Overview

• Barcelona Supercomputing Center and Japan’s Riken Center for Computational Science extended their partnership through May 2028.
• The renewed deal will advance projects like digital twins of cities to study mobility impacts and a digital human body for personalized medicine and disaster prevention.
• Illa toured Kobe’s Biomedical Innovation Cluster to prepare a future collaboration on medical research and innovation.
• He signed an agreement with Kyoto Prefecture Governor Nishiwaki Takatoshi covering administrative cooperation, economic development, cultural exchange.
• Catalunya aims to diversify its international research partnerships and safeguard public science from shifting US policy landscapes.