WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations Janusz Sobecki

Description of the WP 6 To ensure the increased promotion of Network Intelligence and the ENGINE Centre, certain dissemination and promotional activities will be undertaken. To ensure the increased promotion of Network Intelligence and the ENGINE Centre, certain dissemination and promotional activities will be undertaken. We address our promotion to various target groups: researchers, students, the society (incl. schools), local/regional/state authorities as well as industry. We address our promotion to various target groups: researchers, students, the society (incl. schools), local/regional/state authorities as well as industry. Our essential task is to attract students and young scientists to develop their academic career. Our essential task is to attract students and young scientists to develop their academic career. WP 6 consists of 10 Work Tasks WP 6 consists of 10 Work Tasks WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations page 2 of 13

Selected objectives 1.To popularize Network Intelligence among enterprises 2.To establish methods of patenting programs and algorithms in Europe and increase their number 3.To promote, develop and commercialize innovative solution in research carried out in the ENGINE Centre 4.To raise awareness of the advantages associated with the innovation activity 5.To achieve the recognition as a centre of significant meaning 6.To increase the visibility and recognition of the ENGINE Centre and the ENGINE Project WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations page 3 of 13

WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations page 4 of 13 WT Increasing ENGINE visibility through Web 2.0 WT Leader: Tomasz Wróbel WT Leader: Tomasz Wróbel What we already have: What we already have: ENGINE website ( Twitter Facebook ( What yet needs to be done: What yet needs to be done: Continuous maintenance of the services Further development of the services

page 5 of 13 WT 6.2 – Smart Patenting WT Leader: Radosław Michalski WT Leader: Radosław Michalski Workshop: Workshop: ’Smart patenting – how to protect, not to confine’ Goals of the workshop: Goals of the workshop: annual workshop for both scientific and industrial partners on the problem of good patent practices in Poland there is a lack of paths to protect the intellectual property originating from network intelligence – such as algorithms, programs and methods that is why in the ENGINE Centre we would like to raise awareness about this problem by organizing this workshop Expected participants: ENGINE Centre research staff, representatives of industry, private and public sector, local authorities, R&D units, external organizations involved in research and innovations Number of events: 2 (2015 Q2, 2016 Q2) Number of events: 2 (2015 Q2, 2016 Q2) WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.3: Workshops ‘Transfer of ideas – together is always better than on your own’ WT Leader: Krzysztof Walkowiak WT Leader: Krzysztof Walkowiak This WT aims at creating an annual workshop for both scientific and industrial partners about the problem of transferring the technology from research units to the industry. This WT aims at creating an annual workshop for both scientific and industrial partners about the problem of transferring the technology from research units to the industry. In Poland still the collaboration between universities and industry is not sufficient. In Poland still the collaboration between universities and industry is not sufficient. The ENGINE Centre puts a strong emphasis on the collaboration with industry, especially with SME’s. The ENGINE Centre puts a strong emphasis on the collaboration with industry, especially with SME’s. This workshop will allow to promote the importance of joint research between universities and industrial companies and to distribute the good practices coming from such joint projects. This workshop will allow to promote the importance of joint research between universities and industrial companies and to distribute the good practices coming from such joint projects. page 6 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.4: Open twining industry days WT Leader : Konrad Jackowski WT Leader : Konrad Jackowski Objectives: Objectives: Establishing a platform for meetings between the selected ENGINE teams and their potential business partners Identification of the potential needs of business partners, which could become the subject of cooperation Identification of possible forms of cooperation such as: Joint projects sponsored by the NCBR (ex. PBS) Bilateral cooperation between Techical Univeristy of Wroclaw and business partners Optionally, initialization of joint commercial projects or scientific researches Target: Target: Potential business partners: Commercial – industry companies and Local authorities units Number of events: 4 Number of events: 4 page 7 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

page 8 of 13 WT6.5 – Establishment of the new Research and Industrial Cooperation Office (1/3) WT Leader: Piotr Bródka WT Leader: Piotr Bródka Responsibilities of RICO in the ENGINE Centre: Responsibilities of RICO in the ENGINE Centre: fostering the cooperation with industry providing expertise and supporting the technology transfer process, technical applications, commercialization schemes recognizing financial possibilities for cooperation scheme research – industry and application projects supporting preparation of common research projects with industrial partners providing expertise in the financial and administrative issues supporting project coordinator and project manager Progress so far: Progress so far: the RICO staff is now 3 people, who works on support PM in organizational and financial issues We are now recruiting Innovation and Industrial cooperation Manager WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.6: Publications and promotion WT Leader: Halina Kwaśnicka WT Leader: Halina Kwaśnicka Objectives: Objectives: Preparation of the press materials about the main Engine events Preparation of the short messages for industry Monitoring of the main project events and inviting people from the different media to these events Preparation of the folder and other forms of advertisements page 9 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

page 10 of 13 WT 6.7: Preparation of popular materials for dissemination WT Leader: B. Dzieńkowski WT Leader: B. Dzieńkowski Accomplished results: Accomplished results: Logo vertical and horizontal Website layout Templates for w ord document and PP presentation Fanpage banners for Facebook and Twitter Future works: Future works: Continous improvements New projects (i.e. posters) WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.8. Popular science lectures WT Leader: Robert Burduk WT Leader: Robert Burduk Objectives Objectives Preparing series of lectures which will be given in the course of “Lower Silesian Science Festival”, WrUT Open Days and "University in the school„ to be held in 2014, 2015, and 2016., for school pupils and perspective students Presentations prepared for the selected Engine conferences and workshops Presentations and lectures shall be prepared in three thematic groups Social Networks, Human-Computer Interface and Data Exploration Presentations and lectures shall be prepared in three thematic groups Social Networks, Human-Computer Interface and Data Exploration All materials prepared for the lectures as well as movies documenting the lectures will be published on the Engine portal (engine.pwr.wroc.pl) All materials prepared for the lectures as well as movies documenting the lectures will be published on the Engine portal (engine.pwr.wroc.pl) page 11 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.9: Organization of open days WT Leader: Konrad Jackowski WT Leader: Konrad Jackowski Objectives: Objectives: Popularization of research domain of selected ENGINE teams Presentation of results of the selected projects realized by ENGINE teams Target: Target: Local society Local/regional/state administration authorities Students How to achieve the objectives How to achieve the objectives Organization of series of three open days (2014, 2015, 2016) page 12 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

WT 6.10: Promotion of ENGINE scientific achievements via movie WT Leader: Stanisław Saganowski WT Leader: Stanisław Saganowski Ojectives: Ojectives: production of a short, high quality semi-professional movie(s) promoting scientific achievements of the ENGINE Centre to be presented during the selected conferences, other events as well as at universities, and available on the ENGINE website. Completed actions: Completed actions: Starting closer contacts with TV Styk (WrUT TV) Video recording of the selected ASONAM conference presentations Plans: Plans: Employment of the proffesional cameraman Purchase of the camera Production of the first film page 13 of 13 WP6 - Increasing the ENGINE Centre visibility and activity directed towards collaboration and innovations

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