i2CAT Foundation

i2CAT Foundation is rated 3 out of 5 in the category research. Read and write reviews about i2CAT Foundation. i2CAT is a non-profit research and innovation centre which promotes R+D+i activities in Information and Communication Technologies and Future Internet. The centre stands up for a new model in a new conception of innovation: the collaboration between companies, public administration, the academic environment and end-users . Thus, it eases an open innovation framework, characteristic of the Internet culture. The vision of i2CAT is to achieve excellence in Research and Innovation in the field of Internet Technologies and become an International key partner to lead the implementation of Internet in the main economic, industrial and social sectors. The strategic goals of i2CAT are: • To generate Research and Innovation activities according to the market needs by developing new value-added products and encouraging the creation of new technology-based start-ups which generate social and economic impact. • To facilitate collaboration between companies, public administration, universities and users to deploy new advanced experimental infrastructures. • To enhance companies competitiveness through innovation and technology transfer. • To stand up for local development through international networking. Our main values are: • Integrating research and innovation. • Fostering co-creation in a quadruple helix model (university, company, public administration and users). • Providing infrastructures and advanced experimental platforms, such as the “Industrial Ring” or the “Experiment Platform”. i2CAT has a large experience in national and European research and innovation projects, leading the implementation of Future Internet technologies in the main economic sectors (Health, Audiovisual, Industry, Culture, Telecommunications) in order to improve companies productivity and competiveness, and the well-being of people. i2CAT has 5 different areas: Distributed applications and networks, Mobility and smart cities, media-Networks, ehealth and Industries of the future.