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Prof. Dr. Pedro-José Bueso Guillén, LL.M. Eur.

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.

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Prof. Dr. Pedro-José Bueso Guillén, LL.M. Eur.

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  1. 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. Law School Co-ordinator, Legal & Business Laboratory, Technology Park Walqa

  2. 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 Summary

  3. 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 Walqa

  4. Technology 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:

  5. Location Map (I) Bolskan HUESCA Olskan Osca Wasqa

  6. Hacia Huesca UNIVERSIDAD CEEI Huesca Superficie del Parque: 529.000 m2 = 52,9 Ha. Hacia Zaragoza Location Map (II)

  7. Aerial View (I)

  8. Aerial View (II)

  9. Surface View

  10. Technology 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

  11. Advanced Laboratories UZ 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 Installations: 500 m2 Surface Area in Building No. 1 of Technolgy Park Walqa Operative since February 2003

  12. Advanced 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 HDSince Pentium IV + 512MB RAM + 60GB HD • OS Windows y Linux • Office & Specific Software • Other Hardware: • Color Laser Printers • Scanners • Computer Assisted Teaching Area

  13. Advanced Laboratories UZ Origins Promotion Institute of Aragón + University of Zaragoza + Technology Institute of Aragón Collaboration 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

  14. Advanced Laboratories UZ Initial 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

  15. Advanced Laboratories UZ Research 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

  16. Legal & Business Laboratory Staff • 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

  17. 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 Legal & Business Laboratory Activities: Evolution

  18. 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) Legal & Business Laboratory Activities: Management

  19. Direct-Linked Postgraduate Studies: MeBA D+TIC  Initiative Supporting: e-Business Strategies and Models LEFIS Legal & Business Laboratory Activities: Specific Teaching Master en Administración Electrónica de Empresas

  20. 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 Signature Legal & Business Laboratory Activities: Research (I)

  21. Observatory of the Information Society of Aragón (OASI) Proyect Equal PROFIT 2003 Next: PROFIT 2004 Next: Chamber of Commerce Legal & Business Laboratory Activities: Research (II)

  22. 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 Legal & Business Laboratory Strengths

  23. 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 for Institutional Supported R&D Legal & Business Laboratory Prospects

  24. Thank you very much for your attention! Phone: +34 976 761 384 Fax: +34 976 761 499 e-mail: pbueso@unizar.es The End http://ptwalqa.com/labje/ http://www.unizar.es/derecho/

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