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Guinovart, at the Kinnernet international meeting of innovators in Catalonia

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Director of IRB Barcelona, Joan Guinovart, was among the hundred innovators and inventors gathered in the second  Kinnernet gathering in Catalonia. TV3 reported on this gathering, which the organisers describe as  "irreverent, disruptor event looking for innovation, creativity and new ideas." Guinovart, accompanied by IRB Barcelona's Head of Innovation, Cristina Horcajada, said that "Kinnernet allows you to meet really interesting people: its a hotbed of new ideas".

Link to TN news, minute 14: http://www.ccma.cat/tv3/alacarta/telenoticies-vespre/telenoticies-cap-de-setmana-vespre-21052016/video/5602286/

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The Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB Barcelona) pursues a society free of disease. To this end, it conducts multidisciplinary research of excellence to cure cancer and other diseases linked to ageing. It establishes technology transfer agreements with the pharmaceutical industry and major hospitals to bring research results closer to society, and organises a range of science outreach activities to engage the public in an open dialogue. IRB Barcelona is an international centre that hosts 400 researchers and more than 30 nationalities. Recognised as a Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence since 2011, IRB Barcelona is a CERCA centre and member of the Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology (BIST).