Besnik Selimi, Azir Aliu

Workshop on “Software Engineering Education and Reverse Engineering”

Bansko, 31 August 2013

Triple innovation models: Technology park as an institution for linking

academia, business sector and government

www.seeu.edu.mk techpark.seeu.edu.mk

Outline

A Brief Overview of Technology Parks and Triple

Helix model

Conceptual Plan

SEEU Technology Park Infrastructure and results

Basic Concept of science/technology

park

“A Science/Technology Park is an organization

managed by specialized professionals, whose main

aim is to increase the wealth of its community by

promoting the culture of innovation and the

competitiveness of its associated businesses and

knowledge-based institutions.”

The International Association of Science Parks (IASP), 2002.

Basic Concept of science/technology

park

Technology Park is property based initiative which:

• Is designed to encourage knowledge based

industries

• Has an element of technology transfer and business

skills

• Serves as a link between University and businesses

The Vision of SEEUTechPark

To create an environment within the university that will

forge closer ties and enduring links between

academia and the industry to convert Knowledge

and expertise into Action, Production and

Investments

The mission of SEEUTechPark

Development of start-up knowledge based companies

at SEEU designed to create and development of an

entrepreneurial culture among faculty, researchers,

students of SEEU and commercialisation of scientific

and technological knowledge.

Goals & Objectives

The primary goals of instituting a Technology park

within SEEU are:

To forge a strong collaboration between the university

and industry in the areas of research and development.

To promote small technology-specific businesses and

start-up companies.

Goals & Objectives

These goals can be visualized through the following objectives:

to create a platform for cooperation between Universities and businesses,

to allow researchers, companies, and educators to operate in close proximity

to promote economic benefits by commercialization of scientific research,

to increase economical potential of the region in the field of innovation and R&D

to support of creation of innovative SME

What is in there for SEEU?

Joint research projects.

Sharing of university laboratories.

Custom-designed courses for tenants.

Tenant staff in graduate programs.

Adjunct appointments of industry experts in the University.

The Technology Park’s stakeholders:

The primary stakeholders in the development and

sustenance of the Technology park are:

The University

Tenant firms and enterprises

Investors and Private Start-up Companies

Each of these stakeholders will play a vital role in

the development and growth of the SEEU TechPark

Success factors (1)

• Infrastructure

• Logistics; communications

• Site; possibility to grow

• Level of knowledge

• University; departments,

• Research activities

• People

Success factors (2)

• Coordination

• Organised; resourced

• Leadership

• Cooperation

• Government

• Local goverment

• Local businesses

• National businesses

• Regional businesses

• Commitment

Tasks University

to organise active research centres (groups) operating in the Technology Park area,

to stimulate and manage knowledge and technology flows between scientific entities and businesses,

to enter into collaboration with similar centres (incubator including centres) across Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Serbia and Greece in order to mutually exchange experiences,

Tasks Business

to establish business-science partnership,

to promote entrepreneurship, and the idea of

technology transfer,

to promote a culture of innovation and competition

amongst entrepreneurs and knowledge-based

institutions

Tasks Government

to promote technology park as incubator for continuous development.

to investigate possibility to use different national and international funding.

to elaborate an efficient mechanism of transforming the outcomes of scientific research and developmental works into commercially viable results.

Technology park services

RENTAL OF

RESEARCH

LABORATORY

SPACE

LEASE OF OFFICE

SPACE

LEASE OF

CONFERENCE

ROOMS

PROVIDING

TRAINING AND

COURSES

LOGISTICAL

SUPPORT FOR

CONFERENCES

ITERMEDIATION IN

R&D WORKS

Management and Coordination

Extra Service opportunities

lease of exhibition/marketing areas in corridors/halls

option to hold fair events, exhibitions/displays, conferences, symposia, streaming,...

possibility of taking advantage of a wide array of business-auxiliary services, incl. financial, legal and/or marketing consultancy

Management

SEEU

Board Rector’s

office

SEEU TechPark

Park

Function 2 Function 1

Infrastructure

Science+Technology

Number of rooms (16)

Number of computers (40)

Capacity of conference room (40m2)

Internet

Parking spaces

Other facilities

New companies

Science+Technology

Incubator: Helping new companies to survive and

grow during the startup period

Spin-off: a company founded on the findings of a

member or by members of a research group at a

university

Tenants

First Technology Solutions

CREA-KO

Bridge Technology

Career Centre

Employer Services

Job Postings

Internship opportunities

Career Fair

On-Campus Interviewing

Mock interviews

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