A panel at the Science|Business annual conference discussed how EU Widening countries can capitalise on strong research
From left to right: Edit Herczog, senior advisor at Science|Business; Roland Jakab, chief executive officer of the Hungarian Research Network; Leon Cizelj, director of the Jožef Stefan Institute; Caroline Rute, head of the Technology Transfer Office at Tallinn University of Technology; Ivana Vuka, senior innovation manager at Rise
There are growing efforts in central and eastern European (CEE) countries to support the process of turning strong research into solutions that benefit industry and society, members of a panel at the annual Science|Business conference on February 5 said.
Knowledge valorisation is typically an area that countries in the region have struggled with. Take Hun-Ren, Hungary’s research network, for example. It consists of seven research centres, eight research institutes and over 100 research groups, but only established a technology transfer company last year.
“Can you imagine such a big scientific power without tech transfer capacity?” Roland Jakab, the network’s chief executive, asked the panel.
Other panellists agreed that tech transfer capacity was lacking. “There is not enough infrastructure to turn excellent research…
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