Programs

Akademia

Training for the world to come.

Training for the world to come.

The world we live in is constantly evolving, mainly driven by innovation.

At Fundación Innovación Bankinter we want to train the leaders of the future. Through Akademia, university students acquire knowledge to learn to solve problems in an innovative way, relying on the latest trends.

We offer them practical experience in which they can apply their knowledge in a multidisciplinary environment. Promoting a new way of thinking to approach the professional future in an innovative way, helping them to choose where they want to be or what project they want to develop.

Innovation program

Each edition of Akademia has eight one-hour sessions, facilitated by an expert and in online format.

In Akademia students learn to analyze and interpret the trends of the future among which are artificial intelligence, quantum computing, energy or telecommunications. Students from different careers and universities have the opportunity to solve practical cases in multidisciplinary groups, thus creating their first network of contacts and experiencing how to solve a problem in an innovative way.

To attend Akademia, you must be enrolled in a partner university. The next call to enrollment in Akademia will open in September 2022.

Innovation program

In first person

Find out what those who have been through Akademia think (videos in Spanish).

The Akademia community

At Akademia, we foster a community of innovation, posing challenges to brilliant minds who work on the future in multidisciplinary teams.

Akademia experts

Professionals who collaborate in Akademia to bring the future closer to students, sharing how they innovate in their day to day.

Categories

Senén Barro
Fernando Torrico
Alejandro Micó
Esperanza Cuenca Gómez
Esperanza Cuenca Gómez

Head of Strategy and Outreach at Multiverse Computing

Javier Foncillas
Javier Foncillas

VP. Commercial Partnerships Europe at Dolby Laboratories

Francisco Maturana Cremades
Francisco Gonzalez-Blanch
Francisco Gonzalez-Blanch

Product Management at Amazon - Alexa AI

Fernando Torrico Saez de Montagut
Eulogi Bordás
Eulogi Bordás

CEO and cofounder at Photoslurp

Cristóbal Villar
Cristóbal Villar

Cofounder at Landbot.io

Braulio Pareja Cano
Braulio Pareja Cano

Head of Research at Impact Bridge and Professor at Comillas ICAI-ICADE

Alicia Martinez Monteserin
Alicia Martinez Monteserin

Technology Transfer in the Polytechnic City of Innovation of the Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Alejandro Ruyra
Alejandro Ruyra

CEO at Madiva Soluciones

Adela Balderas
Adela Balderas

Professor, consultant and researcher

Our partner universities are:

University of Santiago de Compostela

University of Santiago de Compostela

Pontifical University of Comillas

Pontifical University of Comillas

University of Barcelona

University of Barcelona

Polytechnic University of Valencia

Polytechnic University of Valencia

University of Salamanca

University of Salamanca

Carlos III University of Madrid

Carlos III University of Madrid

Loyola University of Andalusia

Loyola University of Andalusia

Institute of Stock Exchange Studies

Institute of Stock Exchange Studies

Pompeu Fabra University

Pompeu Fabra University

University of Deusto

University of Deusto

University of Murcia

University of Murcia

University of Navarra

University of Navarra

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