Call for papers to be held in conjunction with CENTERIS/ProjMAN/HCist 2016 Porto, Portugal, 5-7 October 2016

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WORKSHOP TITLE: Industry-Academia Projects and Partnerships

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVE:

Collaborations are voluntary, joint actions of different parties to achieve a common goal. This is a straightforward concept in principle, but often more complex in the real world, especially on a global arena. This session aims at increasing awareness about drivers for collaboration between industry and academia. Are they the same for industry and academia? How can we handle conflicts of interest and meet the overall strategies of the companies and universities? This session will discuss both the strategic and tactical drivers for engaging in collaboration activities, as well as some of the distinguishing features of the various types of collaborations used. The session will also look at research collaboration models and support structures from both an academic and an industrial perspective. We will look at drivers for collaboration through the different phases of collaboration; from initial contacts up to a more strategic level.

WORKSHOP TOPICS AND AREAS OF INTEREST (not limited to)

• Strategies for collaboration between industrial and academic partners

• Collaboration; Pooling resources or dilution of R&D
• Project management on European level
• Consortium building
• Communicating of industrial needs; lobbying for better calls
• Drivers for collaboration between industry and academia
• Support structures for industry and academia collaboration
• Public-private partnerships (PPP) and Joint Technology Initiatives; can we meet the expectations?
• Improving academia industry cooperation
• Strategic partnerships – a success factor?
• New ways of working; skills needed for handling academia industry cooperation
• Tasks and challenges for a support office
• How does this lead to innovation
• Globalisation
• Competitiveness