Global project of Etopia

SPEAKER

Gerardo Lahuerta. Director of ETOPIA, Center for Art and Technology, Head of the Zaragoza City Council Smart City Service and Associate Professor at the University of Zaragoza.

SYNOPSIS

ETOPIA_Center for Art&Technology is a project led by the Zaragoza City Council. It is a global hub for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurship in the digital city, comprising three major volumes with shared connection spaces between them (with a total constructed surface area of 16,272 m2). They house a business incubator-accelerator and co-working spaces; a residency for creators, researchers and entrepreneurs; spaces for exhibitions; a prototyping and digital manufacturing workshop; audiovisual laboratories; an auditorium; meeting and seminar rooms; as well as a digital double façade.

It is a space for collaborative work, where entrepreneurs, creators, citizens, companies and researchers strive to create wealth, employment and knowledge, with which to address urban challenges in the digital age.