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Almirall, Esteve
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Associated professor at Esade and director of the Center for Innovation in Cities. Lecturer in several universities, among them
University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), Purdue University, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). He has a mixed background both in artificial intelligence (AI) and management science, particularly innovation. However, he spent a previous life in the business IT sector with a career in consulting and banking where for many years, being the youngest chief technology officer (CTO) of the Spanish banking industry, the 1st in online transactions and the 2nd in online banking.
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Alonso Esteve, Angel
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Senior Consultant in Strategy and Digital Transformation. Degree in Economics and Business Administration and Management from Universidad Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Global Master in Digital Business from ISDI and General Management Programme (PDG) from IESE Business School. He has developed his career in leading consumer companies such as Danone, Mondelez and Coty, in the pharmaceutical industry at Boehringer Ingelheim and Sanofi, in retail at Grupo Pyrénées in Andorra and, in recent years, in marketing, sales and digital transformation positions.
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Alonso Paillisse, Frank
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Degree in Business Administration and Management from the Instituto Químico de Sarrià (IQS, Universidad Ramon Llull). Master's Degree in Management Control from EADA. He is currently CBO at Bcombinator. Between 2012 and 2019 he was director of expansion and business development at Duet Fit, and between 2011 and 2012, director of operations at Aire Ancient Baths in the United States.
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Ãlvarez Torezano, Ramón
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Customer & Commerce Technology at Mango. Previously Head of CRM at Desigual, Vice-President at Capgemini, leading the Digital Customer Experience area. He has collaborated with companies and organizations from different sectors: Carrefour, Desigual, El Corte Inglés, DIA, Mercadona, Repsol, Telefónica, La Caixa, Naturgy, among others.
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Bea i Torras, Oscar
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Computer Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), currently a PhD student at the same university. MBA from the Escuela de Alta Dirección y Administración (EADA). EFQM evaluator and assessor. Since 2013 he combines his teaching activities at EADA, UOC and PIMEC with accompanying and advising companies in their digital transformation. He has over twenty years' experience in multinational companies both as head of the IT area (AGBAR), as well as in organisational and technological consultancy companies (SIA, Altran, Transiciel) and at a more local level (Fihoca Group).
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Castell Ariño, Núria
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Master's Degree in Informatics from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). PhD Degree in Informatics from Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Tenured professor of Computer Science Department at the UPC. Expert in the design of new curricula, particularly in international programs (Atlantis, Erasmus). Dean of the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB - UPC) from 2010 to 2017. Member of the Natural Language Processing research group, within the IDEAI specific research center (Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence). Vice Dean of the Presidency, Equality and Ethics of the COEINF.
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Cortada Burgo, Rosa Maria
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Degree in Economics (UB) and Master's Degree in Software Engineering (UPM), having completed the Advanced Management Program, CIO Advanced Program and Digitalizate at (ESADE). Graduate in Global Growth Strategy Program by Wharton University of Pennsylvania, Project Management by (UPC) and in Strategic Management of Information Technologies by (UPF). Executive with 25 years of experience leading IT departments in various sectors. Enthusiastic about the opportunities and competitive advantages that digital transformation offers organizations and about putting them into practice, especially disruptive technologies applied to development. Expert in implementing large-scale international projects in 30 countries. Currently, he is Head of the Information Systems and Infrastructures Area of Oxfam Intermón
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DÃaz Iriberri, José
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Holds a doctorate in Computing from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He currently specialises in research in the field of computer graphics, is a senior lecturer at the University of Vic, and works as a lecturer on various bachelor's degree programmes and postgraduate courses at the UPC. He has been a post-doctoral researcher on the European Commission Marie Curie Fellowship Programme in the CRS4 Visual Computing group (Italy). His research focuses on the visualisation of scientific data, parallel computing and GPU programming, and the design of applications in virtual and augmented reality environments.
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Farriol Vilà , Ferran
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Graduate in Environmental Sciences from the Universitat de Girona. Master's degree in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Postgraduate degree in Electronic Government from the Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Master's Degree in Senior Management from the School of Public Administration of Catalonia and Postgraduate in Open Government from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
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Fonseca Casas, Pau
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Doctor at Statistics and Operative Investigation for the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Teacher of the UPC where imparts teaching at the area of Simulation, the treatment of data, the Operative Investigation and the Statistics. He¿s Responsible of the Area of Environmental Simulation of the inLab FIB leading projects of simulation linked predominately at industrial and environmental areas. He¿s member of the Commission 4.0 of the Industry of Engineers of Catalonia.
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Gibert Oliveras, Karina
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PhD in Computer Science and professor of data science and artificial intelligence at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Director and co-founder of the Intelligent Data Science & Artificial Intelligence Research Center (IDEAI-UPC). Dean of the Official College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia.
She teaches Multivariate Statistics and Data Science, Computer Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, AI Ethics, Sustainability in degrees and master's degrees at the UPC and its associated doctoral programs. It also provides professional training in Industry 4.0, digital transformation and eHealth at UPC School, among others. Advisor to the Catalan and Spanish governments and the European Commission on AI ethics and digital transformation.
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Guà rdia Güell, Montserrat
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Telecommunications Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Master in Project Management and IT Services from La Salle and Master in Business Management and IT Services from the UPF. General Manager at Alastria and member of its founding team. More than 20 years of experience leading transformation programmes in multinational operations and launching new businesses, building bridges between startups and multinationals, leading international teams in the banking, oil & gas services and IT consulting sectors. Responsible for IT for Olympic Games, Pan American Games, World Championships and UN Summits, and is a regular contributor to mentoring and social innovation programmes.
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Jiménez Schlegl, Pablo
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PhD in Industrial Engineering from the UPC, in the PhD programme ‘Advanced Automation and Robotics’. Tenured scientist at the CSIC. Currently head of department at the Institute of Robotics and Industrial Informatics, IRII (UPC-CSIC). He has participated in several national and European projects related to robotics. His scientific interests in robotics include learning, planning, manipulation, human-machine interaction, and lately also its ethical and social dimension.
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Maquirriain Antoñanzas, Javier
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PhD student in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Master in Industrial Engineering and Master in Organisational Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Graduate in Industrial Technologies Engineering from the Universidad Pública de Navarra (UPNA). Currently, Data & IA Manager at Deloitte, specialising in strategy, data governance, analytics and innovation projects. Director of the postgraduate course in Strategy and Data Governance at the UPC School, collaborator of the MBA in Business Analytics at the UPC School and Associate Professor in the Department of Business Organisation at the UPC.
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MartÃnez Sánchez, Luis Fernando
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Telecommunications Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Managing partner of the consultancy firm G2, Governance and IT Management. Subject matter expert Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) portfolio at Axelos. Certified in ITIL, COBIT and Lean. Twenty-five years of experience in IT consulting and management. Specialist in IT strategy and service management.
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Miralles Sole, Jaume
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Electronics Engineer from the Universitat Ramon Llull (URL). With more than 25 years of experience in consulting (PwC Consulting and IBM) and, since 2016, with a focus on the field of artificial intelligence. Currently, Artificial Intelligence Offering Leader at IBM Consulting. Professor in postgraduate programmes on artificial intelligence in various institutions and author of the book Proyectos de Inteligencia Artificial, a practical guide for the implementation of AI projects in productive environments.
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Miret Gual, Judit
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BA and MA in Organizational Psychology from San Francisco State University California, MBA from Esade and MA in Conflict Facilitation and Organizational Change from Process Work Psychology Institute, Oregon. Certified in the analysis of organizational leadership and culture. PCC Coach certified by Richard Boyatzis and Daniel Goleman and by the International Coaching Federation as an individual and systemic coach.
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Perez Andreu, Conxi
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Degree in Computer Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Management Development Programme (PDD) and ‘Women on the Board of Directors’ from the IESE Business School. Certified in Advanced Project Management by the Stanford Center for Professional Development (specialising in business strategy implementation). Accredited Coach Training Program (ACTP) FP by Global Coaching Institute (GCI). More than twenty years leading IT teams in companies and eight years as CIO. CEO and co-founder of RolldBox Games (video games) and In Movement! (business transformation), 2nd vice-president and ICT Talent at the College of Computer Engineering of Catalonia (COEINF) and member of DonesCOEINF; associate of WA4STEAM.
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Reichardt Garriga, Albert
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Degree in Economics and Business Administration from the Universitat de Barcelona (UB) and a Master's degree in Business Management and Organisation (MBA) from Esade. He is currently Director of Transformation at RACC, having previously been Director of Corporate Support and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). He was also Director of Management Control at British Petroleum (BP) Spain, Controller at Pharmacia-Pfizer, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Unichips and Director of Commercial Services and Operations at Sanofi. Professor at Esade in corporate strategy since 1991, finance for non-financials since 1994 and financial markets since 2018.
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Rojas Estepa, Albert
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Graduate in Business Administration and Management from Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Postgraduate in Management Development (PMD) from Esade and postgraduate in Accounting and Management Control Management from IDEC - Barcelona School of Management. Currently operations director managing the emergency centre at the RACC Group, having previously held the responsibilities of transformation manager, organisation and systems manager, and also management control manager.
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Rúa Costa, Carles
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Industrial Engineer. Head of strategic projects and innovation at the Port of Barcelona. Director of the Executive Master in Supply Chain Management. Operations and Logistics of the UPC School. Professor at the European School of Intermodal Transport. More than 25 years of experience as associate professor of the Department of Business Organization of the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC).
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Ruppmann Anton, Boris
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Chemistry Engineer by the Rovira i Virgili University (URV) and Master in Business Administration (MBA) by the UPC School. He has practiced for more than ten years in the world of strategic and process consulting, and accumulates a large experience leading digital transformation projects in different companies and sectors, from large companies in the energy sector to medium-sized companies in the pharmaceutical sector. He is currently main consultant at Seidor, previously he worked at Europraxis and Minsait (Indra).
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Ruppmann, Jordi
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Industrial Chemistry Engineer from the Chemical Institute of Sarrià (IQS) - Universitat Ramón Llull. Postgraduate in Computer Auditing from the UPC. Professional expert in business and digital transformation. Management in companies in the field of consultancy and ICT. Leader of business transformation programmes. Management of organisation and systems departments (CIO). Professor of bachelor's and master's degrees (UPC School, La Salle, UAB/Economics and Business...) and academic director of executive programmes at the UPC School. Lecturer in various areas of senior management. Vice-president of the Digital Transformation Commission of the Col-legi Oficial d'Enginyeria Tècnica en Informàtica de Catalunya (COEIC) and general coordinator of Enginyers Voluntaris.
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Serral Gracià , René
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D. in Computer Science from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Associate professor in the Department of Computer Architecture at the UPC. He has more than fifteen years of experience in teaching networks, operating systems and cybersecurity. Co-founder and principal engineer of Clevernet. Currently Vice-Dean of Business Relations at the Faculty of Computer Science of Barcelona (FIB). He has participated in more than ten European and Spanish projects in the area of cybersecurity and networks.
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Torrell MartÃnez, Francesca
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Higher Telecommunications Engineer from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Master in Organization and Engineering of Production and Management of Industrial Plants (Engiplant) from the UPC School. Maintenance Management Consultant. Member of the Lean Management Institute of Spain.