CTA (Corporación Tecnológica de Andalucía) has had a strong presence at the Transfiere Forum 2025 as part of the activities planned throughout the year to commemorate its 20th anniversary. CTA is a golden partner of the event, which takes place from March 12th to 14th at FYCMA (Palacio de Ferias y Congresos de Málaga) and has established itself as the leading European event for knowledge transfer and R&D&I, strengthening synergies between the public and private sectors while facilitating access to new opportunities for innovation and development.
CTA President Beltrán Pérez inaugurated the Ágora space with a keynote speech, highlighting the Transfiere Forum as “the perfect environment to facilitate connections and collaboration among innovation ecosystem stakeholders.” He emphasized that CTA has chosen the event as one of the key milestones in celebrating its 20th anniversary. “CTA has been promoting innovation from Andalusia for 20 years, with more than 6,000 projects driving significant advances in key sectors such as renewable energy and energy efficiency, biotechnology and health, sustainable mobility, Industry 4.0, agribusiness and food security, and sustainable construction,” stated Pérez. He also stressed that “cooperation and transfer are essential to fostering innovation that impacts the future and generates competitiveness and progress for Andalusia.”
The CTA booth, covering 60 m² at the main entrance of the event, hosts more than 10 member companies as exhibitors, including Aurora Intelligent Nutrition (AIN), Bettergy, Biomedal, Innovasur, Interactivty, Keyter (Genaq), Sando, Skylife Engineering, and Tier1. Additionally, a dedicated space showcases international and collaborative innovation projects, particularly those funded by various European Union programs, such as AeroSTREAM, ROBIN, VERDEinMED, and BioINSouth.
Technological sovereignty and Europe’s leadership
CTA has also organized a panel in the official Transfiere program on “Technological Sovereignty, Competitiveness, and Europe’s Leadership”, moderated by Vanessa Moreno, CTA’s Director of Institutional Relations and Communication. The panel featured representatives from the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, as well as companies Sando, Cosentino, and MP Ascensores.
Additionally, David Páez, CTA’s Director of International Consulting and Projects, moderated a panel on “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applied to Digital Transformation and Competitiveness”, with participants from the City Councils of Málaga and Salamanca, the University of Málaga (UMA), and CEFCA.
Meanwhile, Rafael Castillo, CTA consultant, took part in a roundtable discussion on real opportunities in the Green Hydrogen sector, organized by the Andalusian Government, with participation from TRADE and the Andalusian Green Hydrogen Cluster.
International activity
CTA is also coordinating several events in the parallel agenda of the Transfiere Forum, as part of various European projects in which it participates, including ROBIN, VERDEinMED, and BioINSouth.
The ROBIN project hosted a panel on March 12th in the official Transfiere agenda titled “The Deployment of Circular Bioeconomy at a Regional Scale with a Territorial Approach”, moderated by CTA consultant María García, with the participation of representatives from Andalusia, Castilla y León, Catalonia, Madrid, and Murcia. Additionally, ROBIN organized a parallel workshop on March 13th on “Exchange of Experiences in Circular Bioeconomy”, featuring representatives from Andalusia, Castilla y León, Catalonia, and Madrid.
Meanwhile, the VERDEinMED project arranged a workshop on textile circularity policies on March 12th, bringing together policymakers, business leaders, and researchers to discuss the current state of textile circularity and the implementation of circular economy policies in the Mediterranean region.
CTA also coordinated a parallel workshop on March 13th, as part of the BioINSouth project, to launch the Multi-Actor Regional Group (MARG) in Andalusia. During this event, the members were officially introduced, and a co-creation exercise was conducted to define the regional HUB’s work plan.
Finally, two startups that have successfully secured funding with CTA’s support, Kanzo Tech and Rewoox, participated in the Research Center area, showcasing their achievements as success stories.
