prof. dr. pedro-josé bueso guillén, ll.m. eur
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Workshop on “Knowledge Society and Law. Compared Experiences from Mediterranean Europe”. Rome, 26 April 2004. The Walqa Laboratory. Prof. Dr. Pedro-José Bueso Guillén, LL.M. Eur. Professor for Commercial Law, Dept. for Enterprise Law, University of Zaragoza. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Prof. Dr. Pedro-José Bueso Guillén, LL.M. Eur.
Professor for Commercial Law, Dept. for Enterprise Law,
University of Zaragoza.
Law School Co-ordinator, Legal & Business Laboratory, Technology Park Walqa
Workshop on
“Knowledge Society and Law.
Compared Experiences from Mediterranean Europe”
Rome, 26 April 2004
The Walqa LaboratoryThe Walqa Laboratory
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• Initiative Walqa– Technology Park Walqa
– Location and Installations• Advanced Laboratories UZ
– Facilities– Initial Goals– Research Areas LAW & BUSINESS
• Legal & Business Laboratory– Staff– Activities evolution
• Management• Specific Teaching LEFIS• Research
– Strenghts and Prospects
SummarySummary
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• Goals– Aragón Point of Reference for e-business in
Spain– Improve Integration of SMEs in Internet and e-
Business– Adaptation of Compulsory and Occupational
Training to ICT– Infrastructures– Adoption by Society of ICT
• Stategic Actions– Wideband Network– Centre of Excellence– Technology Park– Alliance with University of Zaragoza
Initiative WalqaInitiative Walqa
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Technology Park WalqaTechnology Park Walqa
• Start of operations: January 2002• Promoters: Regional Government of Aragón and Town Council of Huesca
• Goal: To Became a Pole of Innovation and R&D in the Field of ITC, Internet and e-Commerce
• Nowadays managed by an Public Agency
• Technology Park Walqa is Member of:
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Location Map (I)Location Map (I)
BolskanOlskan
Osca
Wasqa
HUESCA
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Location Map (II)Location Map (II)
Hacia Hacia HuescaHuesca
CEEI CEEI HuescaHuesca
Hacia Hacia ZaragozaZaragoza
Superficie del Parque:529.000 m2 = 52,9 Ha.
UNIVERSIDADUNIVERSIDAD
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Technology Park WalqaTechnology Park Walqa
To Achieve Its Goal • Concentration of a Critical Mass of ICT Companies
• Looking for Favouring the Growth of ICT Sector in Aragón
• Taking Maximum Advantage of Human Resources with High ICT Qualifications in Aragón Strategic Alliance with UZ:
• Degrees on Telecomunications and Informatics Engineering
• Research Teams
Advanced Laboratories UZ
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Advanced Laboratories UZAdvanced Laboratories UZ
Installations:
500 m2 Surface Area in Building No. 1 of
Technolgy Park Walqa
Operative since February 2003
Essential Element for Technology Park
Walqa to Became a Pole of Innovation and R&D in ICT,
Internet and e-Commerce:
Membership in IASP and APTE
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Advanced Laboratories UZAdvanced Laboratories UZ
Facilities (Common Use):• 76 Workstations• 3 Senior Offices• Technical Floor• ADSL Connection 512Kb to UZ Next: Optical Fiber Connection to RACI• Servers:
• 4 Servers SUN + 1 Disks Server: Domain Administration (Windows NT), Structural Management of Internal Network, Web Services (HTTP, ...), Firewall, Data Bases, Development, etc.• 1 Backup Robot• 1 SAI
• Computers:• Over 50 PCs: From Pentium Celeron 633MHz + 128MB RAM + 10GB HD Since Pentium IV + 512MB RAM + 60GB HD• OS Windows y Linux• Office & Specific Software
• Other Hardware:• Color Laser Printers• Scanners
• Computer Assisted Teaching Area
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Advanced Laboratories UZ Origins
Advanced Laboratories UZ Origins
Promotion Institute of Aragón+
University of Zaragoza+
Technology Institute of AragónCollaboration Agreement on the Promotion of
Training of High Qualified Human Resources and of Increasing of R+D+I Capabilities in the field of
ICT in Aragón
June 2001
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Advanced Laboratories UZInitial Goals
Advanced Laboratories UZInitial Goals
• Teaching:• Applied Lectures (Compulsory Training)
• LL.M. Thesis
• Ph. D. Thesis
• Teaching for Professionals and Companies
• Research & Development:• Research Proyects
• Support to ICT Companies Helping Technology Park Companies in:
• Test Beds for New Products
• Co-operation Programmes
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Advanced Laboratories UZResearch Areas
Advanced Laboratories UZResearch Areas
In order to Achive the Initial Goals Were Created FIVE Laboratories in Tecnology Park Walqa:
• Engineering Laboratories:
• UMTS Applications Laboratory
• Radiofrecuency (RF) Laboratory
• Broadband Laboratory
• Advanced Computing Laboratory
At the moment: In Redeployment
• Legal & Business Laboratory
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Legal & Business LaboratoryStaff
Legal & Business LaboratoryStaff
Senior Staff (Ph. D.):
• 2 Co-ordinators of the Business School
• 1 Co-ordinator of the Law School
• 1 Senior Manager in situ
Junior Staff (LL. M.):
• 4 Permanent Grant-Holders
• 3-6 Non-Permanent Grant-Holders
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Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Evolution
Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Evolution
Regarding the Initial Goals:• Teaching:
– No Compulsory Training– Focusing On Postgraduate Specific
Training
• Research:– Oriented to R&D with Companies
• Support to ICT Companies:– Not Only Technology Park Walqa– Extending Support to Governmental
Organizations
• New - Management: – Events
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Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Management
Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Management
• APTICE
• Workshops and Seminars:– Research Seminar on Accounting and
Digital Enterprise (2003)– Next: Seminar on IS Observatories
(2004)• Supporting:
– Workshop on Teaching of e-Government (2003)
– Seminar on e-Government: Teaching and Enterprise (2003)
– Summer Course on e-Commerce (2003)
– Next: Database and Expert Systems Applications, DEXA’04 (2004)
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Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Specific TeachingLegal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Specific Teaching
• Direct-Linked Postgraduate Studies:– MeBA– D+TIC Initiative
• Supporting:– e-Business Strategies and Models
– LEFIS
Master en AdministraciónElectrónica de Empresas
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Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Research (I)
Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Research (I)
• Emerging Research Groups (20 Researchers 11 Ph. D.)– Financial and Economic Analysis of
the Digital Enterprise– e-Commercial Promotion,
Contracting and Taxing– Data Protection and Digital
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Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Research (II)
Legal & Business LaboratoryActivities: Research (II)
• Observatory of the Information Society of Aragón (OASI)
• Proyect Equal• PROFIT 2003 Next: PROFIT 2004• Next: Chamber of Commerce
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Legal & Business LaboratoryStrengths
Legal & Business LaboratoryStrengths
• Need of Such a Partner on Legal & Business Matters Usefulness
• Real Interactive Combination of Law & Business Interdisciplinarity
• Institutional Roots Neutrality• Aviability of High Qualified Researchers
to Fill Gaps
Complementarity• UZ Research Organization
Flexibility
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Legal & Business LaboratoryProspects
Legal & Business LaboratoryProspects
• To Improve Strengths• To Consolidate Basic Structure
– also Legally Autonomy• To Take On Core Functions of
Centre of Excellence (Now Being Reconsidered)
• To Develope Tasks in e-Government and to Combine Them with Tasks in e-Commerce and e-Business
A Real Chance forInstitutional Supported R&D
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