italian women inventors and innovators network

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ITWIIN

Italian Women Inventors and Innovators Network

Promoting the invention innovation culture for

enterprise development

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ITWIIN: Rome - September 2007 non-profit organisation bringing together a wide and diverse range of women's expertise

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ITWIIN is a transversal organisation working together with other women organisations: EUWIIN, ECWT, KEWIE, BPW, EPWS, EIGE our members/ partners are entrepreneurs, researchers, consultants (IPR, business)

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Mission – ITWIIN aims to support the women inventors and

innovators by:

Networking - Training – Mentoring – Good practice exchange

Marketing innovative ideas through awards, exhibitions, and fairs

Training and education in fields such as Intellectual Property Rights,

trademarks, patents and technological transfer through

courses and seminars

Spreading the culture of innovation and invention through

conferences, workshops, debates and publications

Exanging information and spreading European Calls

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Analysis of the situation

% women having patent

level of knowledge of IPR (Intellectual Property

Right)

experiences /needs/perspectives of different groups

of women

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Patent statistics

- Technological progress Economic Growth

- Innovation

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create “intelligence/science based business”

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Problem:

insufficient knowledge of IPR

as consequence lack of recognition for the innovations

. low number of patents

. low knowledge of what they have

. economic disadvantages

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Problem:

insufficient knowledge of contract rights for regulations among

enterprises and enterprises / researchers

as consequence . annoying waste of time trying to recover funds or

costs invested in good faith

. non collaboration

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Problem:

Lack of information/communication between research and

enterprise

as consequence less innovation

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Problem:

Lack of recognition /assessment

as consequence difficulty to obtain financial support

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create contact/collaboration between research and

enterprise

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create a synergy among women having similar

problems /situation

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make visible and award the creativity of women

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Thanks!

web: www.itwiin.it

email: segreteria@itwiin.it