Generating Ideas Programme 2016 final competition set to go

The fifth edition of the Generating Ideas Programme will be meeting its final contestants. After the programme's two months, the finalists will be presenting their market solutions to expert evaluators of business ideas, who will then choose three winning projects from the seven presented.  
 
The first prize is 2,500 Euros and six months' incubation in the Eureka Building of the UAB Research Park. The second prize is 1,500 Euros and six months' incubation. Finally, the third prize is 1,000 Euros and three months' incubation.

These prizes are given in recognition to the technological and economic viability of the projects, as well as to other factors such as degree of innovation, state of development, business model, the needs of the market and quality of the presentation. The programme's essential goal is to help researchers bridge the market gap and guide them in the process of transformation from a research project to a business project.
 
Once all the prizes are awarded, there will be refreshments and a chance for networking among the attendees.

Due to limited seating, all those interested will need to confirm their attendance.

The projects which have been selected are:

• Digitus II is a project offering automatic services for the transcription and indexing of manuscripts originating from historical archives. Pau Riba, Marçal Rossinyol and Juan Ignacio Toledo, from the Computer Vision Centre (CVC) have developed a protected and remote controlled algorithm, which allows to interpret and optimise efficiently the reading of documents and research of previously digitalised documents. The technology makes it possible for archives belonging to municipalities, the state, ecclesiastic academics, and even businesses, to be made accessible and to share their ancient documents with the public in general by also offering access to students and academics.

• Caduf consists in offering services for the study of traditional agrarian landscapes, including a diagnosis of the state of conservation and a historical and archaeological study, with the aim of later proposing solutions for its management, conservation, restoration and cultural diffusion. It is addressed to both public institutions working with cultural heritage and to agrofood companies interested in adding value to their brand and stand out against competitors, by putting value on traditional heritage landscapes. Working on this project are Helena Kirchner, Manuel Pica, Ignacio Díaz, Núria Pacheco and Montserrat Rovira, from the Department of Antiquity and Middle Age Studies of the UAB.

• Green To Be aims to be a meeting point for different agents intervening in a cultural event, where they can find sustainable alternatives to today's services and products used in the organisation of events. The project was created by Sabina Micheli, chemical engineer; Ismael Ávila, student of Biotechnology, and Yeray Rubio, student of Economics.

• Divulga't is a project which aims to bring science and scientific knowledge closer to society through efficient communication. Anna Magrasó, Doctor in Materials Technology by the Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), David Hernández, expert in scientific communication and theatre productions and Oriol Vicente, coordinator of the UAB CORE in Cultural Heritage, aim to offer a solution to the disconnection society has with the work conducted in research and university centres. For this reason they proposed offering designs of scripts and spaces in which researchers can co-create.

• Hipercultural is a project aimed at prolonging the interest in cultural products through the creation of a transmedia platform for tourism in Barcelona. The application relates historical novels, films and music with city locations where the event take place and the creators have generated an attractive platform for users through gamification and augmented reality. This initiative was conceived by Fiona Kelson and Lucia Molina, from the UAB Research Group in Intercultural and Translation Studies (REICIT); Agnés Borrás and Coen Antens, from the Computer Vision Centre (CVC); Carlos Jimenez, student of Audiovisual Communication and Advertising; Miguel Angel Vargas, from the UAB Laboratory of Geographic Information and Teledetection (LIGIT); and Pablo del Fresno, from the company Sistemes de Gestió de Patrimoni SCCL. 

• Consultoria en Accessibilitat Universal, created by Gonzalo Iturregui, Iris Cristina Permuy and Olivia Gerber, from the UAB Department of Translation and Interpreting; Rosa Bedoya, from the Faculty of Education; Saray Garcia, from the UAB Department of Art and Musicology, and Mònica Molina, from the Department of Geography. Their project is based on a consultancy which offers assessment in mattes of accessibility within the cultural field. They offer a proposal of unique value given that they adapt all possible aspects of accessibility, such as physical and technological surroundings, cultural contents and services, through co-creation.

• Zephyrus aims to improve the conservation of pieces of art, such as paintings, archives, archaeological samples or textiles. The project proposes replacing current storage conditions, with their corresponding controls in temperature and humidity, with gas and thus prevent that the pieces come into contact with oxygen. Responsible for the project are Marta Ávila and Harold Moreno, researchers at the Alba Light Synchrotron, and Núria Morera and Ivan Campana, from the Department of Prehistory of the UAB.