Research Innovation Office, Memorial University’s Post

Thanks to the University of Queensland Innovation and Entrepreneurship Society for visiting Taiwan. 👏   Last week, we met students from the University of Queensland who are currently pursuing their bachelor's degrees, and some of them have already started their own businesses! We had a great time discussing international entrepreneurial opportunities and the working atmosphere in Taiwan. 😄   Nowadays, the government of Taiwan provides numerous opportunities for international talents.💡 If you're unsure whether Taiwan is the right place for you, join the InnoServe Awards for a chance to win a trip to Taiwan!   The InnoServe Awards offer opportunities to exchange ideas with other students and industry experts. For qualified teams, there will also be a day tour to learn more about Taiwan's culture, food, and more! ✨   Don’t be late—register your project now! We want to ensure you have enough time to prepare, so the registration period lasts over three months. The online registration is NOW open until September 11th, 2024 (23:59 GMT+8). 💻⌨️🖱️ 📑 Highlights for the International Exchange category (IC): 1. All applications must be submitted online at https://lnkd.in/eF35w9Ee (𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝘃𝗼𝗶𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗺𝘀!) 2. Each team can have up to 8 people, with at least 1 mentor. 3. All teams need to upload the 𝗗𝗲𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺, 𝗮 𝟯-𝗺𝗶𝗻𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗜𝗗 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀. (Remember that the products or projects should not be commercialized) 4. The finals and awards ceremony are scheduled for 𝗡𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟮𝗻𝗱, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰, as a physical event in Taiwan.   #InnoServeAwards2024 #InnovateYourIdeas #ICTInnovation #Innovation

📣 Today is the day! Don't miss our panel as they discuss the value that international talent brings to innovation. Register for the free webinar here: https://lnkd.in/e3XiPWyu #ResearchCommercialisation #Innovation #Ecosystems #Collaboration #StartupTeams #InternationalTalent

𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞−𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐇𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐈𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒𝐀 🌍 So far, we've seen that science-innovation linkages are critical to creating high-impact innovations across technology sectors. Now let's explore where this link is strongest globally. 📊🔬 It's clear from the figure that science-related patents are generally more impactful, as shown by the share of high-impact patents out of all patents in each group. However, the United States stands out as having the largest difference between these shares of science-related and science-unrelated patents. This underlines that the US innovation system seems to benefit more from science than other countries. 🇺🇸✨ Why is the U.S. innovation system potentially unique? U.S. universities often have strong ties to industry, facilitating the seamless transfer of scientific research into practical applications. In addition, the U.S. innovation ecosystem thrives on a strong culture of entrepreneurship and risk-taking, attracting top talent from around the world. These factors likely contribute to the U.S. being more effective than other regions in translating scientific ideas into high-impact innovations. This may also be an important factor for the higher productivity growth in the US compared to Europe. 🚀💡 But what does this mean for Switzerland? How important is science for fostering high-impact domestic innovation? 🤔🇨🇭 Stay tuned for the next and final part of our miniseries, where we'll explore these questions and more! 📅🔍 #Innovation #Research #USA #Europe #importance_of_science_for_innovation P.S. What do you think about the role of basic research in driving innovation? Leave a comment below! 👇 Alessandro Mazzetti Dragan Filimonovic Martin Greenacre Guido Baldi

📢“Beyond the Golden Triangle”: New research will explore the links between innovative clusters across the country In the last decade, Cambridge-based organisations have worked alongside universities, companies and research institutions from across the country in collaborative R&D projects funded by Innovate UK. This collaboration between regions is a cornerstone of the UK’s world-leading innovation ecosystem, but the extent of interregional connections is not well-understood and more could be done to encourage relationships between places like Cambridge and economic geographies outside of the London-Oxford-Cambridge ‘Golden Triangle’. Now, new research from The Growing Together Alliance and the Bennett Institute for Public Policy will shed light on the network of economic interconnections and innovative partnerships between regions. By mapping ‘knowledge intensive’ clusters across the country and gathering local insights on what makes economic geographies tick, this research will help support a locally-informed, evidence-based approach to regional economic growth. Read more about what this new research will discover in our new blog: https://ow.ly/6xCr50RiRcQ

💡 What is the value that international talent brings to innovation? 👇 Join us at TenU Hosts: Startup Teams – International Talent to find out more: https://lnkd.in/e3XiPWyu Simon Hepworth, Director of Enterprise at Imperial College London, will chair the international panel of speakers who are leaders in their fields: - Alice Li, Executive Director, Center for Technology Licensing at Cornell University (CTL) - Desmond Cheung, Senior Associate, Foresight Group - Dorian Haci, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder, MintNeuro - John Dearie, Founder & President, Center for American Entrepreneurship The panel will discuss: - What are the skills that immigrants are bringing to innovation, and can they be homegrown? - What are the challenges of recruiting and retaining international talent? - What changes are necessary in visa policy to ensure an easier recruitment of international talent? More information here: https://lnkd.in/e3XiPWyu #ResearchCommercialisation #Innovation #Ecosystems #Collaboration #StartupTeams #InternationalTalent

📕 In the next panel, we will discuss Brain Circulation across Europe. 👩🎓 Our distinguished speakers will present best-practice examples of measures to enhance the attraction and retention of research, innovation, and entrepreneurial talents in Developing countries. #we_are_eurodoc #eurodocconference2024 #ljubljanauniversity

🌟 View this comprehensive overview of outcomes from the World Cafe session organized by our PhD student Alvira Fisher at the mid-term ATTRACT-SES workshop at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. 💡 Key discussions revolved around entrepreneurial skills development, diversity measures, and methodologies for assessing socioeconomic impact of entrepreneurial innovation ecosystems. 🚀 Our insights translate into actionable perspectives to facilitate scalable co-innovation through science and tech entrepreneurship. #ATTRACTEU #Innovation #science #entrepreneurship #ImpactMeasurement 📈🔍

If the #MSCA didn’t already exist, we would need to invent it. A programme that not only fosters talent development but also strengthens transnational research networks and promotes excellence in research is exactly what we need in today’s world of complex global challenges. It has developed good practices and guidelines on topics like #doctoralsupervision and career development, which have been inspirational at both national and institutional levels. However, the low success rates remain a concern. The MSCA must play an important role in the next EU framework programme #FP10, and its budget deserves to be doubled to reach its full potential.

How Well Do Barriers and Enablers Predict Regional Innovation? Evidence from the Innovation State of the Nation 2023 Dr Ully Yunita Nafizah and Professor Stephen Roper have provided an overview of innovation activity across regions in the UK in this report. Using the Innovation State of the Nation Survey (ISNS) 2023 dataset the report identifies a “two-speed” innovation economy and suggests regionally differentiated innovation supports. Read the report here: https://lnkd.in/ebvWruah #innovation #research #report UK Research and Innovation Innovate UK ESRC: Economic and Social Research Council Vicki Belt

Creative skills and leadership drive regional economic growth The concept of unifying a growth industry such as film with educational systems is based on the importance of innovation. It is through innovation that communities can break out of long established and stagnated thought cycles of how regional growth can be achieved and allows for the creation of new ways of envisioning a sustainable future. Through partnerships between the innovation-based centers of education and innovation-based industries, new ecosystems are possible that provide economic, cultural, and social growth with environmentally conscious consequences. The future does not mandate a zero-sum result. As this article of such innovative planning progress in England demonstrates, there is a better way of thinking, that can achieve a more equitable future while creating meaningful progress. Similar multi-industry innovation progress is being made through the new Texas A&M Virtual Production Institute (https://lnkd.in/g2HFc7cn) Connecting communities, industry and education, and supporting growth through innovation, is not only possible, but absolutely necessary. https://lnkd.in/gqT-BWmm