VII Workshop CREIS 2026

On 6 October 2026, the Sala de Graus of the School of Economics and Business at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) hosted the VII CREIS-UAB Workshop 2026. Organized by the Centre for Studies and Research in Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation (CREIS), this annual meeting devoted its latest edition to new technologies and artificial intelligence at the service of entrepreneurship and social innovation.

Rosa Maria Sebastián, Vice-Rector for Innovation, Strategic Projects and Entrepreneurship at the UAB, and David Bonvehí, Director General for Social and Solidarity Economy and Cooperatives of the Government of Catalonia, opened the event together with David Urbano, Director of CREIS. The keynote was delivered by Joan Torrent-Sellens, Professor of Economics at the UOC, who discussed the challenges and opportunities that AI brings to entrepreneurship and local ecosystems. Marta Martorell, Director of the Digital Society Technologies group at i2CAT, presented the chapter of the Yearbook of Entrepreneurship, Economy and Social Innovation on Col·laboratori Catalunya and digital living labs. Francisca Polgatti and Valentina Rendich, from the MEINS, presented their work on social intrapreneurship and situated social innovation.

The event included a conversation-debate on "Technology, AI and entrepreneurship: new opportunities for social innovation". The panel featured Laura Ayala and Carles Gómez, co-founders of Kloosiv Housing SCCL, and Marta Martorell, with David Urbano of CREIS as moderator. The participants agreed that technology is not neutral and must be designed with the most vulnerable people in mind. Àlex Rialp, Dean of the School of Economics and Business, closed the event by highlighting the academic and professional vitality of the field of entrepreneurship and social innovation.