Cities of knowledge, to debate at the Peset Hall of Residence

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The role of cities in economic and social development will be open to debate, this Tuesday, 10 June, at the Principal Peset Hall of Residence. Jesús Purroy, Ramón Marrades and Juan José Martínez Durá lead this first colloquium of the season ‘Dialogues of Innovation 2014’, organised by the Chair for Scientific Dissemination and the Science Park with the support of the FECYT and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Throughout history, cities have played a key role in the social and economic development. It is in these cities where the economic activities have been concentrated, accelerated and diversified. The new science of cities, which combines economics and the study of complex systems, has begun to explore the reasons for this behaviour.

In order to delve in these questions, this Tuesday, at 19:00, at the Principal Peset Hall of Residence, there will be a debate that will have the participation of three experts on the topic: Jesús Purroy (Science Park of Barcelona), Ramón Marrades (Econcult, University of Valencia) and Juan José Martínez Durà (IRTIC, University of Valencia).

All three will put on the table and will analyse those critical factors that place the cities in the core of the processes of generation of innovation and wealth: the demographic rates, the economic pressures, the quality of social dynamics, the development of infrastructures and ways of governance, among others.

It is the first colloquium of the season ‘Dialogues of Innovation 2014’, organised by the Chair for Scientific Dissemination and the Science Park, inside the framework of the II Week of Innovation of the University of Valencia, an initiative that has the support of the Spanish Foundation of Science and Technology (FECYT) and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness.

Jesús Purroy Vázquez is a biologist. After having worked researching on human diseases of genetic basis and on neurosciences in companies and universities of England, United States and Catalonia, he joined the Science Park of Barcelona in which, currently, he is Technical Director of its Scientific and Technological Services. In 2012 he led the working group which elaborated the new Strategic Plan for the Science Park, and he is a consultant for science parks, incubators and other structures of innovation around the world.

Ramón Marrades Sempere is an urban economist. He takes part of Econcult, the Economics Research Unit of the Culture of the University of Valencia, and he is research associate in the Pontiff Catholic University of Ecuador. His work is at the intersection between economics and urban planning: he explores the economic benefits of the use of public spaces, researches and promotes processes of collaborative governance and catalyses spontaneous dynamics of entrepreneurship

Juan José Martínez Durá is Professor at the School of Engineering (ETSE) of the University of Valencia. He is Director of the group LISITT (IRTIC, UV) dedicated to the study and development of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS), as well as to the acquisition, processing, management and representation of information in health and data protection. A large part of his research has focused on the development of systems to aid decision making in the collective management of mobility.

Last update: 9 de june de 2014 09:21.

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