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Knowledge transfer into entrepreneurship - Growing number of scientists wants to apply their researches to economy
Tuesday, 15.04.2014.
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The WBCInno project which comprises universities in Novi Sad and Kragujevac, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Banja Luka and Zenica) emerged from the wish to include as many experts, researchers, professors as possible into similar processes. In Montenegro, the University of Podgorica will generate sustainable mechanism to make science and business closer through pilot projects and initiatives.
- First of all, it is necessary to change legislation which exists but has not been well-managed when it comes to universities. Then, new regulations, directives and other bylaws should be adopted. It is necessary to change culture which implies that besides being lecturers as university teachers, we should commit to innovations, knowledge transfer and technologies, i.e. opening of universities for the market – our collocutor points out, adding that it is necessary to cooperate with incubators and technological parks.
Network of technological brokers of Serbia
Aiming at promotion and development of cooperation between companies and scientific-research institutions in Serbia, in late summer last year, the Network of technological brokers of Serbia comprising faculties, institutes and technology transfer centers was set up. The network emerged within the project conducted by the German consulting company, GFA supported by the Ministry pf Education, Science and Technological development, the Ministry of Economy and EU IPA Program of integrated support to innovations (IISP), in order to facilitate and speed up the transfer of innovative technologies and knowledge to SMEs in Serbia.
- The Network of technological brokers of Serbia comprises 11 faculties and scientific-research institutions providing support to SMEs so that they would be more innovative and competitive at domestic and foreign market by implementing new and existing technologies and research results. A total of 27 brokers were trained to, within their own institutions, mark resources, potential, to recognized innovative projects which can be commercialized – Vesna Mandic concludes.
(details from AcademLink's conference)
KreativTeh’s innovation is waiting for a partner
KreativTeh is a spin-off company of the Technology-metallurgy faculty in Belgrade founded in order to implement transfer of scientific achievements, knowledge and technology from the faculty in the industry, primarily in the field of biomedicine and pharmacy.
Founders are university teachers, Bojana Obradovic and Vesna Miskovic-Stankovic and two PhD students who, within mutual researches, came to innovative technologies and materials. The company’s objective is to develop creative atmosphere for development of new approaches and solutions through maintenance of strong connections with academic and scientific community and creating industrial partners’ network.
Product of KreativTeh’s are NanoAktiv surfaces for wounds treatment, especially of deep and necrotic ones such as decubitus, the aged people suffer from and which are currently not produced in Serbia and in the region. The Faculty for technology and metallurgy owns the patent and KreativTeh has an exclusive right to use it.
Scientists from KreativTeh did all laboratory researches and as of February 1 last year, within the project of early development of the Fund for innovation activity, they started researching on animals so that their product could get medical purpose. As Bojana Obradovicsays for our portal, they are currently finishing the experiments.
- Since KreativTeh is not a production business but it operates in research and development, it is necessary to find partners which would start production of medicaments – Obradovic points out.
Our collocutor points out there are many projects of young scientists waiting to become a recognized product.
How do our neighbors do it?
Until three years ago, the RUCONBAR (Rubberissed Concrete Noise Barriers) project was undergoing the laboratory level and soon this technology could be implemented in over 16 states worldwide. It is the absorbing concrete made of recycled car tyre for the noise barrier, which is one of the 20 best innovations in Croatia. The project totals EUR 12 mil ad it was funded form EU program through CIP Eco –innovation program.
According to the idea creator, Stjepan Lakusic, head of department for railways at the Faculty of Construction in Zagreb, the main partner is producer Beton Lucko, then Varazdin-based Gumiimpex, dealing with recycling. There is also the Institute of construction in Zagreb which coordinates the project and which is the idea creator of the project which gathered business and academic community in order to offer a new product to the market.
Primarily, the plan of the project was to focus on the markets in the region- exYu states and Romania, Bulgaria and Albania. However, the creators of RUCONBAR project are negotiating with the countries worldwide which are ready to buy that technology.
- We are currently negotiating with Qatar, Russia, Austria, Italy, France, Hungary, Australia, India, Canada, Turkey – a collocutor of our portal says and adds that by the end of April the construction of the road at the Krk island is expected to start as well as soon the construction of the roads in Zagreb which will use RUCONBAR.
Opening of the scientific and academic network towards the market is the first step in connecting with business and implementation of innovation projects in industrial production is a way out of the crisis.
Irina Milosevic
Univerzitet u Kragujevcu
Fakultet inženjerskih nauka Kragujevac
Centar za virtuelnu proizvodnju Kragujevac
Zastava kovačnica a.d. Kragujevac
Nissal doo Sremska Mitrovica u stečaju
Metalac Inko d.o.o. Gornji Milanovac
Toza Marković Kikinda
Prva Petoletka a.d. Trstenik
Siemens Mobility d.o.o. Cerovac
MIKROE doo Beograd
METALKA MAJUR d.o.o. Jagodina
Sloboda a.d. Čačak
Ministarstvo privrede Republike Srbije
Ministarstvo prosvete Republike Srbije
GFA South East Europe d.o.o. Beograd
Tehnološko metalurški fakultet Beograd
Program integrisane podrške inovacijama IISP Ministarstvo finansija i privrede Republike Srbije
Fond za inovacionu delatnost Beograd
INSTITUT GRAĐEVINARSTVA HRVATSKE d.d. Zagreb
BETON-LUČKO d.o.o.