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Research to Innovation Kick-off Workshop

Jamil Alkhatib Conducted the first workshop of Research to Innovation at the German Jordanian University on 13th of June, 2016 with the School of Applied Technical Science the first workshop of “Research to Innovation” for GJU academics. The workshop introduced some important aspects about the relation between Research, Technology and Innovation, and how to commercialize research results. It also gave information about business model innovation and Intellectual Property (IP) rights. Workshop Material:       Complete press release available at GJU website  

Cup of Coffee: The distance between industry and academia

Last week I was at the German Jordanian University to give a talk during the global entrepreneurship week (GEW). During the day we had different presentations about innovation, entrepreneurship, and collaboration between industry and academia. The overall event was very interesting with lots of inspiring speakers and networking. After that a group of the speakers had coffee together at the university cafeteria. Sounds like all the other events we have attended. But that simple informal setting and chatting, while having the...