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21 May 2013 TED of the Month: Mark Shaw – One very dry demo
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Ghent University and iMinds organise hands-on workshop on “Opportunity Recognition”
The UGent Doctoral Schools organize in collaboration with iMinds an interesting and hands-on workshop on the topic of Opportunity Recognition. The workshop is open to PhD students of all faculties that are interested in learning how to discover the business opportunities hidden in their research work, and how to develop the value proposition for such opportunity. This entrepreneurship oriented workshop will be of value to all PhD students who are interested in discovering the impact their research can have. The workshop will take place from May 13th till 17th 2013 in the offices of iMinds (Zuiderpoort).
Posted on 5 April 2013
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UGent enters framework agreement with Procter & Gamble
Procter & Gamble has concluded framework agreements with the universities of Ghent and Leuven. In this way the company wants to lift its successful open innovation policy, called “Connect + Develop”, to a higher level. These new agreements should enable innovative ideas to be realized quicker and more efficient, in order to yield a higher benefit to all parties.
Posted on 1 March 2013
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Imec helps to improve both the efficiency and cost of solar cells
Imec, together with its project partners, have cooperated within an EU 7th framework program (FP7) project PRIMA to improve both the efficiency and cost of solar cells. In particular, they have worked on a light trapping strategy utilizing metal nanostructures that allows plasmons to increase the absorption within the solar cell structure.
Posted on 25 February 2013
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TED of the Month: E.O. Wilson – Advice to young scientists
The celebrated sociobiologist E.O. Wilson gives advice, collected from a lifetime of experience as a professor at Harvard, to young scientists and reminds us that wonder and creativity are the center of the scientific life.
Posted on 13 February 2013
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