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▼ Catalan President To Travel To Japan To 'Strengthen And Expand' Relations
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Week-long trip beginning on May 26 will also include a trip to South Korea
The Catalan president Salvador Illa will travel to Japan on May 26 for a week-long trip to "strengthen and expand" relations between Catalonia and the Asian country.
Illa praised the "good relationship" Catalonia has with Japan, saying that "it goes way back."
"Not only in economic or business sectors, but also culturally," he said during the inauguration of an innovation center of the Japanese company NTT Data in Barcelona on Thursday.
The president also highlighted "the significant volume of investments" from Catalan companies in Japan and Japanese companies in Catalonia.
“Catalonia wants to be a friendly place for foreign companies to invest, especially in the fields of attracting new talent and technology,” Illa said during his visit to the company’s offices at 22@, where he was accompanied by the Catalan minister of business and labor, Miquel Sàmper.
The president is also scheduled to visit South Korea during his Japan trip.
During his speech, he also mentioned the use of artificial intelligence and noted that it is “essential” for the tool to work “for the common good.”
“As a government, we support innovation, progress, and new technologies,” he added.
Inauguration of NTT Data Living Lab
On Thursday, Salvador Illa attended the official opening of NTT’s Data Living Lab. Víctor López-Barrantes, the company’s general manager in Spain, described the lab as a “living laboratory.”
“It’s the strategic meeting point between experts and professionals, where technology and innovation merge to promote the economic and social development of the entire region,” he said.
Before their move to 22@ to centralize all the company operations, the lab was located at the upper part of Avinguda Diagonal in the Catalan capital.
NTT Data Living Lab has been in Barcelona since 1997. It’s a technology consulting company that employs 4,000 people in the city, and is “expected to grow in the coming years,” according to Manel Martorana, the company’s head of Digital Technology in Spain.
The Catalan president Salvador Illa will travel to Japan on May 26 for a week-long trip to "strengthen and expand" relations between Catalonia and the Asian country.
Illa praised the "good relationship" Catalonia has with Japan, saying that "it goes way back."
"Not only in economic or business sectors, but also culturally," he said during the inauguration of an innovation center of the Japanese company NTT Data in Barcelona on Thursday.
The president also highlighted "the significant volume of investments" from Catalan companies in Japan and Japanese companies in Catalonia.
“Catalonia wants to be a friendly place for foreign companies to invest, especially in the fields of attracting new talent and technology,” Illa said during his visit to the company’s offices at 22@, where he was accompanied by the Catalan minister of business and labor, Miquel Sàmper.
The president is also scheduled to visit South Korea during his Japan trip.
During his speech, he also mentioned the use of artificial intelligence and noted that it is “essential” for the tool to work “for the common good.”
“As a government, we support innovation, progress, and new technologies,” he added.
Inauguration of NTT Data Living Lab
On Thursday, Salvador Illa attended the official opening of NTT’s Data Living Lab. Víctor López-Barrantes, the company’s general manager in Spain, described the lab as a “living laboratory.”
“It’s the strategic meeting point between experts and professionals, where technology and innovation merge to promote the economic and social development of the entire region,” he said.
Before their move to 22@ to centralize all the company operations, the lab was located at the upper part of Avinguda Diagonal in the Catalan capital.
NTT Data Living Lab has been in Barcelona since 1997. It’s a technology consulting company that employs 4,000 people in the city, and is “expected to grow in the coming years,” according to Manel Martorana, the company’s head of Digital Technology in Spain.
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