innovation 601 a thecis project to seed an entrepreneurial attitude in the research community
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Beyond a drive to start companies…
…entrepreneurship is an attitude for all work environments
The whole R&D community could be alert to broad benefits from their work
601 is aimed at ALL grad students in science, engineering and medicine regardless of where they will pursue a research based career
Current grad students are the next generation of Alberta S&T talent.
Do their programs identify the opportunities for the community their work will produce?
Quite commonly not.
A course on innovation.
The key issue: how knowledge moves between research and use.
Components: Principles of innovation, Pathways of knowledge, Expert experiences,A project.
An opening weekend to introduce the concept of innovation and survey how knowledge flows into it.
Eight on-line sessions with leaders with practical experience.
An collaborative project examining a case study from the students’ research environment.
A wrap-up weekend where the students present their projects to their peers and expert commentators.
Some contributors: Beverley Sheridan – Technology Now. Paul Clark – former VP Technology –
Nova Bill Cairns – Chief Scientist – Trojan
Technologies Richard Hawkins – Canada Research
Chair in Science, Technology and Innovation Policy
Gordon Moore – In-situ coombustion laboratory, U of C