From Science to Business-BIST/ESADE
From Science to Business-BIST/ESADE
The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST) and the ESADE Business School launched a course “From Science to Business” with the goal of accelerating the transfer of technologies developed in the BIST research institutes to the marketplace.
Course “From Science to Business” is aimed at scientists who work in the BIST centers and will take place from 11th to 14th of June 2018 at the ESADECREAPOLIS, Avd de la Torre Blanca, 57, 08172 San Cugat, Barcelona. It aims to increase the speed of turning innovation and knowledge into ventures. It will get researchers acquainted with the business world and provide understanding on how companies work or how is the new venture creation process. Also, the course will show that new venture creation needs scientists and that entrepreneurship can be an attractive career path for them.
Today’s global economy and businesses are facing a tremendous challenge: how to transform research, the money invested and the resources provided to laboratories and scientific parks into new innovations to create new products and services that can lead to the improvement of the life of individuals and society as a whole.
One of the main barriers encountered is the “distance” between researchers and the business world. This distance is not usually physical, it is simply a lack of knowledge on both sides. Minimizing this distance would, without a doubt, improve the returns to society on the money invested in R&D.
Aim of the course:
This course aims to increase the speed of turning innovation and knowledge into new ventures. The course is designed for groups of approximately 20-25 people to ensure optimal participation, learning and faculty-to-participant ratio.
Objectives of the course:
- To get acquainted with the business world, and to show how companies create value to society and for themselves: providing more, better and healthier food, a cleaner, healthier and more safety environment, a longer and better quality of life, wealth, etc.
- To provide with a framework to understand how companies work and how they create value in a competitive environment.
- To help to understand the new venture creation process, and the role that science/technology plays in it.
- To show that new venture creation needs scientists and engineers, and that entrepreneurship can be an attractive career path for them.
When: June 11th to 14th 2018 (from 9:00h to 18:30h)
- Location: ESADECREAPOLIS, Avd de la Torre Blanca, 57, 08172 San Cugat, Barcelona
- Welcome event will be organized on the June 11th 2018 at 17:00h at BIST (C/ Comte d’ Urgell 187, Recinte Escola Industrial, Building 12 (BIST), 08036 Barcelona)
Target audience: Course is aimed at researchers, senior researchers, postdoctoral fellows and 3rd and 4th year doctoral students.
From the CRG 4 candidates will be selected for this course.
Registration
Online registration HERE
Registration Closes: 30th April 2018
Participants will be informed in the first week of May 2018, if they have been selected for the course.
Registration fee (for selected participants): The course is free, however 50€ of deposit is mandatory and will be reimbursed upon completion of the course.
Contact:
CRG Training Unit
CRG – Centre for Genomic Regulation
Email: training@crg.eu
