CORDIS focus 1 June 1998. NUMBER 111

Directorate-General For The Information Society And Media

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ISSN 1022-6559 1 June 1998 The contents of this bulletin are based on RTD-News, updated every day, and other CORDIS databases INDUSTRY/ACADEMIC LINKS Developing cooperation for competitiveness A major conference entitled "Industry/Academic Links: Innovative partnerships for competitiveness" was held by the UK Presidency in Coventry, UK, on 14 and 15 May 1998. The conference was organized, on behalf of the Presidency, by Coventry University Enterprises. Encouraging industry and academia to cooperate more effectively, particularly through highlight­ing successful examples of partnerships from around Europe, is one of the key solutions ­from the Commission's Action Plan on Innovation ­ to reducing Europe's "Innovation deficit". This deficit stems from many of the research results of Europe's successful scientists and researchers not being transformed into commercially viable products and services. This high­profile conference brought together some of Europe's leading policy­makers, academics and industrial­ists. Presentations from around Europe of successful collahoration between the two sectors, backed up by case stud­ies and workshops, aimed to stimulate the exchange of good practice. Topics covered in workshops included: set­ting up campus companies and spin­offs; project­based collaboration; intellectual property rights policies, and the role of networks and public agencies.

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• Marketing et communication

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• Publié par: DIRECTORATE-GENERAL-FOR-THE-INFORMATION-SOCIETY-AND-MEDIA
• Nombre de lectures: 12
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 6 Mo

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