Recull de recursos per facilitar que les empreses, institucions i altres actors del panorama cultural puguin comptar amb la presència de dones científiques en els seus esdeveniments.

L'objecte d'aquestes bases és regular les condicions i el procediment que han de regir la concessió, en el marc del programa Catalunya Emprèn, de les subvencions del Programa primer a empreses emergents (startups) que es trobin en estadis molt inicials de desenvolupament, i que definim com a empreses preemergents (pre-startup), que s'hagin constituït dins l'any previ a la data de presentació de la sol·licitud.

The 2018 edition of the Scoreboard highlights that the EU's innovation performance continues to improve, that progress is accelerating, and that the outlook is positive. Since 2010, the EU's average innovation performance has increased by 5.8 percentage points, and it is expected to improve by an additional 6 percentage points over the next 2 years.

The EU continues to improve its position relative to the United States, Japan, and Canada. However, China is catching up at three times the EU's innovation performance growth rate. Within the EU, innovation performance increased in 18 countries and decreased in 10 countries since 2010. Sweden remains the EU innovation leader, followed by Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, the UK, and Luxembourg. Lithuania, the Netherlands, Malta, the UK, Latvia, and France are the fastest growing innovators.

The 2018 edition follows the methodology of the 2017 edition. However, results should not be compared across editions due to data revisions. Time series using the most recent data allow performance to be tracked over time.

European Innovation Scoreboard 2018 – Executive summary (23 languages available)

Companies, especially young SMEs, face major difficulties when attempting to scale their innovative solutions, particularly when crossing borders and plugging into international value chains, both within and outside the EU. Among the barriers to scaling and commercialising their innovative products, regulatory costs are often cited as important, especially by SMEs. The objective of this report is to contribute to the investigation of administrative, regulatory and legal barriers, hampering the commercialisation and scaling up of six key innovations. The innovations, which were selected on the basis of their high commercial potential and societal impact in the EU, cover nanomaterials, remanufacturing of cars and their components, up-cycling bio-waste products, home automation, smart textiles and robotics for rehabilitation. This report is distinguished from other earlier works, which cover the whole innovation cycle, by focusing only on the commercialisation phase after the first introduction of the innovation to the market. Thus, the starting point is that the innovative goods or services under consideration already comply with the existing national and EU regulations in the country in which they have been first introduced. However, due to the fragmentation of the EU market, differences in national regulations or the absence of regulations might create additional cost which the company would need to bear when it sells the innovative good or service to the other Member States.

This study highlights the importance of photonics and microelectronics to propel the next wave of digital innovation and keep Europe competitive. Deep tech applications such as artificial intelligence, big data, additive manufacturing, robotics, the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous driving will require faster, more reliable, more energy efficient and more powerful photonics and semiconductor components. However, despite the high potential of these sectors, the study shows that many high-technology companies find it difficult to raise scale-up capital to fully capture the growing demand for their products and services after the first commercial launch. This sub-optimal funding situation is often linked to the complexity and high risk of photonics and microelectronics. The study provides concrete actions directed to increase supply of financing to these strategic sectors. They also aim to improve sector visibility, coordination between public funding programmes and follow-on financial instruments and advisory services to improve the investment readiness of projects.

El ranking universitario que desarrolla conjuntamente la Fundación BBVA y el Ivie analiza los resultados docentes, en investigación y en innovación y desarrollo tecnológico de 61 universidades españolas, 48 públicas y 13 privadas.

Researchers’ career pathways can be varied, interesting employment opportunities inside and outside of academia are plentiful, and universities do and should prepare researchers well for a multitude of job destinations and roles in society. These are three core ideas in the “Delivering Talent” paper. Enriched with research evidence as well as innovative practice from HR policies and skills training programmes for researchers at LERU universities and elsewhere, the paper shows how universities and supervisors can strengthen career development and support with information, guidance and training. The paper ends with a set of seven high-level recommendations for universities, researchers and research stakeholders.

Este mapa posibilita la consulta de la ubicación y servicios fundamentales de cada una de las Agrupaciones Empresariales Innovadoras y de sus miembros, la relación entre ellos, y la forma de contacto.

En la próxima década, la digitalización revolucionará la sociedad y la economía tanto en entornos industriales como en el contexto diario de la comunicación, la educación, la salud, la movilidad o el hogar: el big data permitirá a las empresas identificar nuevas oportunidades de mercado, la inteligencia artificial gestionará herramientas potentes y eficaces, mientras que otras tecnologías como la realidad virtual o la realidad aumentada revolucionarán el consumo de contenidos. El estudio destaca el impulso de la innovación y el emprendimiento como ejes sobre los que debe pivotar la adaptación de la estructura económica a la nueva realidad. El progreso tecnológico tendrá un impacto directo en la creación de empleo y riqueza y se requerirá de la colaboración entre el factor humano y la máquina. Se considera necesario reenfocar el sistema formativo y adaptarlo a los nuevos perfiles y habilidades que exige el mercado.

UNICA, together with 13 European Higher Education networks and associations, has signed a joint statement calling upon the European Parliament and the Council to introduce concrete changes to the Horizon Europe proposal published on 7 June 2018.

The Top 50 Under 50 is based on the latest edition of the QS World University Rankings®, published annually since 2004. The QS World University Rankings assesses universities’ performance across six indicators: academic reputation, employer reputation, research citations per faculty member, faculty/student ratio, proportion of international students, and proportion of international faculty members. For inclusion in the Top 50 Under 50 or Next 100 Under 50, universities must be under 50 years old. This is assessed based on each institution’s date of establishment. Institutions formed within the last 50 years through a merger, or which previously existed under a different name and/or status, may also be included.