CIT UPC shares its experience at the EARMA BESTPRAC Conference in Barcelona
November 17, 2025CIT UPC shares its experience at the EARMA BESTPRAC Conference in Barcelona
November 17, 202524/11/2025
The 2025 edition of HealthTech2030, held on 16 October, 2025, at the Nau Bostik venue (Barcelona), brought together an exceptional community of innovators, researchers, clinicians, entrepreneurs, and patients committed to shaping the future of health and care. Organised by Xartec Salut and led by the Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (IRIS) at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya – BarcelonaTech (UPC), this year’s event once again reaffirmed its role as a key meeting point within the health innovation ecosystem.
The UPC Technology Center, CIT UPC, played a prominent role in the programme, with Radivoj Malić, European Projects Consultant at CIT UPC, invited as a speaker in the “Soft & Hard Skills” track. His contribution focused on co-creating complex HealthTech collaborations, drawing on insights from the EU.FFICIENT project — a European initiative fostering cross-sector cooperation and enabling innovation to move from concept to real-world impact. Malić highlighted how structured collaboration methodologies, stakeholder engagement, and community-building practices are essential to accelerating solutions in a rapidly evolving health landscape.
HealthTech2030 delivered a dynamic and diverse agenda that spanned visionary keynote talks, interactive co-creation sessions, and high-level discussions on the changing nature of healthcare. This included a keynote address by Dr Nir Barzilai (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), a world leader in ageing research, as well as deep-dive sessions addressing unmet needs in cancer care, ageing and longevity, and mental health. A forward-looking fireside chat on “The Future of Medicine and Healthcare Professionals,” featuring sector leaders such as Josep Basora, Montserrat Guàrdia Güell, and Francesc Xavier Cos Claramunt, explored how systemic change and emerging digital tools are reshaping roles across the health ecosystem.
One of the highlights of the day was the announcement of the winners of the Innovation Challenge 2025, recognising groundbreaking solutions with strong potential to transform healthcare practice. This year’s awardees were:
For more information, visit: https://www.healthtech2030.com/
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- A research team from the inLab FIB at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (UPC), together with the Asociación de Personas con Movilidad Reducida (AsoPMR), has taken part in the Spot4Dis project to enhance the mobility and autonomy of people with reduced mobility.
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