As part of the project Erasmus+ LASIN – Latin American Social Innovation Network, 12 students coming from Latam (Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Panama) chosen by their own universities on the basis of their Social Innovation projects, participated in an intensive Workshop on Foresight and Innovation driven…
Three latinamerican specialists (two from Brazil and one from Argentina) with different professional backgrounds: Priscilla Lima (Lawyer) , Débora de Andrade (International Relations), Alan Rojas (Journalist and Photographer), have participated in an international panel (videoconference) about the challenges in the fashion industry in LATAM, organized by…
Professors Fabricius and Tigerstedt, invited by the Faculty of Economics, lead a Workshop on “Intrapeneurship in Business Management” in the class of Prof. Enric Bas (Social Change and Communication), participating in a seminar with FUTURLAB members. Las Profesoras Fabricius y Tigerstedt, imparteron un taller sobre “Intraemprendizaje…
Prof. Erickson, one of the most outstanding specialists in Audiovisual Narratives and the producing of Documentaries about Civil Rights in America, gave a conference on “Audiovisual Narratives and the construction of Social Reality” in the subject of Prof. Enric Bas (Social Change and Communication), invited by…
FUTURLAB will contribute with researchers -as teachers- to the faculty team of the Curso de Experto en Marketing de la Moda 2017-2018, organized by the Marketing Department of the University of Alicante. The participation of FUTURLAB is expected to be based on foresight analysis of demand…
FUTURLAB will be leading the second edition (the program started in 2016)of this International Summer Course, a program designed ad-hoc for a selected group of students coming from the UNF-University of North Florida (USA). The intensive course, organized by the Faculty of Economics, will take place…
This September Dr. Mario Guilló has been developing different training sessions on Foresight and Energy Futures in South Pacific Area. This training has been developed under the umbrella of EPIC project (funded by the European Commission), which main aim is to develop skills and capacity on…
University of Alicante is coordinating a project with Libyan University entitled UNIGOV-Modernizing University Governance and Management in Libya. In the context of this project Mario Guilló was invited to coordinate a foresight study focused on identifying and evaluating main future challenges for Higher Education Institutions in…
This week we have received the visit of our colleagues from CAPACITY4FOOD, a project focused on promoting Food Security in Anglophone Western African countries. University representatives from Nigeria, Gambia, Cameroon, Sierra Leone and Ghana have attended the workshop on Strategic Planing coordinated by Mario Guilló. Main…
Enric Bas and Mario Guilló represented the University of Alicante during STEP International Conference (Strengthening University-Enterprise Linkages in Palestine), held on June 2nd in the Korean Palestinian IT Institute of Excellence (An-Najah National University, Palestine). The conference covered a wide range of topics about innovation and…
In May we have received the visit of an international group of students coming from University of North Florida, that have been working together with RedCross representatives and students from University of Alicante in a Creative Futures workshop developed by Futurlab. In this workshop RedCross presented…
Last week took part the International Week organized by The Faculty of Economics (UA) and Futurlab was invited to develop a workshop on “Creative Futures” training method. 20+ professors and researchers from international universities attended the workshop coordinated by Enric Bas and Mario Guilló. During this…
Last week we coordinated a workshop about the Future of Europe, held in Arcada University of Applied Science (Helsinki, FINLAND). This workshop was part of Arcada 360 course, with more than 150+ students from different nationalities. During the workshop the students applied our FLUX methodology and…
Last weeks we have received very special visits at the GYM Space. In October Elisabeth Barber and Jeffrey Montague (representating the School of Tourism and Hospitality Management at the Temple University, Philadelphia) were at the GYM Space, and last week we received the visit of Andres…
This week starts the 2nd Edition of the “Futures Thinking and Innovation”, taught by Enric Bas and Mario Guilló, within the International Business Program of the School of Economics. The main aim of this course (taught in English language) and will last a complete semester (February…
During the last week Diana V. Carriço (CEO in Fashioncoolhunter.com and Made in Youthland), visited University of Alicante, where a international workshop on Identification and Analysis of Trends in Fashion was held. During three weeks, our students have worked in 4 intensive sessions for Pikolinos, a…
On July 1st started Escuela de calor 2013, a series of profesional workshops organized by GYM-Futurlab. The workshop (EVENTS&MUSIC) brought students and professionals interested in the field of music management, which is today, fertile ground for the sponsorship and corporate communications associated to public relations and…
The AALTO LEARNING HUBS (ALU) are an initiative of Aalto University for trying to boost underused spaces within Aalto University buildings. Valerya Gryada, Project Manager at Aalto Hub Töölö and ALU responsible accompanied us on our visit explaining us how they have managed to revitalize the…
Diana Carriço (Lisbon, POR), designer, blogger, coolhunter, author and CEO in fashioncoolhunter.com and Made in Youthland, a brand new fashion company commited with emerging trends. She came to Alicante as Professor of the Professional Workshop on Fashion Communication that took place in May 3rd and 4th.…
Miguel Madariaga, Creative Director of *S,C,P,F,… (the advertising company behind this slogan), has created much of the most popular spanish ads in the last years, working form leading companies like BMW, JEEP, VODAFONE, TOYS R US, IKEA, J&B o BANCO DE SABADELL. Miguel has been the…
Enric Bas and Mario Guiló, of FUTURLAB, will teach the CECLEC course “Futures Thinking and Innovation”, within the International Business Program of the School of Economics. The main aim of this course, that will be taught in english language and will last a complete semester (january…
One of the main european coolhunters, Farid Tabarki (CEO-Studio Zeitgeist. Holland), has been teaching the GYM´s Professinal Workshop on Coolhunting and Trend Analysis. Farid, who was a long-time researcher for the well-known consultant company on trends Signs of The Times, recently was leading the MTV weekly…
Ten years after winning the TELEFONICA FOUNDATION 1st National Prize to Student’s Internet Entrepeneurship, with “REEFVIEWS-the electronic journal on communication and the future” (an initiative of the people leading FUTURLAB and our colleague and friend Mar Iglesias with the support of the Faculty of Economics of…
Miguel Madariaga, Creative Director of *S.C.P.F. Madrid, responsible of advertising campaigns for Amnesty International, Jeep, Vodafone, Toys R Us, Ikea, BMW or Banco de Sabadell, and winner of outsanding ad festivals (New York Festival, Cannes, El Sol, CDC, One Show, D&AD,..) will be working with “the…
After the Friday´s first session at UA, where the Director of FUTURLAB (Enric Bas) and the Manager of INTEGRATED (Juanfran Vaquero, http://www.gym.futurlab.es/integrated/) were guest speakers, we moved to the UA main Site at the Alicante city center on Satursday. There (and also at the Canalejas Park!!)…
In a few weeks, it is expected the 1st edition of INTEGRATED-Professional Workshop on Integrated-ideas Generation will take place at the University of Alicante, organized by FUTURLAB. This is the first of a serie of upcoming Pro·Workshops, which will be progressively available in GYM, our educational…
During past November, Enric Bas was teaching Creative Futures to students coming both from graduate (International Business Management) and posgraduate (MBA) programs at Haaga Helia University (Helsinki, Finland). He was invited as Visiting Professor by Prof. Anita Lehtinen-Toivola, and the responsables of those programs: Maria Jakubik…
FUTURLAB, together with the Chamber of Commerce of Alicante and Brandflight, an international consulting company based in Sweden, Denmark and Germany, lead a Workshop on Creative Futures titled “BRANDOLOGY”. The aim of this workshop was to explore future alternatives for rebranding Alicante as a tourist product.…
Enric Bas and Mario Guillo, from Futurlab, taught an intensive workshop on Foresight and Innovation to the selected international crowd of students coming from two of the Masters Programs on Design and Innovation at IED-Madrid (Master of Communication Design Labs and Master of Strategic Design Labs).…
Enric Bas and Mario Guillo, were the guest speakers (with the following conferences: “Foresight and Innovation: designing future” and “Genius Loci-: the city as a creative and innovative,” respectively) in the IV Summer Course of the University of Deusto “Strategic Planning of Cities and Urban Governance:…
One year after the success of the Madrid Design Network project, IED-Istituto Europeo di Design at Madrid, starts a new and even more ambitious project: Mexico Design Network. One of the prior arrangements is the design of and ad-hoc methodology flexible enough to be used by…
The successful results of the Creative Capsule leaded by JuanFran Vaquero, within the Futurlab Project “Futures for the Music Industry; the case of Subterfuge Records” has been presented at the University of Alicante in a one-day seminar to Carlos Galan, owner and C.E.O. of Subterfuge Records…
What next with music business? It´s the end of the world as we know it? (as R.E.M. sang). FUTURLAB and SUBTERFUGE RECORDS, the main indie label in Spain, within the next two months will carry on with this joint venture to explore future scenarios for the…
Nike, Schweppes, Lays, Spanair, Unnim, eDreams, Osborne, Bimbo, Revlon, Nescafe, Nenuco, San Miguel, Iberostar… these are some of the clients of Morillas Brand Design, a prestigious and internationally active spanish consulting company. Morillas BD and Futurlab lead the Executive Master on Strategic Innovation that IED-Istituto Europeo…
Finland is a well known world leading reference in education, innovation and social equality. One of the more active universities of Finland, the Haaga-Helia University, decided to move some of its students from Helsinki to Alicante for a one-week intensive course on Strategic Change Leadership. It…
The city council of Madrid will have its own pavillion at Shangai 2010. To provide fresh contents for the pavillion, and under the appointment of IED, a real ambitious Project has been arranged: the Madrid Design Network. Futurlab was asked to conceive and drive an specific…