2nd Colloquium sponsored by INX
December 3rd, 2009 § Leave a Comment
Invited speaker Francisco Ros- Spain’s Secretary of State for Telecommunications and the Information Society talks about the potentials of the technological sector for economy growth.
The economic situation is on everyone´s mind lately and more so in formal colloquiums such as the ones that are hosted by The Euroamerica Foundation. These events present an opportunity to hear certain personalities from the fields of science, politics, economy, and diplomacy and their reflections about the current situation in their field.
Innaxis sponsored the December colloquium in which Francisco Ros, Spain´s Secretary for Telecommunications and the Information Society, was invited to speak. He states that the Information Technology sector has increased by 16% in revenue, or 114 billion euros.
Francisco Ros also points out that within this growing industry a direct employee can generate between 6 and 7 induced jobs. Furthermore between 2005 and 2008, employment grew to 7.2%, encouraging growth in influencing economic sectors.
This sector has much importance on the economic growth both on a national and international level. In regards to growth on a national level, Francisco Ros talks about a few opportunities that should be taken advantage of especially during the Spanish presidency of the European Union that will be starting in January 2010.
Below you can find a picture with Innaxis president Carlos Álvarez with Francisco Ros as well as Carlos Solchaga,President of the Euroamerica Foundation.
Spain´s ticket out of the Crisis
November 20th, 2009 § Leave a Comment
President of Microsoft Spain presents her thoughts at Innaxis sponsored EuroAmerica colloquium.
On November 19, 2009 María Garaña, President of Microsoft Spain, presented her thoughts on how Spain can overcome the crisis.
Compared to the rest of Europe, Spain has been hit with the hardest of the economic crisis. Unemployment rates are at 19.3% according to Eurostat, and Zapatero just announced a tax increase. It´s no surprise that consumer confidence is still at a low 45,1% compared to 76,1% just two years ago, and 84,5% in 2006 according to the data provided by the ¨Instituto de Crédito Oficial¨.
Garaña was invited to speak at the EuroAmerica November colloquium about Spain´s economic situation. During her presentation, she talks about three priorities Spain should have in order to try to get out of the crisis.
1. Encourage the formation of small and medium companies in the information technology industry.
2. Create incentives for young students that would like to study a technical career field and furthermore support young entrepreneurs that are trying to make their dreams a reality.
3. Lastly, encourage alliances between public administrations and private companies to create synergies.
Stimulating the cooperation and understanding is a popular objective, not only in the country of Spain but also Spain´s international relations. The EuroAmerica Foundation´s primary objective is to stimulate cooperation and understanding between European and Latin American institutions, companies and personalities. Innaxis as well, holds a similar vision, to act as a catalyst which makes possible the emergence of relevant, ambitious and interdisciplinary ideas and projects.
The Innaxis Foundation & Research Institute has been in close ties with The EuroAmerica Foundation, sponsoring a different event with the Minister of Science and Innovation as the invited speaker.
Below are pictures from the event. Innaxis continues to share this ´catalyzing´ objective with EuroAmerica and will also be sponsoring the next colloquium.
INX sponsors roundtable discussion- Spain & technological advances
December 11th, 2008 Comments Off
December 2008
Innaxis sponsored the monthly roundtable discussion held by EuroAmerica this month. For this month´s roundtable, Maurici Lucena was the invited speaker. Maurici Lucena is the president of the board for the European Space Agency (ESA) and also the general director for the ´Centro para el Desarrollo Tecnológico Industrial´ (CDTI).
Maurici Lucena spoke about the technological advances that have occurred in Spain, speaking briefly about: the industrialisation of scientific advances, the ¨technology push¨, the ¨market pull´, and lastly ¨systems of innovation¨.
For the last topic, ¨systems of innovation¨, he mentions that collaboration between universities and research centres are key for businesses.
Interesting enough- this theory mirrors Innaxis´s approach on innovation. Innaxis has a vision of exploring new ways of dialog between science and society. This has proven to be successful as some our most promising project findings come between this uncommon collaboration.
Lucena´s final reflections in his presentation remind us not to forget that the relationship between science, technology, and businesses in a country depend on many factors and more importantly the direct support of R+D+I from the educational level, labor market, financial system, institutional quality, macroeconomic stability, etc.
