The signing of a memorandum of cooperation with the aim of further strengthening the innovation ecosystem in Greece was carried out by the Innovative Applications Business Association of Greece (SEKEE) and the Innovation Research Center and Entrepreneurship “Archimedes” of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (EKPA).
The aim of the cooperation is the joint planning and implementation of actions to support the ecosystem of new and innovative entrepreneurship in our country.
“The Archimedes Center comes to the signing of the Memorandum with SEKEE with great interest in expanding the actions of innovation and entrepreneurship in a critical area such as the companies of the SEKEE association. With this cooperation, the Center aims to support with its know-how and the student groups that the Innovation Ecosystem develops by the Association and to strengthen the connection of the research community with businesses for the benefit of the economy and society”, said the Director of the Center Archimedes Professor Nikolaos Mylonas.
“This cooperation is part of the effort we have started in the last months, in order to support the innovation ecosystem in Greece. We seek to make the most of the synergies that develop between all stakeholders. Especially the cooperation between the academic and business community is a “key” for the further strengthening of the ecosystem”, said Panagiotis Tsantilas, General Secretary of the Board of Directors. of SEKEE and head of the working group of the Association to strengthen relations with the academic and research community.
The Memorandum of Cooperation focuses on:
- In the creation of appropriate conditions for the promotion of innovation, entrepreneurship and the utilization of knowledge results for startups supported by the acceleration program of the “Archimedes” Center.
- In the commercial exploitation of the research and innovative activity produced in the laboratories of the EKPA, the support of the innovation ecosystem and its interconnection with economic production.
- In providing mentoring From the members of the Board of Directors of SEKEE in the ecosystem of the spin off companies already supported by Archimedes
- In the interconnection of the SEKEE businesses with the EKPA Liaison Office, to support the students and graduates of the Foundation.
The “Archimedes” Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Center started its operation in 2019 and aspires to connect the research community with the industry and, at the same time, hatch the best business ideas of the University Community of EKPA, from which in Potentially, start-ups will be created.
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