The IXI (Inversió per a la Innovació - Investment for Innovation) conference brought together
the UOC associate companies who see creativity as value added to their activities in the field of
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), with the aim of promoting innovative projects led by the
UOC’s studies, management and research teams.
Thus, the UOC, a strong believer in innovation and entrepreneurship, has taken another step
in its efforts to spread knowledge and contribute to social wellbeing, opening up its emblematic
projects to participation from the world of business.
Participation in the IXI conference is complemented by the benefits and collaboration offered
by the associate company programme in terms of in-company e-learning, knowledge management and
generation of virtual communities.
The associates can sign up to the proposals from IXI 08, the projects that the UOC is working
on this year in the field of cooperation, communication and e-learning, based on information and
communication technologies and offering new opportunities for development and innovation.
Projects:
CuraTIC
Virtual online platform to improve the quality of life of those people linked to associations
of sufferers of paediatric problems.
Eulàlia Hernàndez, lecturer, Psychology Department.
Virtual Cooperation School
Design and publication of digital educational materials on free software.
Eduard Vinyamata, Director, Campus for Peace.
Immigration and Connectivity Conference
Organisation of an annual conference to present best practices in the use of ICT for the
welfare of immigrants.
Adela Ros, Director, IMSI Programme.
Barcelona Meeting Com
An annual meeting of communication professionals and academics.
Lluís Pastor, Director, Information and Communications Sciences Department.
IDP. Internet, Law and Politics Journal
Promotion of specialist content for the e-journal and international expansion of the
Congress.
Pere Fabra, Director, Law and Political Science Department.
Món UOC
The UOC’s institutional magazine. Redesign of the communication on paper with the UOC
community.
Eric Hauck, Director of Communications.
LletrA
Renewed drive for the benchmark internet portal on Catalan literature.
Teresa Fèrriz, Director, LletrA.
E-book
A new experimental phase for the introduction of electronic-ink e-books as a tool for UOC
students’ work and consultations.
Magí Almirall, Director, Educational Technology Area.
LaCOLLA
Creation of virtual contribution platforms for teamwork.
Joan Manuel Marquès, lecturer, IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications Department.
DpcsGRID
Creation of infrastructure for development of high-level computation projects.
Josep Jorba Esteve and Joan Manuel Marquès, lecturers, IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications
Department.
UMLTOCSP
Creation of a tool to analyse the quality of UML designs.
Robert Clarisó, lecturer, IT, Multimedia and Telecommunications Department.