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learning, making new and developing existing contacts as well as having a good time, gathering new knowledge and insights, learning new concepts, are highly interlinked aspects of a conference. The STEP Strengthening University-Industry Interaction Conference is focused on bringing these aspects together, resulting in a positive influence on each other and a maximization of the participants' conference experience.
In addition, the various formats of communication, knowledge exchange and discussion have their individual advantages and should thus be integrated to get the most value out of a conference. Therefore, the conference will feature keynote speakers, parallel tracks, workshops, round table discussion, a poster session. The conference will also include a wide variety of social interactions, such as a city tour, welcome reception, a tour of the STEP ILOs and a conference dinner.
Call for papers, presentations, workshops, tracks, posters
The STEP-International Conference -Strengthening University-Industry Interaction Conference will be an international meeting and discussion forum for practitioners and researchers on university-industry innovation and entrepreneurial universities, where theory and practice are equally emphasized in the program.
Sub-themes include, but are not limited to:
1. Innovation in Practice
While the technological frontier is advancing at a fast pace and innovations abound across all fields, a large share of the global population remains excluded from this prosperity. Notwithstanding progress, more than 40 percent of the world population still lives under US$2 per day ( Bottom of the Pyramid- BOP). Such inequality is gradually leading to a rising global need and interest in promoting innovations in products (goods and services) which address the needs and improve the welfare of the excluded due to poverty, handicap or location.
2. Student & Academic Entrepreneurship / Entrepreneurship Education
The specialization in entrepreneurship allows students to develop the knowledge and skills necessary to take a leadership role in small and entrepreneurial business. Students in this specialization will be able to gain a broad knowledge of entrepreneurial business issues built upon entrepreneurially-focused research in the core business disciplines, including accounting, business law, finance, management, and marketing. The program includes both foundational coursework as well as experiential assignments in which the students work with entrepreneurs to solve real business decisions. This specialization will help broaden the students’ perspective beyond corporate management and enhance their employment prospects by increasing their attractiveness to entrepreneurial firms.
3. University-Business Cooperation (UBC)
UBC is the collaboration of university and business with the support of government for mutual and societal benefit. If UBC is understood as transactions between higher education institutions (HEIs) and business for mutual benefit, fostering UBC and extracting its value can help universities to face the problem of decreasing public funds , help businesses to gain and maintain their competitive advantage in today’s dynamic international markets , contribute to the economic development at regional and national level as well as meet the demands of the labour market to provide more relevant knowledge and skills . In this context, successful UBC creates mutual benefit for all parties involved, and wider, to society.
4. Knowledge and Technology Transfer
Technology transfer activities allow the leading-edge research and knowledge of the University to get out of the labs and into the commercial sector where it can be further developed and transformed into new treatments, medicines, products, etc. Technology transfer activities can potentially benefit millions of people. It would therefore be unethical for a University, and especially for one that excels in energy and water , not to actively promote and encourage efficient technology and knowledge transfer.
5. Case Studies of Collaborative Innovation & Entrepreneurial Universities
Presentations Suggested Titles:
Technical programs
Biotechnology & Life Sciences and Pharmaceutical technology
Agriculture & Environmental technology
Electronics, Communication and Information technology
Material Science and Metallurgy Track Program
Civil Engineering, Architecture and Building Materials Track Program
Mechanical Engineering and Mechatronics Track Program
Energy Technologies Track Program
This project has been funded with the support from the European Commission.This publication reflects the views only of its authors.The Commission Cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
@2017 An-Najah National University
Strengthening University-Enterprise Linkages in Palestine (STEP)