Be an ICFOnian for a day - Welcome event 2022

Be an ICFOnian for a day is a new outreach program at ICFO directed to women in STEM studies.

It consists of four events that give the students the opportunity to get to know ICFO and the life of a researcher, create a professional network and get a glimpse of their future career perspectives.

program – WELCOME EVENT

September 29, 2022 – ICFO (CASTELLDEFELS) – Blue Lecture Room

15:45
Registration

16:00
Welcome words by Silvia Carrasco, Head of the KTT Unit.

16:10
About Be an ICFOnian for a day by Lydia Sanmartí-Vila, Outreach coordinator.

16:20
Introduction to ICFO by Giovanna Petrillo, Academic Affairs.

16:30
Networking coffee 1

16:50
ICFO Decide Game by Federica Beduini, Outreach team.

18:15
Group picture

18:25
Networking Coffee 2 with Group Leaders and researchers from ICFO.

18:50
Closing remarks by Lisa Saemisch, Outreach team.

Speakers

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Silvia Carrasco

PhD, MBA, KTT Director at ICFO. Vice-chair of the SPIE Chair for Diversity in Photonic Sciences at ICFO, she served as vice-president of the Spanish mirror of the European platform Photonics21, as a Member of the Board of secpho and of the Investments Committee of “Caixa Invierte Start”. Currently a member of the Board of Directors of Elisava-Barcelona School of Design and Engineering and in the Board of Directors of several ICFO spin-off companies, Carrasco was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and enjoyed research stays at several USA institutions, including the College of Optics, University of Central Florida, the Photonics Center, Boston University, and Harvard University, Boston. She received the Fem Talent Award in 2013 and the Economy and Innovation Castelldefels City Award in 2019. Already at ICFO in 2016, Silvia Carrasco created ICFO’s KTT Unit, in charge of the innovation, technology transfer and outreach activities. She has a broad experience in IPR and outreach management, resulting in a patent portfolio of more than 100 patent families and a Corporate Liaison Program. She has created ICFO’s LaunchPad, a deep-tech start-up incubator where eleven spin-off companies have been launched that currently includes new ventures in various stages of incubation.

Lydia Sanmartí-Vila

Dr. Lydia Sanmartí-Vila is KTT Outreach Coordinator at ICFO. She is ECOP’s Executive Officer, where she coordinates the pursuit of new projects for ECOP to encourage collaboration among the centres. She manages ICFO’s international outreach projects and activities, such as the current ICFO-coordinated project CARLA and the CSA of the Quantum Flagship as well as past projects such as GoPhoton!, LIGHT2015, PHABLABS 4.0. She is the creator of the LIGHTtalks events, which were replicated in over 20 countries in Europe between 2015 and 2017. Lydia has a degree in chemistry from the Autonomous University of Barcelona and a doctorate in neurobiology from the Otto von Guericke University in Germany, and has extensive international experience.

Giovanna Petrillo

Giovanna Petrillo received her Industrial PhD in Biotechnology from University of Barcelona (UB) in 2017, developing a research project in the field of X-ray protein crystallography at the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC).
She currently works as Academic Affairs Officer at ICFO, managing the Plus+ training and career development program for students and researchers, as well as the International Schools on the Frontiers of Light.

Federica Beduini

Federica Beduini obtained her PhD in Photonics with a project on experimental quantum physics at ICFO. Since 2015, she has been part of ICFO’s outreach team.

She is currently coordinating the citizen science experiments, like the BIG Bell Test and NightUp, and the outreach activities directed to the general public and schools, such as the Young Photonics Congress.

Lisa Saemisch

Lisa Saemisch has received her PhD in Photonics from ICFO in 2021, working in experimental nanoscience. She is now a junior Project Manager in the KTT unit at ICFO, working with the Outreach team on Be an ICFOnian for a Day and the European project CARLA, as well as with the technology transfer team in the health sector on other two European projects.

This activity is co-funded by the European Regional Development Funds (ERDF) allocated to the Programa operatiu FEDER de Catalunya 2014-2020, with the support of the Secretaria d’Universitats i Recerca of the Departament d’Empresa i Coneixement of the Generalitat de Catalunya for emerging technology clusters devoted to the valorization and transfer of research results (QuantumCAT 001-P-001644 and GraphCAT 001-P-001702).