during this presentation the main reflections of the project, which starts from a comprehensive analysis of the existing educational activities in the field of the blue economy, with the aim of laying the foundations for the creation of a platform that brings together these initiatives to publicize existing activities, raise awareness of the educational community, encourage the creation of new content and integrate existing activities with the current teaching environments and curriculum.

The project is part of one of the sectors of circularity in which the Chair works through several projects: the blue and circular economy.