Mexico City. Within the framework of the third National Week of the Entrepreneur (SNE, Semana Nacional del Emprendedor), which is organized by the Government of the Republic through the National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM, Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor) and the Secretariat of Economy, was imparted the presentation titled «The advantages of technological innovation parks by integrating as makerspaces and their contribution to national development», by the Director of the Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa), MBA José Ramón López Arellano.

Such participation took place in the expositions forum of the Innovation Area’s Maker Section in the SNE, was attended by business owners and entrepreneurs of all ages and from different parts of the country. López Arellano talked about PIT-UAS’ objectives, which consist in promoting Sinaloa’s development via the strengthening of its technological capabilities, by providing knowledge essentials from the strategic transversal platform that are the information and communication technologies. He pointed out that this helps to promote regional economy’s productivity and competitiveness, given that contributes to knowledge generation, as well as to produce, apply and integrate technologies’ knowledge oriented to the solution of problems in our surroundings.

As main theme, he mentioned that the PIT-UAS is aligned to the Plan of National Development, the State Plan of Development and the Plan of Institutional Development Consolidation 2017, which emphasize the importance of generating scientific, technological and innovational development, pillars for the socioeconomic progress. Besides, photographs of the PIT-UAS’ facilities were shown to the attendees, settlements where business owners and entrepreneurs can develop their projects under the tutelage of diverse renowned researchers and through the faculties of higher level.

In this way, by making business owners and entrepreneurs of the whole nation know that thanks to the services it offers the PIT-UAS progresses in the innovation and the technological developments that favor a higher development level for the country and society in general, there is a contribution so this unit of our University can be nationally identified as an ideal space for hosting and developing enterprising projects of high impact. The foregoing, for benefit of the national progress and as a contribution to the institutional prestige, impact and growth of the UAS.

Written by Moroni Arellano (Communication and Diffusion, PIT-UAS), translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).