[ISEA2022] Institutional Presentation: Pau Alsina & Lydia Sanmartí — Hac Te – Hub of Arts, Science and Technology. Exploring the intersections between art, science and technology to strengthen the digital transformation of society

Institutional Presentation Statement 

CCCB, June 15th. Session: Arts and science

Keywords: Art, Science, Technology

The new hub explores and develop intersections between art, science and technology to boost the digital transformation of society: this is the aim of Hac Te (Art, Science and Technology Hub), promoted by catalan institutions such as universities, scientific centers and cultural centers and festivals all of them of great relevance to make Barcelona a global center for research, training, dissemination, transfer and production in this field.
Facilitate and promote the digital, ecological and fair cultural transition, thanks to the joint contribution of the arts, sciences and technology.
Contributing to the reindustrialization of the productive sectors thanks to the contributions of arts (design), science and technology
A public-private partnership that brings together and interrelates Arts, Science, Technology and Society stakeholders.
An initiative that designs common responses that re-imagine our coexistence in the information society. https://hactebcn.org

  • Pau Alsina (ES) is chair of ISEA2022 and Director of the Art, Science and Technology Program of Hac Te
  • Dr. Lydia Sanmartí Vila (ES), Knowledge & Technology Transfer of ICFO – The Institute of Photonic Sciences is a research center devoted to the science and technology of light. Located in Castelldefels, ICFO was created in 2002 by the Government of Catalonia and the Technical University of Catalonia. https://www.icfo.eu/about-icfo/people/directory/?id=901