"How to commercialize university developments?". ISTU attended the International Conference in Kharkiv

"How to commercialize university developments?". ISTU attended the International Conference in Kharkiv

inJanuary 27, 2022

On January 27, 2022, the Rector of Academician Yury Bugai International Scientific and Technical University Veronika Khudoley and Vice-Rector Kukhtyk Stanislav Volodymyrovych jointly attended the international conference on the commercialization of scientific and technical developments of Ukrainian universities, which was held in Kharkiv with the participation of the Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine Serhiy Shkarlet.

The main goal of the international conference there was a review and discussion of methods and tools for strengthening the commercialization of scientific and technical developments, additionally considering the possibilities of cooperation with global business.

Also under consideration were issues related to ways of launching and growing technological startups based on university R&D, while preserving their academic integrity, as part of the scientific and educational mission of each university

The conference was also attended by representatives of prominent American universities, namely Stanford, Cornell, Oxford, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Berkeley; directors of the Scientific Research Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, representatives of the USAID Agency for International Development, members of the US Embassy in Ukraine, as well as representatives of international venture funds and American technology companies.

International Scientific and Technical University named after Academician Yuriy Bugai is always ready to "learn" and improve its functioning system. Therefore, at this conference, we were happy to adopt the already acquired experience of our foreign colleagues and partners in order to introduce it into the internal functionality of the institution and further step-by-step improvement of Ukrainian education.