WELCOME TO THE EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS’ NIGHT AT THE UFV !
The Universidad Francisco de Vitoria (UFV) is proud to participate in the fourteenth edition of the European Researchers’ Night in Madrid, scheduled for September 26th and 27th, 2025.
We encourage you to join us in this fascinating scientific adventure and to participate in one of the 10 free activities open to all audiences that we have prepared for you.
UFV EUROPEAN RESEARCHERS' NIGHT 2025 ACTIVITIES
VAP, immersive experience through art
Exhibition from September 15 to 29 in the K Building Hall (Faculty of Communication).
Round table at the K Building Hall with experts on Friday, September 26 at 12:00 h.
VAP is an immersive installation inspired by the work of artist Javier Riera, known for projecting geometric forms of light onto natural environments. Through this proposal, the visitor enters a virtual reality experience that combines art, technology and landscape, revealing visual connections between geometry and the natural world. An invitation to perceive the environment from a new aesthetic and sensory dimension.
Registration: Email
Organizer: Degree in Fine Arts UFV
Responsible: Lidón Ramos (web)
Other researchers: Javier Riera (web), David García León (web), Emilio Delgado Martos (web), Carlos Pesqueira (web) and Maria João Durão (web)
Space: Hall Edificio K, Faculty of Communication
Art for prevention: a university exhibition on mental health
Exhibition in the windows of the Square from September 19 to 29, 2025.
Round table at the DOT UFV space on Wednesday, September 24, at 12 noon.
Art exhibition in the Square of the UFV, made by students of Fine Arts and Design after a seminar on mental health. Through visual panels, they address disorders such as TCA, anxiety, depression or suicide, with an informative, preventive and empathetic approach.
The works combine illustration, typography and color to represent different psychological profiles and encourage dialogue.
Registration: Email
Organizer: Degree in Gastronomy UFV and Le Cordon Bleu
Responsible: Lidón Ramos (web)
Other researchers: Vanesa Sainz (web) and Ángela Osuna (web)
Space: Expo at Square UFV and Round Table at Espacio DOT UFV.
3D virtual fashion and fabric simulation
Wednesday 24, from 12:00 to 3:00 pm
Practical workshop on digital fashion design with CLO3D, in which attendees will explore virtual pattern making and fabric simulation in three-dimensional environments. An opportunity to discover how to create garments with realistic textures and shape your creativity in the 3D world.
Registration: Email
Organizer: University Degree in Fine Arts UFV
Responsible: Virginia Puertollano (web)
Place: Aula Wacom, Module 3, Central Building UFV
Catwalk Emerges 'Mitos del Hilo''
Wednesday, September 24, at 1:00 p.m
Fashion show carried out in the framework of the ANDRÓMEDA project (PHS-2024/PH-HUM-76), linked to the group Innovation and Image Analysis (IAI) of the UFV. It will be presented designs made by students of the degrees in Design and Fine Arts, inspired by the theme “Mitos del Hilo'”. The proposal explores the image, the body and identity from a critical and creative point of view.
Registration: Email
Organizer: University Degree in Fine Arts and Design UFV
Responsible: Maribel Castro (web)
Other researchers: Carmen Balandrés, Mar Solís and Matilde Martínez
Space: Agora Higher Polytechnic School UFV
Legends and Video Games
Friday, September 29th from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm.
This creative experience transfers Spanish medieval legends to the language of videogames, giving rise to a visual narrative with epic and digital overtones. The story revolves around a heroine, and is nourished by fantastic iconography: legendary weapons, mythological creatures and combat costumes.
Registration: Email
Organizer: University Degree in Video Game Creation and Storytelling UFV
Responsible: David García León (web)
Other researchers: Belén Mainer (web), Alejandro Montiel (web) and Gabriel Peñas (web)
Space: Pecera Edificio H of the UFV.
Design your fighting character
Friday, September 26, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
An introductory workshop to character design for video games, where the basics of visual storytelling, aesthetic development and combat mechanics will be explored. Participants will learn how to bring their own characters to life through practical exercises and professional tools.
Registration: Email
Organizer: University Degree in Fine Arts and Design UFV
Responsible: Eduardo Arroyo (web)
Space: WACOM Lab Module 5, UFV Central Building
3D Digital Fabrication Workshop
Friday, September 29th from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
A hands-on session at the UFV Fab Lab that will allow experimentation with cutting-edge technologies such as 3D printers, laser cutters and scanners. The activity includes a guided tour of the space and the possibility to use the equipment in a creative and collaborative environment.
Registration: Email
Organizer: Fab Lab UFV (web)
Other researchers: Juan Cano and Sergio Lumbreras
Responsible: Fabricio Santos (web)
Space: Higher Polytechnic School, Ágora floor, Fab Lab UFV
Food markets and neighborhood dynamism: the case of Villaverde
Friday, September 29th from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
We will explore the district of Villaverde through an itinerary through key spaces that show how food markets, food innovation and public policies contribute to redefine the social and economic fabric of neighborhoods.
Tour:
4:00 p.m. – Meeting point at the Mercado de Villaverde Alto.
We will meet with the management team and traders to learn about the transformation process of the market, its new model of integrated management and the role of neighborhood relations in its revitalization.
5:00 p.m. – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub. 17:00 – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub. 5:00 p.m. – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub. 5:00 p.m. – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub. 5:00 p.m. – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub :00 – Visit to the Madrid Food Innovation Hub.
A pioneering space in gastronomic innovation, where the role of food as a strategic axis in municipal policies and the promotion of entrepreneurial projects will be discussed.
6:00 p.m. – Tour of La Nave.
We will enter one of the main centers of urban innovation in Madrid, where startups, emerging technologies and collaborative methodologies promote new forms of city (transfer by private minibus).
7:00 p.m. – Return to the market.
Observation of commercial activity in the afternoon, a key moment to understand the dynamism of the market and its interaction with the life of the neighborhood (transfer by private minibus).
The activity will have the participation of specialists in sustainability and markets of the Chair of Sustainable Markets UFV – Madrid City Council, experts in social impact, as well as professionals in education, social work and participatory urbanism of Vivero de Iniciativas Ciudadanas.
Registration: Email
Organizer: Extraordinary Chair in Circular Economy in Public Market Management UFV-Ayuntamiento de Madrid (web)
Responsible: José Luis Parada (web)
Other researchers: Daniel de la Rosa (web), Jorge Conde (web), María Argeme Núñez (web) and Miguel Jaenicke (web)
Meeting point: How to get to Villaverde Alto Market
Gastronomy 360: Culinary innovation in the face of food waste
Friday 26, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m
A gastronomic experience developed together with Le Cordon Bleu that invites us to reflect on the food of the future. This activity combines culinary innovation, sustainability and wellness in each proposal, offering a creative and conscious vision of how and what we eat.
Registration: Email
Organizer: University Degree in Gastronomy UFV and Le Cordon Bleu
Responsible: Marta Garcés (web) and Anabel Núñez Besteiro (web)
Space: Le Cordon Bleu UFV
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*Funded by the European Union. The views and opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Research Executive Agency (EREA). Neither the European Union nor the EREA can be held responsible for them.
“European Researchers’ Night in Madrid” is a science outreach project, coordinated by Fundación madri+d and funded by the European Union within the Horizon Europe program, through the actions Marie Skłodowska-Curie (grant agreement no. 101.162.110). Celebrating science across Europe in 2024 and 2025 – Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (europa.eu)
*Corner/European Corner. Visit the European Documentation Center UFV.
