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UNCW Center for Marine Science to Host Innovation Workshop for State’s Marine Research Community April 28, 2010
Posted On: May 4, 2010The University of North Carolina Wilmington Center for Marine Science is bringing together research scientists, university administrators, government leaders, members of innovation centers and business people from around the state for a collaborative workshop on permanent innovation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, April 28 at the Center for Marine Science. The workshop will be facilitated by Langdon Morris, a recognized expert and author of the book, “Permanent Innovation.”
The workshop is NOT open to the general public, but media are welcome to attend and cover the event. About 135 participants are expected from across North Carolina.
The workshop’s purpose is to introduce the principles of permanent innovation to the center’s community of associated universities, government agencies and businesses, and to enable this community to improve its performance as a leading source of innovation and economic development for North Carolina. Accelerated innovation will be critical to support a general shift away in the state’s economy away from tobacco and manufacturing, and toward knowledge-related activities
Blue Bio Open Innovation (BBOI): Norway and Sweden Collaborate on Joint Marine Biotech Development
Posted On: March 23, 2010BBOI is a strategic approach to consolidate the Swedish and Norwegian expertise in marine biotech, a kind of strategic dialogue bridge between sister organisation ”MareNovum’ from Sweden and ‘MareLife’ from Norway.
MareLife has managed to establish itself as a suitable vehicle for expressing the opinions of the Norwegian bio marine sector as well as defining the major challenges and opportunities to be addressed through R&D and innovation. This has been communicated to the authorities and official recognition has resulted implications for budgeting and the priorities of the grant programs. Among such major issues are: forecasting aquaculture productivity and yields (disease control, biomass measurements etc), mapping and monitoring marine resources and environments to optimize management regimes, sustainable bio marine production systems (feed resources, energy and environmental friendly systems etc), quality assurance, transparency and traceability in the seafood value chain to build consumer confidence, building trust and strong brands and strenthening the blue biotech sector, targeting ingredients and other marine bio active molecules for a wide variety of purposes.
Mare Novum, a collaboration between the region, the University of Gothenburg and the holding company at the University, acts as a gateway between industry and academia and has an extensive network both within Sweden and abroad. The Cluster mediates collaborations between industry and others, e.g. in joint R&D programs, by arranging discussions forums and seminars in relevant topics, and supporting the commercialisation of innovative ideas.
“MARINN” is the working title working title of a Swedish- Norwegian plan aimed at defining and managing a Scandinavian marine biotechnology competence platform, building on the strong research and entrepreneurial spirit within this area. MedCoast Scandinavia and the MareLife counterpart in Sweden, Mare Novum, have been instrumental in these efforts. The MARINN initiative will be linked with the recently Interreg IVA granted project COINCO with the aim to define and develop the Skagerrak/Kattegat region as world leading in selected knowledge based industry fields, where life science targeting the bio marine sector is one of the prioritized areas.
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