Solve business challenges and work with technology developed at the UPV.
What happens when you bring together talented students, companies looking to innovate, and technologies developed at the UPV?
The answer is DeepBridge – UPV TechTransfer Challenge, a hackathon where you’ll spend two days working on real-world challenges created by companies, using research and technologies developed at the Polytechnic University of Valencia as a starting point.
The following companies have already confirmed their participation in this edition Power Electronics, Nealis and Valyra Aerospace, which will outline some of the challenges that the participating teams will have to solve.
It’s not an academic competition. It’s not a class exercise.
It’s an opportunity to tackle real-world challenges, collaborate with students from different disciplines, and put your ability to find innovative, impactful solutions to the test.
Confirmed Participating Companies
🔹 Power Electronics
🔹 Nealis
🔹 Valyra Aerospace
What will you experience during the challenge?
Over the course of two intensive days, you’ll work as a team on a real-world business challenge. You’ll have the support of research staff, doctoral students, and specialized professionals who will help you transform scientific and technological knowledge into viable and innovative proposals.
You’ll learn how to:
- Solve complex problems as a team.
- Apply technology and research to real-world situations.
- Develop proposals that have a business impact.
- Present solutions to a panel of industry experts.
- Work the way corporate innovation teams do.
Why participate?
For many, many reasons. Among them, because this hackathon gives you the opportunity to:
✅ Get a firsthand look at companies such as Power Electronics, Nealis, and Valyra Aerospace, and work on real challenges created by their teams.
✅ Collaborate with students from different degree programs.
✅ Learn about the technologies and research conducted at the UPV.
✅ Learn from experts in innovation and entrepreneurship.
✅ Expand your network of contacts with professionals and researchers.
✅ Set yourself apart with hands-on experience that adds value to your professional profile.
What if you win?
The winning team will earn three spots to travel to the Web Summit in Lisbon, one of the world’s most important technology and innovation events, ALL EXPENSES PAID.
But the real reward begins long before that: the experience, the connections, and everything you’ll learn during the challenge.
Who can participate?
Students eager to learn, create, and take on new challenges.
It doesn’t matter whether you’re studying engineering, design, business, science, or any other field. The best results usually come from combining different perspectives.
Ready to show what you’re capable of outside of class?
Companies set the challenge.
UPV research provides the technology.
You come up with the ideas.
Take on the challenge!
This activity is funded under the grants program of the Regional Ministry of Innovation, Industry, Commerce, and Tourism for the promotion and advancement of entrepreneurial culture in the Valencian Community (EMENTI).
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