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Strengthening Academic-Industry Collaboration at AECE: Innovations in Entrepreneurship

The Academic Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence (AECE) aims to bridge the gap between academia and industry through its educational incubation facility. It focuses on enhancing students' business and technical skills, providing electronic solutions for public and private sectors, and building expertise within the local community. The center offers access to university resources, low-cost space for startups, and opportunities for practical learning through industrial projects. Recent activities include a visit from the USA Ambassador highlighting the importance of initiatives that foster entrepreneurial skill development and industry collaboration.

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Strengthening Academic-Industry Collaboration at AECE: Innovations in Entrepreneurship

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  1. Academic Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence (AECE)Educational based Incubation FacilityAmjed Al-Fahoum The ICT Innovation Partnership Symposium

  2. Objectives • Strengthen Academic/Industry Links through the available industrial incubators within the AECE. • Develop Students skills through Enhanced/practical learning environment on both business & technical sides. • Develop and Deliver Electronic Solutions to the public & private sectors. • Build capacity and expertise within local community. USA Ambassador Visit

  3. Center of excellence Yarmouk University Entrepreneurs Ideas Students To the market Faculties Incubators In-campus Industry Incubation • Incubation has many benefits • Access to the university resources and community • Offering Low cost space • Partners will gain prestige, acceptance and publicity • Offer opportunities to students and faculty to work on industrial projects USA Ambassador Visit

  4. In-campus Industry Incubation • Scope of work Financial systems, Risk management, E-Services, E-Learning, Data Management Systems, Medical and Pharmaceutical applications, Build Business & IT strategies and solutions, and training. • Facilities • Separate working space • Responsible for providing Communications equipment and Internet Services USA Ambassador Visit

  5. Training and Consultancy • Provides the training courses in both technical, Business and soft skills. • Support the trainee in many ICT fields such as Process Re-engineering, Authentication Systems , Knowledge Management, E-learning Systems and linkage with legacy Systems USA Ambassador Visit

  6. Business Incubation • Was established By YEA • Provides and Facilitates managerial, technical and business know how consultancy services • Encourages capital investment in the start-ups with proper business models • Establishes a community reach-out process USA Ambassador Visit

  7. Industry Incubators • MBRM Incubator • Develop a software for Trade and Risk Management • Provides training and job opportunities to students • CCS incubator • Develop Relational Database Management Systems • Employ Fourth Generation Languages and cutting-edge tools such as ORACLE, JAVA, XML and HTML, MS. SQL SERVER. USA Ambassador Visit

  8. Industry Incubators (Cons.) • MobileCom incubator • Allows student to work in the advanced mobile communication infrastructure field. • F@CT incubator • Specialized in software systems development of interest-free banking, Islamic insurance, manufacturing, trading and education. Extentrix incubator Building main frame software using cirex plateform. USA Ambassador Visit

  9. Industry Incubators (Cons.) • Eskadenia incubator • Participates in the development of IT curriculum for the concerned faculties • Support the research and development with the academia • AIM Wireless • Specialized in the wireless communications research and projects • ITG incubator • web-based distributed e-learning solution products USA Ambassador Visit

  10. Industry Incubators (Cons.) • Mansour Incubator • A comprehensive tele-health database is being developed in collaboration with students. • Conducting research on raw materials for possible medical drugs. • Savvytek Incubator • Cooperates with Gartner and Sun Microsystems to build the University Capacity and expertise • Develop and deploy high-quality eService solutions USA Ambassador Visit

  11. Business Incubation • Was established By YEA • Provides and facilitates managerial, technical and business know how consultancy services • Encourages capital investment in the start-ups with proper business models • Establishes a community reach-out process USA Ambassador Visit

  12. Main projects • Main projects have been identified according to international methodologies and standards: • E-government service - for Jordan Investment Board in partnership with Savvytek and Gartner Consultants. • E-government service for Ministry of Industry & Trading (MIT). • Yarmouk University Public Relation Portal. USA Ambassador Visit

  13. Ongoing Projects • Establishment of a biomedical Center of Excellence • Knowledge Management System • Developing an Advisory System for High school students. USA Ambassador Visit

  14. Events • ICT Symposium • Aims at Identifying venues of collaboration and reforms to better understand industry challenges • recommendations will help in envisioning, driving and formulating Jordan ICT higher education strategies • Industry-University Collaboration USA Ambassador Visit

  15. Substantial Professional Research Management Team YU Project Management Business Analysis HR Financial Analysis Demand Requirement Business Incubator Development Setup R & D Academic Entrepreneurship Center of Excellence Training & Consultancy AIM F@ct MPRM CCS Industry Incubators Mobilecom Mansour Savvytek Eskadnia Public/Private Sector Professionals Diploma ITG Technology Development Competent Graduates Technology Transfer Implementation Model USA Ambassador Visit

  16. Challenges • Cultural Barriers • Private Sector support. • Slow Response • Lack of legal framework for patenting and IPR. • Lack of Funding for modern complex facility and micro-financing for innovative ideas. USA Ambassador Visit

  17. The ICT Innovation Partnership Symposium

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