Technical Assistance Database: Activity Details

Title: Study Program in Japan on Innovation and Technology Transfer
Description: The objectives of the program will be to provide each participant with an opportunity to: (i) learn first-hand from the experiences and have discussion with professionals of Japanese governmental agencies and relevant institutions in their effort to promote industry-academia-government collaboration, (ii) share among themselves the challenges in managing the results of research activities conducted in the academia, and (iii) work out possible policy measures which could facilitate the technology transfer and commercialization of innovations being generated in the region. The targeted participants are officials from IP office or other governmental agency in charge of the industry-academia-governmental collaboration in the country.
Type: Course
IP Subject Area: Patents
WIPO Sector: Division for Africa
Date From: 08/03/2016 - 10/03/2016
Venue City: Tokyo
Venue/Host Country: Japan
Activity held in Language: English

Beneficiary / Participant Countries

Country Name No. of Members / Participants
Egypt 1
Morocco 1
Nigeria 1
South Africa 1
Total Number of Participants:  4

Owner / Requester

Owner / Requester Name Owner / Requester Type
World Intellectual Property Organization IGO

Organizer

Organizer Name Organizer Type
Japan Patent Office (JPO) Member State / IP Office