David Hernández Salazar

Innovation Coordinator

Industrial Designer and Musician, with a Master’s Degree in Research for Design and Innovation from Elisava – Barcelona School of Design and Engineering. Recipient of the Innovadores de América–CAF Award, Profesión Líder Award, and TEDx speaker (talk on music and design). Currently works in Innovation and Culture projects at the Autonomous University of Barcelona – PRUAB. He leads training workshops and has developed award-winning projects such as Ars Gràcia, I+Deario, Innovarium, and Ludófono —the latter selected by BIME Pro, WOMEX, and Primavera Sound Pro.

Member of Artificia, a multidisciplinary research team focused on Artificial Intelligence and Music in Barcelona. Co-director and co-founder of LATIR Festival, a cultural exchange platform between Latin America and Europe, supported by the Ajuntament de Barcelona, Generalitat de Catalunya, Avianca, Casa Amèrica Catalunya, and the Gabriel García Márquez Library.

Founder and musician of LE BIG SUR, a band that has performed at international events such as SXSW (USA), GIFF (Mexico), Empire Music Festival (Guatemala), Esperanzah (Barcelona), Rabolagartija (Alicante), Dolanky Festival (Czech Republic), and Festival Disonarte (Colombia).

He is also the founder and musician of BEYOND COLLAPSE, a project that tests and performs new music technologies live, supported by the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) in Barcelona and the UAB–Cruïlla Chair of the Cruïlla Festival. The project has been featured at Mobile World Congress, Integrated Systems Europe, Festa de la Ciència (Ajuntament de Barcelona), and Setmana de la Innovació (UAB).

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Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain