New visions in knowledge and technology transfer












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            * New visions in knowledge and technology transfer
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            to be highlighted at National Conference & Via Carolina fair on May 15 and 16

            The Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (CPPT) and Charles University Innovations
            (CUIP) will host the 7th National Conference on Knowledge and Technology Transfer on May 1
            Prague’s Orea Pyramida Hotel, dovetailing with the Via Carolina Fair on May 16, an innovat

            Kino Dlabačov movie theatre (located at the same address in Prague 6).
            International experts, university research teams, and other professionals in the area of k
            at the conference will speak about the application of social sciences in practice or the r

            academic spin-off companies.
            The Via Carolina Fair will focus on innovative projects conducted by researchers at Charle

            outline research possibilities and services the university can offer both the private and 
            You can find more details and the complete program for the back-to-back events here: http:
            konference-transferu [ URL "http://www.ktt7.cz/en/konference-transferu.html"]

            The main partner of the conference is Transfera.cz; the conference itself is being organis
            University’s Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer together with CUIP. As such, the
            will focus on two major areas: the practical application of social scientific knowledge an

            scientific university services in the commercial sphere – including university consulting 
            will include professionals from abroad, including Germany, Great Britain (The University o
            Luxembourg.

            “It is important not to overlook the social sciences and the humanities and what they have
            society,” the head of the Centre for Knowledge and Technology Transfer Hana Kosová said. S
            recognition of the social relevance of research across multiple fields was a current world

            said the centre was looking into ways a similar approach could be applied in the Czech Rep
            The second major theme of the conference will be the role of spin-off companies in the aca
            Charles University and its daughter company Charles University Innovations Prague s.r.o. a

            positioned to address the topic: the university was the first (and so far only) public Cze
            found such “a meta spin-off” – almost a year ago – in June 2018.
            Charles University’s Rector Tomáš Zima explained, saying that it took only a few months to

            the founding of Charles University Innovations Prague s.r.o. had been “the right choice”. 
            university had gained a “highly effective and flexible tool which had had a synergetic eff
            university research results in the commercial sphere”.

            Concrete aspects of the daughter spin-off as well as details of present and future project
            discussed at the conference by CUIP’s director, Otomar Sláma:
            “The founding of CUIP was a step into the unknown but we can now say that it was in the ri

            In cooperation with CPPT, Sláma added, the spin-off firm had identified “more than 15 proj
            be moved towards commercial application”.
            Via Carolina will follow the conference on the 16th and present concrete innovative projec

            University’s portfolio. Visitors to the fair will be to try new technologies on site and h
            opportunity to meet members of some teams behind individual successes. An overview of tech
            can also be viewed in the university’s services catalogue.

            One of the highlights, for example, will be the presentation of a computer simulation enti
            1945, drawing on the earlier success of the educational game Attentat 1942 – set during th
            of Bohemia and Moravia in 1942.