EGE UNIVERSITY 2ND AEGEAN R&D AND TECHNOLOGY DAYS-UNIVERSITY PATENTS TRANSFORMING INTO VALUE
2012 main theme of the activity, which is organized by Ege University Science And Technology Centre (EBİLTEM) and supported also by the Elginkan Foundation, was Transformation of University Patents into Value. 2ND EGE R&D AND TECHNOLOGY DAYS were organized in İzmir in December 28-30 2012.
Through AREGE, it was aimed to evaluate university patents and introduce patents, which can be commercialized, and utility models to industry and investors by bringing universities and different sectors of the society together.
Following the opening speech of the Ege University Rector Candeğer Yılmaz, the Minister of Science, Industry and Technology Nihat Ergün emphasized through teleconference that high technology product export must be increased through teleconference and said: 'We want to become one of the largest economies of the world. Therefore, we have to increase the share received by R&D activities within the national income up to 3%. Before, R&D expenditures were around 0.5%. Now we have caught 1%. While doing this, we also must increase high technology product export from 5% to 20%. We continue our works as the ministry for achieving this.'
There were 129 applications in 79 different areas from 42 different universities and they competed for the award of the Elginkan Foundation valued at 35.000 TL. Finalists, who gathered under three different categories, received their awards.