Presentation held by Prof. Oliver Iliev as a part of the - Cooperation between academia and ICT businesses Session at the 8th SEEITA and 7th MASIT Open Days Conference, 14th-15th October, 2010
1. INEVITABLE SYNERGY
Cooperation between Academia, ICT
Industry & Local governance
Oliver L. Iliev
Faculty of Information & Communication technologies
FON University
2. Knowledge-based economy and
capacity building need:
Knowledge-based economies success depends
entirely on people capabilities
Capacity building generates better professionals
Better professionals will identify and solve local
problems
A credentialed workforce attracts multinational
companies
Opportunities at home eliminates ‘Brain Drain’
3. The Knowledge Process of the Future
New Knowledge
New Talent
Knowledge Knowledge
Generation Transfer
Academia
•Joint Research •Faculty
•Customer Solutions •New Talent
•New knowledge New Knowledge Competence & •Curriculum
•Knowledge Application •Stakeholder Needs
•Best Practices
To Satisfy Society Ability to Learn •Talent Specification
•Customer Needs •Industrial Teacher
•Customer Feedback
Industry
Knowledge Knowledge
Generation Transfer
•Integrated Enterprises
•Integrated Product/Process Dev
•Learning Organizations
•Enterprise-Wide Supply Chains
4. Types of knowledge work
Groups Integration Collaboration
• Systematic work • Improvisational work
Level of interdependence
• Methodologies and • Deep expertise across
standards functions
• Integration across • Fluid deployment of
functional boundaries flexible teams
Transaction Expert
• Routine work • Judgment-oriented work
• Rules and procedures • Individual expertise and
• Low-discretion experience
workforce or information • Star performance
Individuals
Routine Judgment
Complexity of work
5. The Partnership Continuum
Levels of Strategic Partner
Engagement
•Executive
Activities Sponsorship
•Joint Partnership
•State Education
Sponsorship
Lobbying
•University Initiative
•
Sponsorship
•
Support •Undergraduate Research
Program Support
Business
•Student Consultant
•Graduate Fellowships
•Hardware Grants
Involvement •Collaborative Research
KEY
•Curriculum Developm. Program Report
Awareness •Industry Affiliates/ Support & Fundraising 1•Recruiting
Advisory Program •Outreach Programs
•Career Fairs •Workshops/Seminars 2•Education Sales
•Research Grants •Support for Proposals for
•Interviews •Support Contract Education 3•UR Account Managers
• 2 •Internship/Co-op 4•UR Programs
•Student Organizations
•Software Grants Sponsorships • 5•UR Research
•Philanthropic Support 6•Other (Philanthropy,
Alumni, Executive)
•Guest
Speaking/Lectures
Phase One Phase Two Phase Three Phase Four Phase Five
Traditional Engagement Holistic Engagement
6. China experience
Beijing University
- University does all R&D
- Companies perform manufacturing
marketing and sales
- Professors can hold executive positions in
the companies
- Students move easily between university
campus and company offices
7. Kista Science City -Sweden
The largest ICT-cluster in Europe, and one
of the top 5 ICT-clusters in the world.
A higher density of companies, employees
and highly qualified researchers than any
other ICT-cluster in the world.
A real city. All municipal functions and
service available.
Centrally located in Stockholm – the
Capital of Scandinavia.
8. Kista Science City -Sweden
Mobile communication
Broadband systems
Wireless communication
Cleantech
Medtech
Nanotechnology
ICT companies: 1082
ICT employees: 23 768
companies: 8 897
employees: 66 990
9. Our experience
And in Macedonia can Campaign
Scholarship to the best 100 high school students in cooperation with
50 biggest companies in Macedonia
3 year project with more than 3000 candidates
Promotion of best students through Career Center
10. Our experience
Factory of Knowledge Campaign
Interdisciplinary approach including complete implementation of new
products for real companies.
Team consist of students from the faculties of Economics, ICT, Design &
Multimedia and Business languages
Market research
Business Plan
Design of products
Multimedia Marketing material production
IT Support
International promotion of the product
