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Disseminate culture of innovation

« Experience of the University of Sfax »

Mohamed BELHAJ

Director of University Center of Innovationand technology transfer of Sfax-Tunisia

22-24 Novembre 2010, Alexandrie

Disseminate culture of innovation Experience of the University of Sfax

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Sfax

Dissémination de la culture de l’innovation de Sfax

Sfaxlocated 270 km (168 miles) southeast of

Tunis. The city, founded in AD 849 on the

ruins of Taparura and Thaenae


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Airport

Technopark

Nearly 1 million people A comprehensive university with: 20 institutions 2 research centers:(CBS, Institut de l'Olivier) 17 laboratories 91 units of research Technopole "ICT"5 incubators

Gouvernorat de Sfax


Plan

University / Development

Role for the university in development

University of sfax

CUITT

Mission

Approche & concept

Main actions

Coming events:

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Sfax University: Short Presentation 1/2

•Created in 1986

•Nb. of Students 46 000

•Nb. of Teachers 2500

•Nb. of institutes 20

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•Nb. of Research labs 17

•Nb. of Research Units 91

•Nb. of Graduates/yr 6800

•Wide international Cooperation

EU; USA; Japan; Mena; Africa …

Sfax University: Short Presentation 2/2

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University - Area of economic production: two sides of same coin, that

of sustainable economic development, innovative and competitive.

A clear complementarity between the reservoir of knowledge and innovation and the stage of development, production and marketing

Obligation of a university prepare efficient, responsive, modern and organically linked to its environment near and far.

Work towards the establishment of an entrepreneurial society, entrepreneurial initiative and anchored on competitiveness.

Manage the regional , nationally and internationally dimension.

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General Principles

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Reach out to international indicators in students, university

governance, decentralization and a real powerful search

system

Operationalizing the triple helix development: State -

University - Industry.

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General principles


Academic production

Graduate training and diverse skills

Scientific training, basic, applied to economic impact

Innovative entrepreneurs

Modernizing managerial dimension and radiant

Continuing education: “à la carte” and Long-life training

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Association

University- Environment

Regional Unit

On Innovation

and competitiveness

CUITTSCUIESAPII

UTICA

JCD

GTZ

Challenge

Industriels

……….

Esp .Entreprendre

C.Affaires

B.Emploi

Gouvernorat

Clubs

Associations

……….

Institutions

Research

Units

Laboratoires

de Recherche

Research

Centers

Inst.OliviersCBS

Structures of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the

University of Sfax

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Université de Sfax

www.uss.rnu.tn

University Center for Innovation And Technology Transfer of Sfax


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Official inauguration March 4, 2010 by

Minister of Higher Education and Scientific

Research

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Promote the University Knowledge, support Innovations and

create cooperation with Business.

Platform collection, exhibition and marketing of innovative research

output of the University of Sfax..

Focal point for all initiatives for identifying and exploiting the results

of the research university.

SHOWROOM Standing all innovative products from research

laboratories, research units, Project Graduation, theses and

companies emerging from incubators ...

Accommodation and animation workshops with regular on-site

manufacturing facilities and university involved, eg robotics, pollution,

energy, mechanical ...

Mission of CUITTS

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Approche

CUITTS

Incubateur

Dissémination de la culture de l’innovation : Expérience de l’Université de Sfax

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Concept

In University

Incubation projects

Industrial environment

Before University

ActionsAwareness

Awareness

Trainning

Coaching

Survey, inquiry

Evaluation

Evaluation

Evaluation

Awareness

Education

Advising


Census survey of research results and skills

Themes

Activities outside the university (type of intervention, approach,

implementation of results ...)

Activities within the university (research, publications, patents,

research may lead to practical applications ...)

Skills

Difficulties, motivations and incentives to act outside of the

university

Entrepreneurship (starting a business, for creative, entrepreneurial

training ...)

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Marketable results

Research may lead to a practical application : 264

Examples

Traitement des effluents industriels par procédés d’oxydation avancés

Traitement des effluents textiles en intégrant les procédés membranaires

Application de technique d’imagerie pour la détection des microcalcifications

Dimensionnement d’un moteur à aimants permanents à double rotor et de son convertisseur en vue de réduire la consommation du véhicule électrique

Traitement des margines par voix électrochimique

Optimisation des densités de plantation de l’olivier en milieu aride et semi-aride


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Les 5 pôles de compétences:

1-ENVIRONMENT - ENERGY

Security Systems, Clean Processes, Waste and Sanitation, Thermal,

Management,

2- ITC

Electronic Components and Systems, Computer Science, Robotics, Micro

and Nano-Technologies, Telecommunications, Information Processing,

Imagerie médicale.

3-MECHANICAL

Solid Mechanics, Structural Mechanics, Tribology, Acoustics and Vibration.

4-BIOLOGY & HEALTH

Health Engineering, Biotechnology,

5-The olive

Olive and derivatives

Enquête recensementdes résultats de la recherche et des compétences


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Awareness actions

Awareness Day with students in school:

presentation of innovative projects to ENIS

Univ Expo 2010

Exposure of primary and secondary schools projects

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Training school for engineering students on entrepreneurial culture and innovation

(March 2009 and July 2010)

Training of trainers on Innovation and Management Project

GTZ-Réseau Challenge

Training


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Robotics and pico satellite

Electric car

Solar Boat

Recycling and disposal of solid

waste

Air conditioning with solar energy


Incubation of innovative projects

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Pico-satellite and Robotics(Ste TELNET)



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Signatures of 10 cooperation agreements

Industrial : Sopal, CHO,, APII, TELNET, VOLTA PV, CARTHAGO CERAMIQUE, TECHNOPOLE; UTICA

Conventions Robotics



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Electric car(Ste SATER)

Solar Boat(Ste SCIN)



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Air conditioning with solar energy (Ste Volta PV)



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Recycling and disposal of solid waste(Ste ECOPNEU)




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Support Project /collaboration with Intech

6 projets in Mai 2010

Support Project

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AQP Project "World Bank"

• PDD: Creating a Platform for Sustainable Development

Tempus projects : «European commission»

• UNCHAIN: UNiversity CHAir on Innovation

• TIES: Toward an Internationalisation of Higher Education

Network for MEDA Region

• LHEM: Leadership in Higher Education Management

Projets de coopération internationales



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March 2008 - 1st International Conference "Culture and Entrepreneurial Business Creation"

Practices and methods of teaching entrepreneurship education at university

Our achievements at the University of Sfax

November 2007 - International Meeting on Environment and Regional Development


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December 2008 - in collaboration with Tethys; Study Day"Valorisation, Incubation, start-ups”

June 2009 - in collaboration with Tethys, and the University of Sousse

Village International Training on "Valuation and ENTREPRENEURSHIP"



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July 2010 Edition 13-Univ Expo (30,000 visitors)

ESP

Labs, Research Units

Innovative Projects



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National CompetitionMIT’2010: Made in TUNISIA

National competition about innovative

projects in Tunisia next July 2010,

MIT’2010: Made In Tunisia

Topics: Robotics, Renewable Energy,

Depollution, Solid Waste,…

Awards: three awards for the best

innovative projects

International Arab competition: will be

held the next December 2010 in Egypt

after selection of the best projects during

the MIT competition and the possibility of

participation in the next international

competition in USA will be held in 2011.


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coming events:

10-11-12 February in Sousse

2 ° International Conference on Entrepreneurship, Innovation

and Regional Development

5-6-7 June 2011 in Sfax

14 ° Edition UnivExpo


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US – Web site www.uss.rnu.tn

CUITTS – Web site www.cuitts.org


Thanks for your attention

http://www.cuitts.org/

http://www.cuitts.org/

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