Currently five companies from the Park and twelve research groups from the Universitat Jaume I of Castelló participate in the proof of concept
Espaitec has launched Innovation Camp, a methodology linked to the program Technological Map of the province of Castellón and financed by the Valencian Innovation Agency whose objective is facilitate communication between companies and groups research university students to solve business challenges.
They are currently participating in the proof of concept five signatures of the Map Orbel Group; Gen72 Software; Prades MT; Breathe Communication y CloudAppi- Y twelve R&D groups of the UJI eVIS (Visual Engineering); TKBG (Temporary Knowledge Bases); GIANT (Research Group on Machine Learning for Intelligent Environments); Analysis of 2D and 3D shapes– Statistical Learning in Artificial Intelligence, Esteorology; IMK, (Marketing Innovation); TECASOS (Technology, Quality and Sustainability in Construction); GID (Green Research and Development); SOGRES (Sustainability of Organizations and Social Responsibility Management); RobInLab (Intelligent Robotics Laboratory); COTTAGE (Gear Transmission Research Group); GAIA (Group of Environmental and Energy Engineering Applied to Industrial Processes) and Biomechanics and Ergonomics-.
The initiative receives its name in relation to the methodology designed by the Joint Research Center (JRC) and the European Committee of the Regions (CoR), whose purpose is to collectively and effectively address economic and social challenges that affect local societies in a European context, especially in the field of Research and Innovation Intelligent Specialization Strategies (RIS3), through an open, collaborative and inclusive Business Discovery Process (EDP) between Quadruple Helix actors (i.e. government, industry, academia and civil society).
Espaitec has adapted this methodology to collaboration University-Company to improve the communication and interaction process between companies in the province and university research groups when it comes to address technological challenges, based on research results.
El Innovation Camp of Espaitec focuses on listen and energize the interaction process (Journey Management) between the organizations, companies and research groups of the Universitat Jaume I that facilitate the address technological challenges under a co-creation approach user-directed (user-driven). This activity allows us to go deeper into the identification and development of each participant's own competitive advantages, disseminate the work being carried out by the different university research groups, showing the University as the R&D center of the companies and, under a open and co-creative innovation field, commit to business evolution by improving and enhancing competitiveness through innovation. Furthermore, this methodology has also been extended to Espaitec's Livinglab: UJI.>LAB all with co-creation projects with the university community.
SDGs to which the challenges apply
The challenges and solutions presented by companies and groups apply to the following Sustainable Development Goals: 3 (Health & Wellness); 4 (Quality education); 6 (Clean water and sanitation); 7 (Affordable energy and sanitation): 8 (Decent work and economic growth); 9 (Water, industry, innovation and infrastructure); 11 (Sustainable cities and communities); 12 (Responsible production and consumption); 13 (Climate Action); 15 (Life of terrestrial ecosystems) and 17 (Partnerships to achieve objectives).
