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Patent-Related Actions Taken in WTO Members in Responce to the COVID-19 Pandemic
The World Trade Organization posted a paper which noted that open innovation describes a broad concept that emphasizes seeking synergies and collaboration including with external actors to advance the development of new technologies. In the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, civil society organizations have been primarily calling for open innovation
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Global Open Innovation Challenge Seeks Submissions for Reimagining Private Sector Fundraising
The European Fundraising Association reported that a group of international NGOs are seeking ideas on how to reimagine private sector fundraising and make it more sustainable for the future. The 14 international NGOs, which include Action Against Hunger, Amnesty International, Greenpeace, UNICEF and
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KITA’s Startup Branch Becomes Mecca of Innovative Growth
The Korea Herald reported that the Korea International Trade Association’s (KITA) open innovation venue Startup Branch is becoming a mecca for innovative growth among local and global firms. Startup Branch has IR pitching centers, conference rooms and networking lobby space. It has been open throughout
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Tencent Partners with Hyundai CRADLE (Beijing) for Smart Mobility Business
The China Automotive News reported that Tencent Intelligence Mobility, Tencent’s smart transportation solution developer, has formed an innovative strategic partnership with Hyundai CRADLE (Beijing), for the collaboration on auto-related mobility services. Launched in late September, Hyundai CRADLE
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Intelligence Agency Has Found New Ways to Find Magnetic North
The C4ISERNET website reported that The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) has found new and better ways to measure the Earth’s magnetic field. “The importance of the World Magnetic Model cannot be overstated: It is critical to keeping everyday navigational systems running,” said NGA
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Civil Servants Must Embrace ‘New Mindsets’ in a ‘Tech-Powered New Normal’
The Philippine Information Agency reported that Associate Professor Naomi Aoki of the University of Tokyo came up with four mindsets that must be embodied by civil servants as regulators of the use of technologies and as policymakers. First is to be receptive to open innovation. According to Aoki,
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Bayer Has Big Plans in West Berkeley for Next 30 Years
The San Francisco Business Times reported that Biocom President and CEO Joe Panetta said that large companies play a critical role in the larger life sciences community as sources of best practices in the functional areas of running a biotech company. “Some of the earliest biotech companies are still
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New Tech Needed to Boost Rice Growing Water Productivity by 75%
The PRNewswire website reported that the AgriFutures Rice Program is reaching out to innovators across Australia in search of new technologies to boost water productivity in rice growing by 75 percent within five years. With sustained drought and reduced water allocations leading to one of Australia’s
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Why Now Is the Time for “Open Innovation”
The Harvard Business Review posted a very incisive and informative review of the state of and challenges faced by open innovation. It notes that the recent burst of open innovation demonstrates the massive potential of open innovation. Open innovation has the potential to widen the space for value
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An Open Innovation Model: Six Projects in the Maritime Field
The ERCIM News website posted an article which noted that one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, Fincantieri, together with Italy’s largest research institution, the National Research Council (CNR), successfully applied an open innovation model to six projects in the maritime sector. The external
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