In Two Consecutive Years IPB Retained the Predicate of Sentra Kekayaan Intelektual Perguruan Tinggi Terproduktif
Bogor Agricultural University (IPB) again was awarded as the campus of Sentra Kekayaan Intelektual Perguruan Tinggi Terproduktif (the Center for the most Productive Campus for Intellectual Property of Indonesia ) 2017 by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) RI. The award was received by the Director of Research and Innovation IPB, Prof. Dr. Iskandar Z Siregar, in commemoration of 22nd National Technology Awakening Day (Harteknas), in Makassar City, on 10 August 2017. This achievement repeats last year event where IPB received a prestigious award in this field of innovation.
Prof. Iskandar expressed that IPB certainly grateful and appreciated highly for the inventors and intellectual property activists of IPB enabled the university was awarded the prestigious award. "This achievement will increase the spirit of IPB academic community to continuously improve the performance of its intellectual property, such as patent, Plant Variety Protection (PVT) and other criteria that encourage economic development," he said.
The Predicate of Sentra Kekayaan Intelektual Perguruan Tinggi Terproduktif 2017 has been awarded as the results of best efforts of IPB especially the Directorate of Research and Innovation to push the academicians to implement various programs, such as: the establishment of prospective innovation database; program for Incentive and Commercialization Patent; the increased of Intellectual Property Right (IPR) courses and services; national and international training programs for staff of Intellectual Property Centres; the provision of Settlement Facilitation Services; the establishment of the Business and Investment Committee; as well as facilitating the prospective beginners on technology and integration based business development and IPB Science Techno Park. "Essentially we are trying to create a conducive innovation system in IPB with various programs," he added.
In other event, Prof. Iskandar stated with regard to the IPB-related innovations, to celebrate IPB 54th Anniversary, the university planned to organize IPB Innovation & Entrepreneurship Expo (IIEE) on 8-10 September 2017, at Botani Square, IPB Campus, Baranangsiang, Bogor. (Wied)
