Pablo Bou

Pablo Bou is General Manager of BlueNetCat, the Catalan Network for Blue Innovation, the region's transfer and innovation instrument for the blue economy, coordinated by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He has spent more than a decade inside the network, moving from business development into general management, and works at the point where marine research meets industry: knowledge and technology transfer, maritime sciences, and innovation policy.

He brings an ecosystem builder's perspective on how ocean and port research actually reaches the market. BlueNetCat connects more than seventy research groups with companies and public institutions across Catalonia, and runs programmes such as BlueNet2Market and the Maritime Hub that take marine deep tech from proof of concept toward deployment. His work touches ocean data and observation infrastructure, marine biotechnology and aquaculture, and the funding mechanisms that make blue innovation viable.

His perspective is especially relevant for audiences interested in ocean data, marine deep tech, and how regional research ecosystems turn scientific capability into industrial outcomes.