Josep Miquel Piqué is a Telecommunication Engineer from La Salle and MBA. He is Doctor on Ecosystems of Innovation from Universitat Ramon Llull. He holds also diplomas from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the University of California-Berkeley. 

He is a disciple of Professors Henry Etzkowitz (co-founder of Triple Helix), Francesc Solé Parellada (Entrepreneurship), and Jerome Engel (Clusters of Innovation).

He is the Founding President of XPCAT (Catalan Network of Science Parks), Vice-President of APTE (Spanish Network of Science Parks), and XVII President of IASP (International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation).

He has promoted different Entrepreneurship and Investors Program as: APTEenisa with APTE for the creation of tech startups in Spain, The Collider, leading seminars and training the trainers for OTLs and OTT, Business Angels Academy with Technova, and Venture Capital and Corporate Investors Program with La Salle and Prof. Jerome Engel from UC Berkeley. 

His long professional experience in university management has led him to promote and lead Postgraduate Programs, Technology Transfer Centers, University Incubators, and Innovation Science and Technology Parks. He has promoted several hybrid organizations taking the partnership model University-Industry-Public Administration.  

In the field of public administration has been CEO of the District Innovation - 22 @ Barcelona (developing 22@Barcelona Urban Lab), Director of Strategic Sectors of the Agency of Local Development - Barcelona Activa, and CEO of the Office of Economic Growth of the Barcelona City Council. Among other projects, he has participated in teams of Barcelona European Capital of Innovation and Barcelona Mobile World Capital.

He has published several papers in publications and congresses on Innovation Ecosystems. He has participated in several international forums in Europe (Bulgaria, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, and UK), America (Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, and U.S.A.), and Asia (Korea, Philippines, Singapore, Japan, and China).

The central line of his activity is the promotion of a Knowledge-based Economy and Society with a Triple Helix approach in order to consolidate Ecosystems of Innovation in Cities, Regions, and Nations.