• A Galician delegation, made up of more than 70 people from around thirty R&D&I entities, is participating in this international event.
  • The director of the Galician Innovation Agency participates in a round table on governance models and instruments to promote transfer

Madrid, January 29, 2026

The director of the Galician Innovation Agency, Carmen Cotelo, participated today in a round table on governance models and instruments for promoting knowledge transfer within the framework of the international Science for Industry (S4i) fair, in Madrid, together with members of the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities and the autonomous communities of Extremadura and Navarra.

The representative of the Ministry of Education, Science, Universities and participated in the debate on instruments to promote knowledge transfer due to Galicia’s pioneering character in the implementation of tools that bring science to the market such as the Ignicia Knowledge Transfer program. This intervention is part of the Galician presence at this event, which in this edition delves into deep science and disruptive technologies.

Carmen Cotelo positively highlighted that this participatory approach should be followed in the design of the new state strategy for science, technology and innovation, but requested that the point of view of the autonomous communities be taken into account in the definition of the challenges to better reflect their capabilities and that a complementary technological orientation be incorporated to better align the state framework with the strategies of the autonomies.

The Xunta’s own exhibitor

The Galician delegation, represented at the institutional stand of the Xunta de Galicia, is the largest of those that have participated so far in an event of this nature. Made up of more than 70 people from around thirty entities in the R&D&I ecosystem, including universities, technology centers, clusters, foundations, venture capital entities, accelerators, start-ups and administration, it seeks to explore new business opportunities and promote the transfer to the market of industry-oriented research projects developed by Galician R&D&I professionals.

In addition, the meeting was used to present to investors the Galician spin-offs TraffikGene and Albor Biotech, led by Oportunius researchers Javier Montenegro and Rubén Nogueiras.

Participation in this event is part of the Ignicia program, promoted by the Xunta de Galicia, whose objective is to promote the transfer of R&D&I results generated in Galician knowledge centers to the productive fabric. Since its first call, it has supported a total of 41 projects from universities, research centers, health research foundations and technology centers, of which 14 have already reached the market.

Participating entities

Together with the Galician Innovation Agency, the Universities of Santiago de Compostela, A Coruña and Vigo, the CIGUS Network centers CiQUS, CiMUS, CINBIO, CITIC, CiTIUS and CRETUS and the collaborative center CINTECX are participating in the institutional stand; the Galician Health Knowledge Agency (ACIS) together with the Santiago de Compostela Institute of Health Research Foundation (FIDIS), the Galician Public Foundation for Biomedical Research Galicia Sur (II Galicia Sur) and the Galician Public Foundation for Biomedical Research INIBIC (FINIBIC); the Higher Council for Scientific Research (CSIC Galicia) and its research centers Misión Biolóxica de Galicia (MBG-CSIC) and Instituto de Investigación Mariñas (IMM-CSIC); the Intersectorial Technological Alliance of Galicia (ATIGA) and the technological centers Gradiant, CTAG and CETIM; the CETMAR Foundation and the Centro Tecnolóxico da Carne Foundation; the Galician Life Sciences Business Technology Cluster (Bioga), the Galician Health Cluster (CSG), the Galician ICT Cluster and the Galician Cluster of Environmental Solutions and Circular Economy (Viratec); in addition to innovation support entities such as the Galician University Business Foundation (FEUGA), venture capital entities such as UNIRISCO, the BFAero accelerator together with the companies H2DRONENERGY, C5Eurosafe and SLIMOP, and the start-ups TraffickGene, Albor Biotech, Nsilica, Serenia Solutions, Xanelum, Labregando, Himikode Tech SL and Traza Circular.

About the event

Science for Industry (S4i) is celebrating its fourth edition this year and is consolidating itself as a leading international event that accelerates technology transfer and innovation through frontier science. With more than 3,000 attendees from 30 countries, more than 300 companies, 150 start-ups and around 1,300 patents, this fair aims to transform cutting-edge science into real social impact. Likewise, this meeting fosters strategic connections between first-rate research, industry and the capital needed to turn advances into market-ready solutions.

Press release extracted from the Xunta de Galicia website: https://www.xunta.gal/notas-de-prensa/-/nova/020896/xunta-expon-seu-modelo-transferencia-conecemento-feira-internacional-science