The objective of the project is to enable the application and transfer of scientific and technological knowledge in the Valenciaport cluster. This will be achieved through the hiring by Fundación Valenciaport of the innovation agent Óscar Ruiz as a member of the innoagent network, whose function is to interpret the needs of companies, connect them with the work of research groups, and promote stable collaboration between the two worlds.

The Innoagents constitute a network of innovation agents that, at the initiative of the AVI, began its journey in 2018 and today has more than fifty members in entities throughout the territory. These innoagents are specialized technical staff responsible for promoting the exploitation of knowledge and its transfer to companies from universities, research centers, technology centers, business associations and other entities supporting innovation in the Valencian Community. Its objective is to foster the connection between the scientific, technological and business spheres, as well as to promote collaboration in the joint development of innovative results.

Specifically, the following activities are being carried out in the project:

• Actions to generate opportunities for collaboration: participation in the definition and launching of challenges in the logistics-port environment, promoting new collaborations and building loyalty to recurring ones.
• Actions to identify and formulate technological offers and demands: mapping and analysis of funding programs, participation in the implementation of regional, national and European funding proposals, promoting the involvement of companies in the Valenciaport cluster.
• Market validation actions: promotion of innovation projects where companies can test their solutions in a real port environment. Advice to startups and companies on European and national calls for proposals that can contribute to validate their technological developments and bring them closer to the market.
• Actions to measure results and transfer them to companies: organization and attendance to scientific dissemination conferences, monitoring of results and technologies, promotion of calls and projects that encourage technology transfer.
• Promotion and dissemination actions: Organization of conferences to disseminate results and calls of interest, support in the dissemination of project results.