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
