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Science for Industry - 4th edition: 28-29 January 2026
Expert discussions on cutting-edge scientific advancements and their impact on industry
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Aerospace
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - New & Sustainable Materials
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Energy
9:30 am
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Roundtable
Insights into the Spanish Ecosystem
10:00 am
Main Stage
Speakers:
Andrea García
Director of Abioinnova
Sebastián López Suárez
Vice-Rector for Institutional Coordination, Transfer and Entrepreneurship at Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Industry Corner
OEPM: The strategic use of Industrial Property to generate value in companies
10:00 am
Industry Corner
Speakers:
Manuel Rodríguez Venegas
Senior Technician Examiner at OEPM
Opening Ceremony
Opening Ceremony
11:00 am
Main Stage
Speakers:
Amaya Mendikoetxea
Rector of UAM
Óscar López Águeda
Ministro para la Transformación Digital y de la Función Pública
WOW Talk
Catalysis for Industry: Turning CO₂, Crude, and Sand into Climate Solutions
12:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Jorge Gascón
Professor of Chemical Engineering at KAUST
WOW Talk
From Lab to Unicorn
1:00 pm
Main Stage
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Roundtable
Bridging Research and Reality: UK Insights on Knowledge Transfer
2:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
John Allport
Professor of Engineering at University of Huddersfield
Manish Chhowalla
Goldsmiths’ Professor at the University of Cambridge
Sai Shivareddy
Researcher at the Cambridge Graphene Centre and the Engineering Department of Cambridge University
Javier García
Past-President of IUPAC | Professor of Inorganic Chemistry and Director of the Molecular Nanotechnology Lab of the University of Alicante (UA)
From Laboratory to Industry
From Lab to Industry: Captoplastic
4:20 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Ismael Olmedo
CEO of Captoplastic
Raquel Parra
Director of Strategy and Technological Development at Captoplastic
WOW Talk
Engineers of the future
5:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
John Allport
Professor of Engineering at University of Huddersfield
Warm Up!
FECYT: Dissemination of Science Transfer
5:30 pm
Main Stage
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Food & Agro
9:30 am
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Industry Corner
Innovation Journey - Health
9:30 am
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WOW Talk
Sustainability as a Driver for Technological Innovation
10:25 am
Main Stage
Speakers:
Elvira Fortunato
Full Professor at NOVA FCT | Former Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education of Portugal | Former Vice-Rector at NOVA | Former Chief Scientific Advisor at Scientific Advice Mechanism
Roundtable
From the Lab to the Market: Keys to Scaling Deep Tech in Spain and Europe
10:45 am
Main Stage
Speakers:
María José de Concepción
Director of the Department of Patents and Technological Information at OEPM
Pilar González Gotor
Head of the Department of Institutional Promotion and Territorial Cooperation at CDTI
Victor Arribas
Stream Leader Diversity & Transformation at EPO
Roundtable
Transferring Knowledge Across Shores: Science for a Stronger Mediterranean
11:55 am
Main Stage
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Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
1:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Teresa Riesgo Alcaide
Secretaria General de Innovación
From Laboratory to Industry
From Porous Materials to Spin-Offs: The Cases of Immaterial and Tarsis Technology
2:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
David Fairen-Jimenez
Professor of Molecular Engineering in the Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology at the University of Cambridge | CSO of Vector Bioscience Cambridge | CSO of Immaterial | Lead of the Adsorption & Advanced Material Laboratory (AAML)
WOW Talk
Dielectrix for commercialisation of 2D semiconductor electronics
3:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Manish Chhowalla
Goldsmiths’ Professor at the University of Cambridge
WOW Talk
From new oxides to new orders: how to convert interesting science to a successful business
3:30 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Sai Shivareddy
Researcher at the Cambridge Graphene Centre and the Engineering Department of Cambridge University
Closing Ceremony
Closing Ceremony
5:00 pm
Main Stage
Speakers:
Félix Zamora
Vice-Rector for Transfer, Innovation and Culture of UAM & Founder of S4i