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== Overview ==
<span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">The </span>[http://www.um.edu.uy/ <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">University of Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">(</span>]<span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">UM) </span>started off in 1986 as the Institute of Business Studies of Montevideo (IEEM). Some months later the IEEM started a postgraduate in business law. From there the IEEM continued incorporating new courses mixing law and business, such as seminar in management, business administration, master's degree in business law and much more.</span></span>
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<span id="docs-internal-guid-91110eb2-b984-1eb4-e878-222ca03f82c4"><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">It wasn't until April 29 of 1997 that the IEEM was approved to function as a university and from there it's known as the </span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; font-style: italic; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Universidad de Montevideo</span><span style="font-size: 14.6667px; font-family: Arial; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. To be legally approved as a national university it was demanded the existence of three areas of knowledge, these were:</span></span>
<br/><br/><br/><span style="font-size:smaller;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-5913abf2-2337-c880-26f4-b2ae493d50f8"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-style: italic; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Z-room at Engineer Building</span></span></span>
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== University Technology Transfer Function ==
<span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105); background-color: transparent; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">LOOP, Semana de la Innovación </span><span style="color: rgb(105, 105, 105); font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">was a unique latin american experience that united visionary people, visionary students and visionary organizations worried about inclusion and making an impact in not only the continent, but also the world.</span>
<div><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As previously mentioned, LOOP is a community that aims for change, impact and inclusion in Latin America throughout innovation. The event sought to create spaces for inclusion and interdisciplinarity where the exchange of ideas and initiatives could happen and generate movement in our communities.</span></span></span></div><div><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The event had the support of and was organized by Universidad de Montevideo, Universidad Tecnológica, Universidad Católica del Uruguay, Universidad CLAEH, and Universidad ORT.</span></span><br/><br/><span style="font-size:medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The key concepts of the event were:</span></span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><ul style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;">
<li><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INNOVATION:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We aim to add value to our communities and our society, to improve what already exists and to think outside the box.</span></span></span></span></div></li><li><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">IMPACT:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">We </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">seek </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">to share the spirit of innovation, our accomplishments and, above all, to generate tangible results in the contexts we move in.</span></span></span></span></div></li><li><div><span style="font-size:medium;"><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-weight: 700; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">INCLUSION:</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Not only we work from a place of multidisciplinarity, but also we intend that our successes reach those who are usually excluded and forgotten.</span></span></span></span></div></li>
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<div><br/><span style="color:#696969;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-ee55a68d-7fff-6f53-d780-8a0b41f2e8f3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Among the activities and methodologies offered, int<span style="font-size:medium;">ernati</span>onal and uruguayan participants got familiar with Design Thinking in order to empathise with users and identify their problems and challenges. In addition, participants applied Lego Serious Play, another innovative methodology, useful to generate solutions. Prototyping based on Lean Methodologies was also a key aspect that proved to be important during the testing phase with real users.</span></span></span></div>
[http://universityinnovation.org/wiki/Rodrigo_Sanchez Rodrigo Sanchez]</div>
