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Ferran Adrià Opens Telefónica’s Conecta Innovación Tour at the University of Granada

The visit underscores a partnership that channels creative method into applied research.

Overview

  • Adrià told the UGR audience he came “to share, not to teach” and argued that progress in innovation depends on curiosity and questioning everything.
  • His talk, titled “Sapiens: my recipe to innovate,” presented a methodology from elBullifoundation for organizing knowledge to drive creativity in academia and business.
  • The Granada stop launched the second edition of Telefónica’s Red de Cátedras tour, with upcoming dates in Toledo on November 13, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria on November 28, and Barcelona on December 2.
  • UGR’s participation stems from its Telefónica Chair in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Cognitive Society, created in 2021 within its School of Computer and Telecommunications Engineering.
  • The event featured Telefónica executive Joaquín Segovia and UGR rector Pedro Mercado, included a moderated dialogue with researchers Carlos Megías and prizewinner Soledad Ruiz, and highlighted UGR’s aim to pair five centuries of tradition with innovation.