What it takes: successful models for academia-industry knowledge valorisation

Europe's competitiveness requires placing research and innovation at the center of the economy and accelerating the translation of scientific excellence into successful innovations. 

Research and technology infrastructures and co-working spaces are often key players of dynamic knowledge ecosystems, where researchers and industry work hand in hand on new solutions. In this webinar you will learn about two innovative models for partnering with companies in the field of advanced materials and for preparing clinical validation and navigating regulation in the health sector.

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• Presentation of ‘Collaborative research partnerships co-funded by industry at AMBER’
  Deirdre Caden, International Engagement Manager, AMBER (Advanced Materials and BioEngineering Research) team, Trinity College Dublin
   
• Presentation of ‘Medace, a (bio)medical co-workspace’, supporting academic groups and companies to develop their innovative medical concepts for clinical validation.
  Kurt Gielen, Chief Business Officer, Medace BV
   

Explore the repository of best practices on our KV Platform and get to know more best practices to promote the societal impact of research projects. Some examples:

• Open Entrepreneurship Platform, a platform across eight Danish universities, which matches external entrepreneurs with researchers to launch university spinouts.
• Partnership for Cyber Security Innovation, a public-private partnership in the Netherlands where cyber security specialists connect applied research, actual data and societal challenges to develop applicable and innovative cyber security solutions.
• Collaborative Laboratories (CoLABs) in Portugal aim at accelerating technology transfer processes and strengthening the links between science, economic activity, and society at large. 
• Industrial PhD Programme in Austria strengthens links between industry and academia by offering doctoral students the opportunity to conduct their PhD at an Austrian company or non-university research institution.

Background information

If you want to be part of the next EU Knowledge Valorisation Talks, submit your best practice before 9 January 2025. We have eight good reasons for you to share your best practices on the EU Knowledge Valorisation Platform. Read more.

The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission will organise a series of online EU Knowledge Valorisation Talks throughout 2025 to showcase inspiring practices that are transforming knowledge into practical solutions and exchange experience among valorisation actors from all over Europe. The focus is on new trends and developments in knowledge valorisation.

For any question or suggestion, please contact: RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPRec [dot] europa [dot] eu (RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPR[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)