The School of Business and Management ( School of Pharmacy and Nutrition ) brings together more than 100 graduate students for Networking Week

The meeting brought together students from the University-Master's Degree t in research, development , and Drug Innovation (MIDI) and the Master's Degree in design Galenic Science and Manufacturing in the Pharmaceutical Industry (MDGFI), along with students from the Madrid campus of the University-Master's Degree t in Pharma-Biotech Business Management (MUGEP) and the University-Master's Degree t in Sustainable Management and Nutritional Innovation in Food Companies (MINEA), with the goal of exposing students to the realities of the industry and enhancing their professional profile through direct knowledge with leading figures in the sector.

Thursday, Day 1. Entrepreneurship, Ethics, and Corporate Resilience
The " workshop " event began with the session "From Science to the Future" led by Dámaso Molero (CEO of 3PBIOVIAN), who encouraged the graduates to make the most of their " profile": "Remember that you have a backpack full of knowledge, and you must use it to benefit yourselves and the business."

Later, Dr. Maribel Calvo, director of the MDGFI’s Master's Degree , moderated the “ roundtable ” titled“Businesses and Entrepreneurship,” where prominent leaders shared their perspectives on the business ecosystem. During the “ meeting,” Daniel Palacio (founder and board member of Tutti Food Group) reflected on the generational shift in senior management, noting that “We need new people with new ideas for the business to evolve; if you stay too long, you can end up holding things back.” For his part, Mr. Carlos González Ojer (CEO and founder of Laboratorios Ojer-Pharma) highlighted the sector’s perseverance, stating that “An entrepreneur is someone who sees an idea that no one else sees and turns it into a goal.” Finally, Mr. Mariano Oto (CEO of NUCAPS) addressed the impact of technology and strategic decisions, concluding that “You don’t learn from mistakes. You learn from successes. AI isn’t going to take your job work —someone who uses it better than you will.”

At noon, the Vice President , Ms. Rosalía Baena, delivered the institutional address, emphasizing the priority of ethics and the value of “ discussion.” “The university is the best antidote to polarization; it is a space and a school for dialogue,” she stated. The afternoon concluded with a hands-on Design Thinking workshop led by the CNTA.

Friday, 2. “Tech Transfer” and the Keys to Workplace Motivation
The second workshop focused on connecting science with its real-world impact on society. Xavi Tapias, Deputy Director from the University of Navarra’s technology transfer office, led the session“Tech Transfer: From Lab to Market,” where he warned about the challenge known as “Valley of Death”—a critical phase of scientific maturity where investment is scarce—and defined his professional role: “I am a translator between the worlds of science and business. Our work is to bridge that gap and align researchers’ expectations with those of venture capitalists.” He also detailed the two paths for commercializing research: the licence or the creation of a spin-off with the support of Innovation Factoring.

Following Viscofan España ’s session on recruitment processes, Professor Ignacio Ferrero (professor and former Dean at theSchool of Science , School of Economics and Business) capped off the event with the discussion paper “Happiness in the work.” Ferrero warned of the alarming lack of workplace engagement globally (phenomena such as “quiet quitting”) and analyzed motivation using the models of Maslow and Frederick Herzberg.

Ferrero shared statistics on the drastic reduction in tenure in the first “ employment.” While the “ average ” used to be seven years, among millennials it has fallen to a few months, and among Generation Z it has dropped dramatically to between four and six months due to a lack of professional “ development ,” salary, and relationships with senior management. Finally, he encouraged the 117 university students to seek positions that bring a sense of purpose to their lives: “To be happy, we need to know what we’re living for and what the meaning of our work is. When you leave here, your challenge is to find that purpose.”