Rector of Universitat Politècnica de Barcelona and head of 22@Barcelona project
Josep Miquel Piqué
Josep Miquel Piqué is a Telecommunication Engineer from La Salle and UPC and MBA from ESADE. He holds also diplomas from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California-Berkeley and Universitat Ramon Llull.He is a disciple of Professors Henry Etzkowitz (co-founder of Triple ...
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About Josep Miquel Piqué
Josep Miquel Piqué is a Telecommunication Engineer from La Salle and UPC and MBA from ESADE. He holds also diplomas from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of California-Berkeley and Universitat Ramon Llull.
He is a disciple of Professors Henry Etzkowitz (co-founder of Triple Helix), Francesc Solé Parellada (Entrepreneurship) and Jerome Engel (Clusters of Innovation).
He is the President of XPCAT (Catalan Network of Science Parks), Vice-President of APTE (Spanish Network of Science Parks) and member of the Advisory Board of IASP (International Association of Science Parks).
His long professional experience in university management has lead him to promote and lead Postgraduate Programs, Technology Transfer Centers, University Incubators and Innovation Science and Technology Parks. He has promoted several hybrid organizations taking the partnership model University-Industry-Public Administration.
During his years at La Salle-Universitat Ramon Llull, as Director of the Innovation Park of La Salle Barcelona, he fostered the creation of technology-based companies, focusing particularly on the so-called Born Global Companies.
Alongside having published several papers in publications and congresses regarding the subject of Innovation Ecosystems, he has also participated in several international forums in Europe (Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Italy and UK), America (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, USA) and Asia (Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Japan and China).
The central line of his activity is the promotion of Knowledge-based Economy and Society in order to consolidate the 22@Barcelona as a global reference of Knowledge Cities on Smart Cities.
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