About ISAAAC
ISAAAC is a high level international academic-industry initiative aimed at building global alliances and ecosystem of partners in academia, industry or national governments to design, build and bring to the market a new generation of solutions catalysed by R&D.
ISAAAC will aim to build structured bridges between partners to collectively work with and listen to prospective customers seeking solutions to problems.
ISAAAC Association is hosted in Europe at the SCIENCE PARK of Salamanca University. The strategic alliance between both non-profit organizations will aim to generate scientific and entrepreneurial synergies and will attract new interactions with global and local actors thus fostering new opportunities for research, innovation and business.
President of ISAAAC Association is Dr. Domingo Sanchez-Zarza (ES), Dra. Patricia González Aldea (ES) is ISAAAC General Secretary, Ing. Sergio Seseña Diego (ES) as ISAAAC Treasurer.
The foundational Coordinator of ISAAAC Global Expert Advisory Group is Dr. Shoumen Datta (USA) from MIT, Auto ID Labs (ICRI Director). Shoumen is currently advising ISAAAC President in different strategic projects. Mr. Thomas Kapitza (GER) is ISAAAC former General Secretary. Luis Sanz Andreu (ES) is ISAAAC former Treasurer.
In 2018, Prof. Juan Manuel Corchado (ES), then Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer at the University of Salamanca (USAL), held the ISAAAC Association Academic Chair; by 2024, he had become the President of Salamanca University.
In 2025, a strategic agreement was established between ISAAAC and the Knowledge Transfer Group on Regulatory Compliance, New Technologies, and Citizen Guarantees, with Prof. Pedro Nevado at the USAL Law School .
Our ISAAAC Global Expert Advisory Group (status 02-10-2019) is formed by leading international experts from USA, EU and Asia.
ISAAAC is developing new networks including Iberoamérica and África.
ISAAAC Team
SSH Team (Social Science & Humanities)
Our Foundational Story
The year 2018 marked a milestone in our history, coinciding with the eight-hundredth anniversary of the University of Salamanca, one of the oldest and most prestigious centers of knowledge in Europe. In this context, ISAAAC’s leadership was solidified with the inclusion of key figures: Secretary General Dr. Thomas Kapitza, General Advisor Dr. Shoumen Datta, President Dr. Domingo Sanchez Zarza, and Co-Chair Prof. Juan Manuel Corchado—who at that time served as Vice-Rector in Research and Technological Transfer at the University of Salamanca.
Their strategic vision and experience have been essential pillars in establishing the foundations of our think tank. In 2017, a group of people committed to creating solutions to complex problems came together, convinced that collaboration and the exchange of ideas could transform the landscape of security, technology, and innovation. This is how ISAAAC was born—a non-profit association dedicated to promoting initiatives with a global social and academic impact.
