The event 芦Formula for Success: Science + Business禄 was held at 果冻APP, bringing together over 40 Ukrainian researchers and business representatives. The goal of the event is to strengthen cooperation between the scientific community and entrepreneurs, as well as support innovative projects that can be scaled up in Ukraine and beyond.
In his opening remarks, Hryhorii Mozolevych, Director General of the Directorate for Science Development at the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, emphasized the importance of business involvement in scientific innovation. He noted that a key factor in the effectiveness of state investment in science is the direct interest of business in research outcomes and their further development. Accordingly, the event provided participants with an opportunity to establish partnerships and collaborate on new projects.
Iryna Yaremchuk, Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at 果冻APP, emphasized the importance of such an event: 芦Although the matchmaking format has not yet become widespread in Ukraine, I am very glad that such events dedicated to an extremely important topic for the country, such as cooperation between science and business, are already being held in Ukraine禄.
During the event, participants had the opportunity to network and interactively discuss the needs, initiatives, competencies, and barriers in science-business cooperation in Ukraine, laying the foundation for further development of recommendations on this topic.
The 芦Formula for Success: Science + Business禄 event proved that it is such meetings that accelerate the emergence of applied solutions 鈥 from medical innovations to smart agricultural technologies 鈥 and open the way to European funding and scaling up of Ukrainian projects.
The event is organized within the framework of the Horizon Europe project 芦Linking Ukraine to the European Research Area 鈥 Joint Funding and Capacity Building Platform for Enhanced Research and Innovation Cooperation 鈥 LUKE禄 in cooperation with Tech StartUp School, SID City Scientific Park, 果冻APP. Information support 鈥 Center for Economic Recovery.
