{"id":1883,"date":"2026-11-12T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T10:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/?p=1883"},"modified":"2026-11-13T11:15:44","modified_gmt":"2026-11-13T10:15:44","slug":"neurotecheu-celebra-su-xii-consejo-de-rectores-y-la-asamblea-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neurotecheu.umh.es\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/neurotecheu-celebra-su-xii-consejo-de-rectores-y-la-asamblea-general\/","title":{"rendered":"NeurotechEU XII Board of Rectors and General Assembly"},"content":{"rendered":"

Under the slogan \u2018Connected Brains, Connected Europe<\/strong>\u2019, the European University of Brain and Technology (NeurotechEU) held its twelfth General Assembly alongside the biannual meeting of the Alliance\u2019s Board of Governors from 9 to 11 November. In an event that brought together more than 200 participants across Alliance staff and students, the Miguel Hern\u00e1ndez University of Elche (UMH) was represented by the Vice-Rector for Internationalisation and Cooperation, Vicente Micol<\/strong>; the NeurotechEU Leader at the UMH and Director of the Institute of Neurosciences (UMH-CSIC), Juana Gallar;<\/strong> and the Director of the Service of International Relations and Cooperation, Inmaculada Blaya.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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XII Asamblea General de NeurotechEU<\/p><\/div>\n

The event commenced in Brussels with the \u201cConnected Brains, Connected Europe\u201d Forum, attended by Gallar and Blaya on behalf of the UMH. The forum aimed to discuss current and future advances within the neurotechnology ecosystem, the evolution of European R&D policies, and how public and private sector actors can collaborate to capitalise on emerging opportunities. Also in attendance were the Head of the VIDA Programme at the CSIC Delegation in Brussels, Santiago Lamas, and representatives from the Delegation of the Generalitat Valenciana in Brussels.<\/p>\n

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Inmaculada Blaya (1\u00aa izq.), Juana Gallar (1\u00aa dcha.) y representantes de la Delegaci\u00f3n de la Comunitat Valenciana en Bruselas<\/p><\/div>\n

Meanwhile, the General Assembly, held in Nijmegen (Netherlands), addressed several of the Alliance’s key strategic initiatives, including the new European Master in Neurotechnology, international mobility policies, and public engagement projects aimed at bringing neurotechnology closer to society. Attendees included the Director of the Area for International Promotion and Director of the Centre for Translational Research in Physiotherapy, Mar\u00eda del Carmen Lillo;<\/strong> the Deputy Vice-Rector for Institutional Positioning and Rankings, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Blanes;<\/strong> and the Intellectual Property Officer from the Knowledge Transfer Office, Bego\u00f1a Garc\u00eda Ja\u00e9n<\/strong>. Additionally, several UMH faculty members involved in designing teaching content and launching the upcoming European Master in Neurotechnology took part: Institute of Neurosciences researcher and Physiology lecturer V\u00edctor Meseguer<\/strong>; neurology specialist and Medicine lecturer \u00c1ngel C. P\u00e9rez Sempere<\/strong>; and the Head of the Brain-Machine Interface Systems Lab (BMIs) at the Elche Engineering Research Institute, Jos\u00e9 Mar\u00eda Azor\u00edn<\/strong>, who spoke on the round table \u201cTranslating science for society\u201d<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The UMH delegation was completed by Julio Ramos Mart\u00ednez,<\/strong> Officer at the Service of Innovation and Technological Planning; NeurotechEU project managers Mar\u00eda Jos\u00e9 Such<\/strong>, quality management expert, and Sonia Mart\u00edn<\/strong>; J\u00falia Santacreu<\/strong>, NeurotechEU Communications Officer at the UMH and member of the work package dedicated to interdisciplinary knowledge creation; Desir\u00e9e Gracia,<\/strong> UMH representative on the NeurotechEU Student Council; and PhD candidates Gamil Hamam Marawi, Luis Mart\u00ednez Rubio, and Lucas Sebasti\u00e1n Peris<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Delegaci\u00f3n de la UMH en la XII Asamblea General de NeurotechEU<\/p><\/div>\n

The General Assembly concluded with the final session and awards ceremony for the annual NeurotechEU Hackathon. PhD candidates Mar\u00eda Climent and Ariel Exp\u00f3sito<\/strong> participated in this edition, which was themed \u2018Wearable Neurotechnology: fNIRS and EEG<\/strong>\u2019.<\/p>\n

NeurotechEU is a European University co-funded by the European Commission working to create a higher education and research space focused on neurotechnology, aiming to provide solutions to brain and mental health challenges through affordable technologies. Alongside the UMH, the NeurotechEU alliance comprises eight other partner universities: Radboud University (Netherlands), Karolinska Institutet (Sweden), University of Bonn (Germany), Bo\u011fazi\u00e7i University (Turkey), Iuliu Ha\u021bieganu University of Medicine and Pharmacy Cluj-Napoca (Romania), University of Lille (France), Reykjav\u00edk University (Iceland), and Medical University of Innsbruck (Austria). It also includes the University of Debrecen (Hungary), the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (Lithuania), and Western University (Canada) as associate universities.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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