a Bizcamp 2009 presentation by Ann Pascale Bijnens

2. Show the benefit to entrepreneurs to colloboratewithuniversity and schools forhighereducation to start orgrowtheircompany

3. Ideas Expertise Knowlegde Oxygenforinnovation

4. The innovationpipeline Researchers Entrepreneurs Technologydriven Marketdriven

5. Butwhere (and how) do science and market meet ? Researchers Entrepreneurs Technologydriven Marketdriven

6. What do we offer? Services (analyses, consulting) Collaborativeresearch (Financial support?) License patents Start spin-off companytogether *and more: scienceparks, vacancies, student jobs …

7. Examples Materials: physical and chemicalcharakterisation of materials, polymers, biosensors, solarcells, nuclearmaterials, nanoparticles, packiging Environment: chemical analyses, contaminations, ecolo-econo studies, newenergytechnologies Life Sciences: neuroimmunology, -fysiologyen -biology, preclinical models, clinicalstudies, biomarker research, techniques and adviseforrevalidation, foodquality management. ICT: 3D-visualisation, interactivemultimedia, wirelessnetwerks, ICT inlogistics,, RFID-technology, real time systems And more … economicadvise, statistical analyses, models formobility

8. Partners in ourstrategy Venture Capitalist …

9. Working together on clean technology

10. Working together on clean technology

11. Life scienceschangelifes

12. is one-stop shop for entrepreneurs in an open innovation system

13. Ann-Pascale Bijnens Universiteit Hasselt Agoralaan 3590 Diepenbeek Annpascale.bijnens@uhasselt.be