Month: November 2019

The EU-China Business and Technology Cooperation Fair is one of the largest business festivals in China for EU-China investment, trade, and technology, which gathered around 1,500 representatives of companies, state/regional governments, clusters, business associations, EU-China Cooperation experts, universities, R&D institutions from west and north China, the European Commission, EEN partners, and European countries who were seeking potential collaboration and partnerships with their counterparts.

This year, it took place in Chengdu and Qingdao, two vital strategic cities of north and west China, the first phase in Chengdu from 11th to 13th of November, and the second phase in Qingdao from 14th to 15th of November.

On 14th of November, Nedeljko Milosavljevic had the opportunity to present the University of Belgrade and the initiatives focused on support of entrepreneurship and academia-industry collaboration. He talked about the importance of business opportunity support system for the whole process of knowledge transfer, and shortly presented BOSS project and innovative methods which are being developed in order to enable successful creation and transfer of innovation from academia to private sector.

Participants of the National Seminar on IP Management in the Contemporary Economic and Technological Circumstances, held on 22nd of October in Polotsk, had the opportunity to hear more about topics related to knowledge transfer and IP commercialization. During his lecture on necessary preconditions for efficient IP Management in Universities and Research Institutions, Nedeljko Milosavljevic emphasized the importance of business opportunity support system and presented innovative methods which are being developed within BOSS project in order to enable successful creation and transfer of innovation from academia to private sector.

Dr. Milosavljevic also participated as a lecturer at the Regional Workshop on IP Policies for Universities and Research Institutions, held on 23rd and 24th in Minsk, where he talked about challenges in Implementation of IP Policies in Universities and Research Institutions. During his lecture and roundtable discussion with colleagues from Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Portugal, Russian Federation, Serbia, Slovenia, Turkey and Uzbekistan, he took the opportunity to address the importance of business opportunity support system and to shortly present BOSS project.

Both events were organized by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in cooperation with the National Center of Intellectual Property of Belarus (NCIP).

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During his visit to China, Nedeljko Milosavljevic presented BOSS project and its results on two occasions.

First, the project was presented during the 22nd China Beijing International High-tech Expo 2019 Beijing International Forum on Technical Services Conceptual Scheme, organized on 27^th of October in Beijing, China. Dr. Milosavljevic had the opportunity to address the public and talk about activities focused on scientific and technological innovation cooperation as an important driving force for the development of science and technology in the world.

The event was supported by China Association for Science and Technology, The People’s Government of Beijing Municipality, and hosted and organized by China Centre for International Science and Technology Exchange, Organizing Committee Office of China Beijing International High-tech Expo, China Technology Exchange, International Technology Transfer Network (ITTN) and Coway International TechTrans Co., Ltd.

Besides leaders of China Association for Science and Technology, representatives of the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and other authorities, the guest were also representatives of foreign universities, scientific research institutions, technology transfer industry organizations, innovation and entrepreneurship investment organizations, and industry organizations; representatives of winning projects in China- Italy and China- Germany Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Also, on 28^th of October during training “TT Fundamentals”, organized in Zhengzhou, BOSS project results which are being developed in order to enable successful creation and transfer of innovation from academia to private sector, were presented to future TT professionals

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