Knowledge Institutions

Knowledge institutions (universities, research centres and other learning institutions) are a hugely valuable interlocutor for developing our general activity and, in particular, our model of corporate social responsibility, and they are an important source of talent recruitment.

Indicators	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Number of conferences and forums for external relations	64	47	115	137	234
Main associations to which Indra belongs in Spain	60	60	95	125	173

Generating and disseminating knowledge linked to education, research and training is the cornerstone of our activity. Many of Indra’s projects are innovative technologies devised to meet new needs among users. In this connection, we are actively involved in a number of major institutional R&D&i projects in Spain and on the international stage.

We work actively with universities to develop new applications and we offer opportunities to university undergraduates, research students and doctors. We already have agreements with Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, Universidad Carlos III (Madrid), Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Universidad de Extremadura and Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, among others. We want to offer universities a new way of relating to business and, with their help, raise social awareness.

In line with our accessible technology professorships, for the last three years we also sponsored the Award for the Best Final Degree Project in Accessible Technologies. This award is designed to encourage research, bring on talented young professionals, promote sustainability and foster accessible technologies. It is included in the Final Degree Project Awards held annually by Spain’s College of Telecommunications Engineers (Colegio Oficial/Asociación Española de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación) which in 2009 celebrated their 29th edition.

In 2009, Indra received the University-Society Cooperation Award in the R&D cooperation category from Universidad Politécnica de Valencia for our contribution to developing relations between universities and society.

Indra Software Labs Badajoz received a special mention for its “Continuous Cooperation” with Universidad de Extremadura, making it the first company to obtain this kind of recognition from the institution.

SOCIAL SUSTAINNABILITY

Professorship Healthcare Technologies

Indra and Universidad Politécnica de Valencia created the Healthcare Technologies Professorship to foster the use and development of information technology in the sphere of healthcare.

The new professorship involved activities to promote research, training, technological transfer and dissemination, and job-creation, among others.

The training actions available are aimed at students (via the provision of scholarships, courses and seminars, practical placements at companies, final degree project awards) and qualified personnel (for completing doctoral theses, masters, etc.). Other educational events are also held. The activities take place at the University’s School of Applied IT and its IT faculty.

For Indra, this agreement strengthens a strategic line of development, namely the application of information technology to the healthcare sector.

It also underpins cooperation with Spanish universities, which we see as indispensable in progressing in research into new solutions

Indra sponsors 8 professorships at the following universities:

General Professorship: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Professorship in Accessible Technologies: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Space Technology Professorship: Universidad de Cantabria.
Security and Accessible Technologies Professorship: Universidad de Castilla La Mancha.
Security Professorship: Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.
Professorship in Accessible Technologies: Universidad de Lleida.
Healthcare Professorship: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia.
IT Technologies Applied to Disabled People Professorship: Universidad de Extremadura, created at the beginning of 2010.

Types of cooperation between universities and Indra

Recruitment of talented people (recruitment plans, awards, scholarships, job search forums).
Training and dissemination of knowledge (participation in courses and masters degrees, seminars, visits to Indra, institutional participation in conferences, etc.)
R&D&i activities (direct recruitment, Avanza, Cenit and other projects).
Business activities (access to new markets, strategic alliances).