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Artificial Intelligence’s impact hinges on partnerships which enable shared data and information assessment

2022-07-25T12:17:55+02:00September 15th, 2021|Big Data, Events, Press Notes|

The impact of Artificial Intelligence hinges on collaboration between businesses, universities and NGOs to jointly evaluate “data and information more quickly and achieve their objectives,” said Anna N. Schlegel, Vice President of Product, International Markets and Globalisation at ProCore Technologies, in her opening talk at the AI & Big Data Congress today. In her view “partnerships [...]

Over 70 experts to address the big challenges in Artificial Intelligence in Barcelona

2022-07-25T12:25:24+02:00September 7th, 2021|Big Data, Events, Press Notes|

This September in Barcelona, the AI & Big Data Congress will address the new challenges, trends and best practices of ground-breaking businesses in Artificial Intelligence, a technology that is estimated will generate an additional $15.7 trillion increase in global GDP by 2030 according to figures compiled in the ‘Analysis of specialisation in artificial intelligence in Catalonia’ report. [...]

Tourism gamification app for SMEs is best tech solution in the Miro In Cube hackathon Barcelona final

2022-07-25T12:42:36+02:00July 1st, 2021|Events, Press Notes, Tourism|

The Altour project led by Gerard Garcia Anglès, Eric Moreno Edo, Gina Stolwijk and Miquel Orozco Gavaldà has scooped first prize in the Barcelona final of the Miro In Cube tourism innovation competition. Their winning entry is a tourism gamification app in which businesses can showcase their events for active and sustainable tourism and thus raise the [...]

Digitalisation and sustainability are key to the post-pandemic tourism upturn

2022-07-25T14:40:23+02:00June 22nd, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

Digitalisation and sustainability will be crucial to the post-pandemic upturn in the tourism industry. This was the conclusion at the TurisTIC Forum congress hosted by the Eurecat technology centre which was held today at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona and also online. They will have to be accompanied by rolling out disruptive solutions harnessing technologies including artificial [...]

Barcelona is trending technology capital for post-pandemic tourism recovery

2022-07-25T15:18:37+02:00June 4th, 2021|Events, ICT, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The challenges of post-pandemic tourism and the digital transformation of the industry will take centre stage at the 9th TurisTIC Forum congress hosted by the Eurecat technology centre and to be held on 22 June at the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site in Barcelona as well as online. The congress “will review what has happened in the last [...]

Experts point to talent as one of the mainstays of the tourism industry in meeting its challenges

2022-07-25T15:41:51+02:00May 26th, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

“It is essential to retain talent in the wide range of professional profiles making up human capital in the tourism industry, in businesses and in destinations to address challenges such as digitalisation, designing innovative experiences, coping with changes in demand and tourist satisfaction,” said Salvador Anton Clavé, director of Eurecat’s Department of Tourism Innovation and professor of Regional [...]

Digital health expands exponentially on the back of the Covid-19 pandemic

2022-07-25T16:37:22+02:00May 7th, 2021|E-Health, Events, Press Notes|

Digital health has grown exponentially over the last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic in terms of medical visits and nursing care. It has shown to be effective in aspects such as clinical process modelling, fostering prevention, monitoring and decision support. This will be one of the aspects to be discussed at the ‘Covid-19: what we’ve learned [...]

Experts to gather in Barcelona to discuss technology for tackling the post-pandemic tourism industry’s challenges

2022-07-25T16:51:03+02:00April 13th, 2021|Events, Innovació turística, Press Notes, Tourism|

The 9th TurisTIC Forum, the congress on the application of ICTs in tourism organised by the Eurecat technology centre, will bring together experts in Barcelona in June to address the challenges facing the industry in the post-Covid-19 scenario. Topics are to include destination management using artificial intelligence, digital nomads and emerging opportunities and also NextGeneration EU recovery funds for digital transformation [...]

Digital competencies crucial in securing job and personal opportunities in the new scenario shaped by Covid-19

2022-07-25T16:58:31+02:00March 24th, 2021|Events, Press Notes|

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought about new hybrid contexts in which digital competencies “are the key to unlocking present and future opportunities.” This is because without these skills “there is a whole raft of professional, personal, employment, association and many other types of opportunities which cannot be seized” and so “it’s not only a gap but will also [...]

Digital citizenship in times of pandemic to be discussed at the 2nd Digital Competencies Conference

2022-07-25T17:31:47+02:00February 12th, 2021|Events, Press Notes|

The second Digital Competencies Conference, which is to be held virtually on 18 February with the tagline ‘ Digital Citizenship in a Time of Pandemic’, will bring together experts to address the digital skills and competencies needed in the current scenario shaped by Covid-19 which has shifted many activities and interactions online. The conference is organised [...]

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