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INX sponsors UIMP Conference: Triangle of Knowledge

June 28-30 with distinguished speakers including José Manuel Silva Rodríguez DG Research for the European Commission.

The Innaxis Foundation & Research Institute will be sponsoring a conference at the Universidad Internacional Menéndez Pelayo from the 28-30 of June. Along with the conference, Innaxis is also promoting the opportunity to be given a scholarship for a summer course. Information and registration can be found here.

The conference is titled, ¨The Triangle of Knowledge¨ and follows a very innovative structure. The topics of the presentations and discussions follow a circle of thought-provoking issues that are important this day in age. This circle of themes are the following:

– Society and Science

– Science and Government

– Science and Business

– Government and Business

– Business and Society

ending with a concluding theme of  Innovation and Financing.

The conference will be sure to cover an interesting array of perspectives as the Director of the conference will be José Manuel Silva Rodríguez, the Director General of Research for the European Commission.

Invited speakers include:

Cristina Garmendia, the Ministry of Science and Innovation of Spain;

Profesor Andreu Mas Colell, Secretary General of the European Research Council;

Juan Mulet, General Director of COTEC;

Cristina Gutiérrez-Cortines, Member of the European Parliament;

Profesor Carlos Romeo Casabona, Professor of Criminal Law at the University of the Basque Country and member of the European Research Area Board;

Carmen Becerril, President of Acciona Energía;

Dr. Martin Schuurmans, President of the European Institute of Technology (EIT);

Francisco Jariego, Strategic Director of Telefónica I+D;

Carmen Vela, General Director of INGENASA;

Juan Tomás Hernani, Secretary General of Innovation at the Ministry of Science and Innovation-Spain;

Carlos da Silva Costa, Vice-President of the European Investment Bank;

Antonio Álvarez Pinilla, Managing Director of the European Centre for Soft Computing; and

Antonio Giralt, President of Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB).

For those that would like to attend the conference, please visit this page and then click on the link on the top right titled ´Matrícula / Beca / Pago on-line ´ . If you are not a registered user of the UIMP, registration is fast and easy and furthermore open to all.

Scholarship information can be found here.

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