EDITORIAL

The Corporate Board Council (CBC) of La Salle Campus Barcelona

At the beginning of the year, the Corporate Board Council was formed by 15 members. Thanks to the last Board Council held in early February we have grown to 21 members and increasing. These corporations agreed on a commitment to explore together projects of value to the parties.

We are reporting on the Executive Board, which is the executive body of the CBC, where the axes and projects that will be generated by the Work Commissions were worked out.

There are seven projects in total: (1) New talent, which aims to respond to the needs of the market to adapt the training of students to the talent needs of today and tomorrow. (2) Reskilling, to help companies adapt to the needs of new technological professionals, in management and leadership. (3) International talent Router, international talent attraction through La Salle network. (4) Trends, having reliable information and trends value, that allows corporations to better project their development and campus to guide its strategy. (5) Challenges, connecting the creative and innovative potential of students, teachers and researchers to the challenges of corporations. (6) Max. ESG value, sharing and communicating sustainability, social commitment, and governance strategies. And (7) Communicate, fostering knowledge among corporations with students, educators and Alumni.

In short, the objective is to orchestrate the relationship to promote strategic, business, economic and social interaction.

See you soon,

The Corporate Board Council of La Salle Campus Barcelona, held its Annual Council on February 23.

The Corporate Board Council (CBC), the La Salle Campus Barcelona Business Council, held its Annual Council at the end of February.

This Council included six new members, IBM, Nestlé, Accenture, Grifols, AFRX Barcelona Cable Landing Station and Union Avatars, expanding the perimeter of the CBC.

This Council has served to present the conclusions of the Executive Committee which was held at the beginning of January. The Committee is the executive body of the CBC, where the initiatives are proposed and the actions and proposals of the CBC are defined, as well as the creation of the work commissions.

During the Council, the axes and projects were presented, the purpose of which is to deploy seven projects for each axis relating to the subjects of relevance and common interest to its members. They all intervened, explaining their reality and their interest in actively participating in each project.

The status of Interactive Arts & Science Laboratory (IASlab) project was presented, which will become a multisensory, interactive, immersive, and creative laboratory, a prominent reference in Europe. IASlab will be a laboratory in the vanguard of innovation for different sectors, including industry, art and entertainment; where to create, design and test innovate methodologies pure by understanding the needs for designing technologies that can provide optimal user experiences. The laboratory will be a sustainable space that will investigate the interaction between the real and virtual worlds.

The next integration of La Salle Campus Barcelona, through Ramon Llull University, into the European Virtual University ENGAGE.EU was also reported. This European alliance of 44 universities will be effective in the period 2023-2024.

The CBC wants to continue to incorporate more members with the presence of widening their gaze and its area of influence, enriching its configuration with new additions that contribute to the achievement of CBC objectives and value to society.

In this regard, Josep M. Santos gave to the new members the silver link of La Salle, the symbol of the union and link with the Salle-URL, to build a consistent network.

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Technology and humanism, the pieces to train the talent of the new digital age

Josep M. Santos, General Director of La Salle-URL and co-President of the CBC

The social context of constant changes and accumulating challenges demands a proactive spirit from us. The world is evolving fast. Companies are an example of adaptation and university education, a breeding ground for the talent that companies need, must know how to reinvent itself.

The professional sector detects the lack of profiles that will be key and the university identifies trends to help the talent of the future emerge. Our Corporate Board Council have an impact on this reflection on the training of talent and the adaptation of academic plans to the new social, business and employability realities. Active participation and the establishment of alliances —based on the ideas of the UN SDGs and the Vatican’s Laudatio Si— encourage us to maintain the dialogue we have established.

The challenge is an opportunity: educate better future professionals and benefit society in general. The global educational pact derived from Laudatio Si, tells us about educating to cultivate a critical spirit, to train innovative, responsible people with values, capable of cultivating beauty and better accompanying the world. In this sense, humanism and technology go hand in hand.

We work together to give today’s students the tools to succeed as tomorrow’s professionals with the Delors report’s vision of learning to do, to live together, to be. We train digital, innovative transformers who undertake collaboratively, who participate in the global world to lead for the benefit of the community. We train talent committed to sustainability and social justice, which vindicates the importance of the humanist values that we cultivate with a comprehensive education.

Our main agreement must be to unite for a better future, to promote the best possible training, seek a fit in the best companies and that, together, we help to consolidate the best possible partnership.