Integrating information at a regional level for the sake of innovation & venturing acceleration

Abstract

In the Academic Relations role at IBM, we aim to both give testimonials on-campus through workshops, lectures or other formats, and discover (and 'guide' through the IBM system) actual venturing, entrepreneurial and multi-party (across educational, research, governmental and private company) business development scenarios for IBM Belgium and Luxembourg. In this role, we hence use open innovation, co-creation and 'venture’ funding to create deeper links between academics, independent research institutes, companies (including SMEs) and IBM with the aim to team with potential future business partners.