The team made up of Mariola Hernández, Blanca Carreras and Aránzazu Carbonell, students at the Universitat de València who have developed the "Control Gest" project, have won the Aula Emprende Triple Impacto interuniversity competition, an intensive training programme in innovation sponsored by the Valencian Department of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Employment.

The public presentation and selection of the winning projects took place on 14 June. During the final of this competition, the 10 projects competing for the three prizes, a first prize of €3,000, a second prize of €2,000 and a third prize of €1,000, were publicly exhibited. The projects that participated in the final phase belong to the five public universities of the Valencian Community: 2 projects from the University of Alicante, 1 project from the Universitat Politècnica de València, 2 projects from the Jaume I University, 2 projects from the Miguel Hernández University of Elche and 3 projects of the Universitat de València.

The projects were presented to an Evaluation Commission composed of teaching staff from the 5 universities, Ana Beltrán from the University of Alicante, María Mercedes Segarra from the Jaume I University, Patricio Letelier from the Universitat Politècnica, José Antonio Hinojos from the Miguel Hernández University and Lola Garzón from the Universitat de València.

Behind "Control Gest", the Envy Tech project came in second place. It belongs to the University of Alicante and is made up of Salma Hafed and María José Sáenz. In third place came Tilapias, from the University of Alicante and composed of Stkiyana Stoyanova, Stefka Teodorova and Zaira Nadal.

Lastly, the closure of the interuniversity competition was attended by Teresa García Muñoz, General Director of Entrepreneurship and Cooperativism at the Valencian Department of Sustainable Economy, Productive Sectors, Trade and Employment, Rosa Mª Donat, Vice-Principal of Innovation and Transfer at the Universitat de València, David Cabedo, Vice-Principal of Innovation and Transfer and Scientific dissemination at the Jaume I University, Abel Torrecillas Moreno, employment and entrepreneurship Technician at the Miguel Hernández University, Sergi Soriano, Director of the Student Support and Employability Department of the University of Alicante and María Esther Gómez, Vice-Principal of Students and Entrepreneurship of the Universitat Politècnica de València.

From UVemprén we want to thank all participating students for their efforts throughout the training and encourage them to continue working on their projects.