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Students from the ESADE MBA present innovation projects at CERN
Students from the ESADE MBA developed four projects in collaboration with CERN over the course of six months before presenting their work to the organisation’s scientists.
As part of Challenge Based Innovation (CBI), students from the ESADE MBA, the IED Barcelona School of Design, and the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC) participated in an international initiative aimed at developing new solutions for the future of humankind. The programme was organized in collaboration with the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) – the world’s leading centre for particle physics –. Eighteen students from the three Barcelona-based schools developed four projects over the course of six months as part of an experimental innovation training programme that also included
students from Italy, Norway, Finland and Australia. The objective of the programme was to create products and services that will solve problems currently faced by society. The presentation took place at an official gala in the CERN Auditorium before an audience of the organisation’s scientists. After the presentation, the prototypes from each project were displayed at CERN’s IdeaSquare centre, where members of the audience could experience them first-hand.
The projects presented by the ESADE, IED and ETSETB-UPC students addressed four ambitious challenges:
Video summary of the programme: www.youtube.com/ESADE
1 Reducing worldwide food waste. viable system to improve 2 Inventing awith physical disabilities. the natural mobility of people a system that would provide 3 Designinginterpersonal interactions. information on the effect of enhances well-being 4 Creating a customised service thatenvironmental and and safety using a combination of behavioural data.
ESADE AND GEORGETOWN ARE NOW ASSOCIATED WITH SDA BOCCONI
The new Global Advanced Management Programme (GAMP), founded on the values of academic excellence and based on the strengths of ESADE, Georgetown and SDA Bocconi, has been created to meet the needs of senior executives in the context of internationalised organisations or of those who are about to enter into international markets. The GAMP is taught in three modules of one week each, every two months in North America, Europe and Asia. It offers managers a valuable context and direct contact with today's challenges. More information: www.thegamprogram.es
74% OF OFFICES ONLY CONTRACT LAWYERS WHO CAN GENERATE BUSINESS
ESADE Law School analyses the 21st century jurist profile.
74% of law firms value a business focus more when signing new professionals. This comes from an ESADE Law School study, which also concludes that a client focus and business generation is more important than just solid technical knowledge. The study is based on 500 questionnaires given to lawyers and those who lead the selection process, and more than 50 in-depth interviews with recruiters, including offices, companies and international organisations. The sector analysis concludes that the most sought after lawyer profile is 64% for their skills; 31% for their commercial profile; and only 5% for their technical excellence, if they do not have any of the previous characteristics. More information: http://es.slideshare.net/ESADE/ esade-abogado-sigloxxi
12 APRIL--JUNE 2015