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The Andorra Innovation Hub and the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) are organizing a joint online introductory course on Omics technologies (with a focus on genomics and proteomics) and Bioinformatics for research and relevant applications, with a strong focus on applications in the clinic. This course is addressed to medical and health professionals and researchers from different areas (life sciences, biodiversity, and others) who want to learn about the fundamentals and the potential of omics technologies and bioinformatics for their areas of activity. Multiple educational lectures from experts in genomics, proteomics and computational analysis will provide an overview on these [...]

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra and president of Actua Innovation, Jordi Gallardo, and the general director of Leitat, Jordi Rodríguez, signed, on Monday in Andorra la Vella, an agreement to collectively study the potential of 4.0 industry in the territory. The agreement will allow collaboration between the Technological center and the Andorran administration in investigation and development projects (I+D), given Leitat´s leadership in this field, and the putting into practice of initiatives Connected to 4.0 industry. Specifically, in the last few years, Leitat has launched initiatives linked to 3D printing in order to [...]

The Minister for Presidency, Economy and Enterprise for the Government of Andorra, and president of Innovation Hub Andorra, Jordi Gallardo, and the general director of the Israel Innovation Institute, Jonathan Menuhin, signed this afternoon a collaboration agreement to foster the development of the Andorran innovation and startups ecosystem. The aim of this agreement is to work together in several areas that could materialize into support and assessment projects in the definition and developing of the Andorra´s Innovation and Startup Ecosystem, as well as collaborating on specific projects and initiatives related to the fields of specialization of each institute, such as [...]

Actua Innovació and the Genome Regulation Centre (CRG) signed on Monday, March 1st, a collaboration agreement positioning Andorra for the first time on the international map of genome sequencing, which among other things allows some of the country´s living beings to become a part of the international catalogue of biodiversity, following recommendations made by the European Commission in the fields of sustainability and ecosystem conservation. On behalf of the Principality, the agreement was signed by the Secretary of State for Economic Diversification and Innovation, Marc Galabert, with the attendance of the director of Actua Innovation, Marc Pons. Galabert explained that [...]

The Minister of Finances and Government spokesperson, Eric Jover and the Minister of Civil Service and simplification of the Administration, Judit Pallarés, along with the Comissió Digital d’Andorra led by the State Secretary for Telecommunications and Infrastructure, César Marquina, took part on Friday in a workshop session with the e-Governance Academy (EGA) of Estonia, within the framework of the Andorran Digital transformation Program (PdTDA). The session, which took place online, was attended by over 20 people from different entities in the country, and was centered around contrasting the adequate focus of some of the more structural initiatives to potentially be [...]

The Secretary of State for Economic diversification and Innovation, Marc Galabert, the director of Actua Innovation, Marc Pons, and the co-founder of Aistech Space, Carles Franques, signed a collaboration agreement between the two entities on Thursday, in the Casa de la Muntanya in Ordino, to explore the development of new geospatial techniques and satellite imagery related to mountains in Andorra. Aistech Space is a private entity in the space sector with the support of the European Space Agency. They specialize in the monitoring of Earth via their own constellation of satellites and the generating of geospatial intelligence from analyzing land [...]

Actua Innovation continues to push collaboration initiatives with renowned ethical entities in order to develop projects related to Artificial Intelligence in Andorra. One of the initiatives already set is the guide ‘Think of responsible artificial intelligence: a guide to deliberation’. A document aiming to help determine which are the current ethical debates presented within Artificial intelligence systems and to provide knowledge of related terms. This guide must serve the purpose of understanding different ethical paradigms and their implications. In this sense, the director of Actua Innovation, Marc Pons, explained that “the algorithms, the data and, nowadays, artificial intelligence are present [...]

La Casa de la Muntanya, is a project worked together with the Comú d'Ordino, Actua Innovació, OBSA and CENMA. The space, located in Carrer Major, 20, in Ordino, allows visitors to discover this Living Lab and to experience the mountain in an interactive and innovative way. Also, different actors of the Mountain industry will be able to develop and create many projects. The Presidency, Economy and Business Minister, and President of Actua, Jordi Gallardo, stressed "the aim is to create a cross-disciplinary environment to jointly develop new projects, products and services, to face the current and future challenges of the [...]

Actua ha fet públic aquest dilluns, 27 de juliol, el nom de l’equip guanyador del Repte Covid19 que pretén millor la gestió de l’afluència de persones als establiments comercials del país. Després de les presentacions de cada equip i amb la valoració de l'equip de mentors del repte, els membres del jurat format per Actua, la Cambra de Comerç, Serveis i Indústria d'Andorra, la Universitat d'Andorra i Andorra Telecom, van escollir la proposta de l'equip Broox, de Ramón Poca i Albert Minguell, que presentaven una solució basada en càmeres i intel·ligència artificial juntament amb una plataforma de màrqueting. A més [...]

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