The Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya · BarcelonaTech (UPC) is involved in two major focus areas.

First, the UPC is coordinating Unite!’s regional involvement and innovation. All Unite! partners are leaders of entrepreneurship education and innovation in their regions. Thus, interaction and collaboration with regions is ingrained in the alliance and its actions. Through Unite!, we will establish concerted leadership for regional development by complementing and combining our activities and actions. Moreover, an open innovation ecosystem will provide an ideal environment to strengthen research activities between industry and academia by fostering industrial doctorates. The coordination of regional involvement and innovation is led by Josep Bordonau, a researcher and professor at the UPC.

Second, the UPC is coordinating Unite! communication, dissemination and sustainability to create strong and impactful visibility for Unite! at European, national and regional levels, as well as within the partner universities and their global networks. Communication is led by Lourdes Reig, a researcher and professor at the UPC.

Unite! activities and key relations within each of the partner universities are managed by Juan Jesús Pérez, vice-rector for International Policy at the UPC, who is the Unite! Key Liaison Officer.