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The overall goal of the planned BILAT USA 2.0 EU-U.S. Innovation Conference is to highlight existing best practices and to promote the integration of the innovation aspect in the EU-U.S. S&T Agreement to be renewed through more innovative and entrepreneurial principles.
A particular focus will be for MS / AC representatives to contribute their national best practice examples on bilateral innovation cooperation and enhancing policies. Further international SMEs as important sources for new employment, shall provide insights into their internationalization strategies.
Also, there is a pre-conference policy workshop: "Towards enhanced EU-U.S. innovation collaboration through policy measures." This will focus on EU-U.S. innovation collaboration among policy-makers and highlight barriers and challenges experienced by the U.S. research community for the purpose of enhancing EU-U.S. RTDI business collaboration.
Registration is free and required and will be available on a general first-come first-served basis.
For program and registration information, see:
http://goo.gl/BY1njp Please forward to any interested researchers, research administrators, policymakers, et al.
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Jesse Szeto
Senior Manager of NCURA Global
National Council of University Research Administrators
Washington, DC
202-466-3894
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