UWI-INDUSTRY CONSULTATIONS The School for Graduate Studies and Research, in association with the University Office of Planning, hosted a series of consultations with industry throughout the region, aimed at engaging with key local stakeholders to solicit new ideas and identify experiences and successes that could lead to innovative approaches to entrepreneurship and to the establishment of opportunities for collaboration. These were held as follows: Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – March 18, 2019; Cave Hill, Barbados – April 3, 2019; and Kingston, Jamaica – April 24, 2019. Discussions at these consultations focused on four thematic areas: (i) Research and Innovation; (ii) Entrepreneurship and Commercialisation; (iii) Teaching and Learning; and (iv) University-Industry Collaboration. Some of the recommendations arising included: the need for greater alignment between The UWI and industry; the need for more industry-relevant projects; and the need for greater research collaboration between industry and The UWI, where industry can influence the research agenda.
From left to right: Mrs. Gillian Hyde, General Manager, Jamaica National Small Business Loans, Mr. Leon Mitchell, Assistant General Manager, Jamaica National Group, Mr. Douglas Lindo, Managing Director, Bellindo Limited, and Professor David Tennant, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, The UWI Mona Campus, in discussions during breakfast at the UWI-Industry Consultation held in Kingston, Jamaica.
From left to right: Senator, The Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad and Tobago, Professor Brian Copeland, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Campus Principal, The UWI St. Augustine Campus and Mr. Ronald Hinds, President, Trinidad and Tobago Chamber of Industry and Commerce, listening intently during the presentations at the UWI-Industry Consultation held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
From left to right: Professor Don Marshall, Director, SALISES, Cave Hill Campus; Mr. Douglas Trotman, Attorney-at-Law; and Mr. Anthony Clerk, CEO, Republic Bank (Barbados) Limited, in discussions during the UWI-Industry Consultation held at the Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.
From left to right: Dr. Graham King, Lecturer, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, and Ms. Ann Marie O’Brien, Senior Blender, Angostura Limited, Trinidad, in discussions at the UWI-Industry Consultation held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY (IP) AND COMMERCIALISATION UWI Intellectual Property Committee
Patents The maintenance of five patents were supported during the academic year. There are ongoing communications with the Principal Investigators responsible for the patents currently being supported by The University of the West Indies to assess the progress being made to commercialise the protected IP.
discussion on the aspects of the current Policy that require a review and subsequent discussion on the best way to achieve the review; need for raising awareness of the UWI IP Management and Commercialisation Policy across the campuses, targeting both staff and student populations; and discussion about the number of patents being paid for by The UWI that were past the ‘five year’mark stipulated in the Policy.
The UWI Intellectual Property Committee continued to meet during the academic year. Some of the main issues addressed were: the establishment of the University Invention Disclosure Sub-Committee to have a wider membership to include representatives from all campuses; recognition of the need for the establishment of the Commercialisation Sub-Committee; continued
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