The Institute participated last week in the 10th Transfiere Forum, the main R&D&I meeting in Southern Europe.
The Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM) has participated in the 10th Transfiere Forum, which was held last week in Malaga. The event, considered the main R&D&I meeting in Southern Europe for sharing scientific and technological knowledge, promoting innovation and connecting science and business, brought together the main public and private agents in the field of research and knowledge transfer.
The ICM attended this professional and multisectoral forum with the support of the CSIC to establish synergies through B2B contacts, networking, finding new partners, establishing strategic alliances and publicising new products, services and innovative projects.
Transfiere 2021 offered a programme aligned with the Spanish Strategy for Science, Technology and Innovation and the State R&D&I Plan, with the participation of 200 experts.
"The holding of this forum represents a clear commitment to collaboration between the world of research and business, framing the new challenges of R+D+i towards sustainable recovery", states Vanessa Sarah Salvo, institutional and international relations of the ICM. "The key words of Transfiere 2021 were digitalisation, sustainability and health," adds Salvo.
During the event, the CSIC was able to actively participate in the round tables on Next Generation funds and the strategy of the Ministry of Science and Innovation with the presence of Jesús Marcos, Vice-President for Scientific Research and Technology of the CSIC. It was also present in the debate sessions on what is known as the 'quadruple helix', the collaboration between the public and private sector, society and researchers through the presence of Ana Castro, CSIC's Deputy Vice-President for Knowledge Transfer.
Castro took advantage of this edition of the Transfiere Forum to present some of the solutions against the pandemic developed by the CSIC, including new serological tests, nanofibre masks, nasal sprays and antivirus materials, all of which are part of the interdisciplinary Global Health Platform.
For its part, the ICM presented the Interdisciplinary Thematic Platform TELEDETECT, coordinated by the institute in collaboration with the National Institute for Aerospace Technology (INTA). This platform seeks to create a virtual space for public-private collaboration in the field of remote sensing, capitalising on the knowledge of CSIC research groups and creating synergies with private companies.
