Monday, July 20, 2009

Capacity Building in University-Industry Collaboration & Technology Transfer

UNESCO Jakarta Distance Course on
Capacity Building in University-Industry Collaboration & Technology Transfer

UNESCO Jakarta would like to invite participants to join UNESCO distance course in Capacity Building in University-Industry Collaboration &Technology Transfer. This course will be delivered by lecturers from Japan, Australia, China, Vietnam and UNESCO Jakarta and Beijing. The first session is to start on Thursday, 23 July 2009 at 11:00 - 13:00 (GMT +7). PDF brochure of course.
Description of course
The Capacity Building in University- Industry Collaboration and Technology transfer provide useful practical knowledge to university technology managers, university/government policy makers, researchers and students for building capacity in mutually beneficial university-industry partnership development and effective private sector involvement in education and research.
Some of the topics covered
  • Information on how to find potential partners and how to access them
  • Good practices and success stories on how to develop university-industry partnership
  • Drafting agreement with the industry
  • Successful negotiation skills
  • Technology evaluation
  • Technology valuation
  • Setting up Technology Transfer Office and Business Incubation Center
  • How to maintain the partnership
Target Audience
Technology Managers, Researchers, Students, Goverment/University Policy makers/Heads of TT
The delivery of the course will be by video conference via Internet, broadcast by education networks in collaboration with UNESCO Jakarta, such as School on Internet Asia, and other national education and research networks. For further information, please contact Alia Febriana at a.febriana[at]unesco.org or visit: http://e-learning.dikti.go.id/unesco
Contact Person
Alia Febriana
Engineering Sciences, Technology & Informatics Unit
UNESCO Jakarta
Regional Science Bureau for Asia & The Pacific

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