On June 15 at the ICFO facilities (Castelldefels), the VII Annual Meeting of the SECPHO cluster was held, made up of companies, technology centers and research groups that seek to promote technological innovation through the application of photonic technologies to economic sectors of any kind; bcb is also a partner in this cluster.
The event began with the participation of Director Lluís Torner (Director of ICFO) and Sergio Sáez, Manager of the Cluster. Subsequently, they gave place to the presentation by Xavier Ferràs, professor, consultant and speaker in innovation, called “New Trends in Strategic Management & Innovation”, who also invited attendees to visualize technological development as the current center of all business strategy.
Once the presentations were made, the dynamics of the B2B meetings, which lasted 15 minutes, were used to establish contacts and open new collaboration initiatives.
Once the meetings were over, the Market Focus began, from which members were invited to “play” by forming pairs between technologies and sectors, to finally choose the five preferred pairs by adding their logo. The final panel showed us a great display of technologies and sectors, as well as the photograph of which partners have a shared interest.
After lunch, Crina Cojocaru in her talk “Invest in talent!” She vindicated the talent of the Master in Photonics students, as highly specialized and highly requested training, and encouraged us to bet on her.
The afternoon also featured a new reference speaker, Joan Martí (ACC1Ó Cluster Dynamization Manager). In his talk entitled “15 reasons to participate in a cluster” he reinforced the great value of working in a cluster as an element of competitiveness and the best strategic sparring of organizations.
The SECPhO 2016 was held the same afternoon and to end the day, Sergio Sáez presented a report on the results obtained and the objectives achieved during the last period, emphasizing the increase in the participation of the partners, which is a sample of success for the cluster. The best evidence of this was undoubtedly the presentation of annual accounts with a positive closing, a healthy balance sheet and a growth of 20% compared to the previous year.
