Technology transfer organization and activities: Australian experience and recommendations for Vietnam

Prof. Dr. People's Teacher Nguyen Van Khanh (Principal of the School) delivered the opening speech of the seminar.

Currently, the state management of technology transfer is still overlapping and ineffective, affecting the trust of technology holders, especially foreign partners when investing and transferring technology in Vietnam. Therefore, referring to the model of Australia, a country with an advanced science and technology foundation, is very necessary, helping Vietnam have a scientific basis to build arguments and development solutions for itself.

The workshop opened with a keynote speech by Associate Professor Dr. Tran Van Hai on the topic "Commercialization of research results in Australian universities - suggestions for organizing and operating technology transfer activities in Vietnam". The report raised suggestions based on Australian experience and concluded that it is necessary to focus on research and application of technology fields that are primarily the strengths of Vietnamese universities, but the commercial element of inventions cannot be ignored.

The seminar also listened to and discussed reports from scientists, science and technology managers, and businesses on the current status of technology transfer abroad and in Vietnam, and solutions for organizing and operating technology transfer activities involving foreign elements in Vietnam.

Prof. Tony Peacock is presenting a paper at the conference.

In the presentation "Discussing policies after technology transfer", Associate Professor, Dr. Vu Cao Dam emphasized: Technological capacity does not stop at technology transfer activities but more importantly, post-technology transfer activities, which is a content that needs attention.

The presentation “Australia’s Collaborative Research Centres: Lessons from a Successful Approach to Large-Scale Applied Research and Recommendations for Vietnam” by Professor Tony Peacock, Director of the Association of Collaborative Research Centres and the University of Canberra, outlined the features, outcomes and impacts of the Collaborative Research Centres (CRCs) program and recommended that CRCs should be part of a comprehensive innovation “ecosystem”; and that policy stability is important.