Acceleration program launched for winners of RCP and BIRD grant programs
Acceleration for the winners of the competitive grant programs "Research Commercialization Program" (RCP) and "Business Investments in Research & Development" (BIRD) by the World Bank's "Modernization of the National Innovation System of Uzbekistan" ("MUNIS") project under the Agency for Innovative Development program has been launched.
The purpose of the acceleration program is to prepare RCP&BIRD winners to launch and implement their projects.
This program consists of 10 topics and covers topical issues such as commercialization strategy development, intellectual property protection and patent analysis, market assessment, presentation preparation and pitching, investment attraction, technology certification and standardization.
Keynote Speakers:
Abylay Akhymbekov is an international expert on technology commercialization and innovation implementation;
Yevgeny Evdokimov is an international expert on venture financing, technology transfer and innovation ecosystem development;
Ekaterina Runova is an international expert in intellectual property management, innovative marketing, patent research and technology transfer.