Barcelona Science Park ALFAEMPRENDE Workshop IASP European Division 2010 Collaboration: Jesús Purroy – Brussels – November 18, 2010

Barcelona Science Park The Barcelona Science Park is a meeting point for universities, companies and society to foster innovation, mainly in life sciencies

Barcelona Science Park Objectives: To foster high-quality research backed with a wide range of technology support. To bring dynamism to relationships between university and business To drive the creation of start-up companies and new institutes To promote the science in society dialogue and the scientific vocations With the suport of: Fundació Parc Científic Barcelona:

Emprendia Network Univ. de Barcelona Univ. Santiago de Compostela Univ. Autónoma de Madrid Univ. Complutense de Madrid Univ. Cantabria Univ. Valencia Univ. Politècnica de Catalunya Tecnológico de Monterrey Univ. de Sao Paulo Pontificia Univ. Católica de Chile Univ. Buenos Aires Instituto Politécnico Nacional Univ. Coimbra Univ. Estadual de Campinas Univ. Nacional Autónoma México PCB-UB

Mission The Iberoamerican University Network for the Incubation of Companies (Emprendia Network) was set up with a view to create an Iberoamerican business network based upon the R&D results from universities and to contribute to making Iberoamerican universities the driving force of this process. All the initiatives led by the Emprendia Network fall within the framework of responsible entrepreneurship, which is committed to the sustainability and the social, environmental and economic progress of the communities.

Alfaemprende  Objectives: The development, transfer and implementation of a common methodology to promote technology transfer and entrepreneurship within the framework of the IHE across Latin America The establishment of a transregional network of financing opportunities throughout Latin America. Direct beneficiaries:  Consortium IHE  Other universities with technology transfer possibilities Indirect beneficiaries:  IHE researchers of the Consortium  Students from Latin American IHE  Length of the project: 36 months  Beneficiaries

Alfaemprende  Main activities: 1. Events: 1.5 Seminars 2.5 Workshops 2. Common Methodology:  Assessment of current state of the Technology-based entrepreneurship  Draw up a Guideline.  Test-field its implementation during a 24 month period  Draw up a study about the impact on the technology-based entrepreneurship situation after the implementation of the methodology.  Launch of a competition for entrepreneurs -Incubation -Project Acceleration -Finance -Innovation management -Innovation indicators

3.Create a Business cluster and a Technological platform across regions for the ALFEMPRENDE companies. 4.Training opportunities:  On-line Master in technology-based entrepreneurship  Technical personnel exchange between Latin American and European IHEs  Virtual platform to enhance the information exchange  Create a funding procedure based on INBERSO Network methodology. 5. Project follow-up:  Financial aspects : coordination and evaluation  Communications: diffusion of activities. Alfaemprende

 Expected results  Implementation of a Common Transnational Methodology for Technology- based companies based on: Alfaemprende a.Identification b.Recruitment c.Assessment d.Acceleration  Advanced training in technology- based entrepreneurship  Exchange of ideas and experiences between the IHE from Latin America and the European Union. This collaboration will enable all Consortium companies to explore new opportunities in a wide range of technological activities.