It also brings scientific discoveries to market by facilitating technology transfer and commercialization.
The aim is to protect user data from unauthorized access, transfer and commercialization by third parties.
The report also calls for making an array of current federal technology transfer and commercialization programs more flexible and nimble.
Academia creates numerous instances of technology transfer and commercialization and business-oriented invention and proudly reports to officials about the rising numbers of university spin-offs.
"How can I get involved in technology transfer and commercialization?" I've heard many graduate students and postdocs asking this question at Next Wave events across Canada, and for good reason: technology transfer (or technology commercialization, as it is more commonly referred to these days) is becoming a buzzword in the academic environment.
"VCU has a corporate-sponsored research policy," Macrina says, so academic scientists thinking about an industry partnership should check with their technology transfer or commercialization center about similar documents.
Potential recruits should be aware that cleantech is opening up a new interface between disciplines, says Tim Barnes, executive director of UCL Advances, the technology transfer and commercialization arm of University College London.
The need to be more 'business like' and the expected financial and reputational rewards encourage acceptance of a mandate for technology transfer and commercialization.
"As is true for many universities in Canada, [the University of Toronto] has underperformed in the areas of technology transfer and commercialization", comments Professor David Naylor, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the university.
Dr. Carayannis' teaching and research activities focus on the areas of strategic government - university-industry R&D partnerships, technology roadmapping, technology transfer and commercialization, international science and technology policy, technological entrepreneurship, and regional economic development.
