University-industry linkage (UIL) is undoubtedly one of the most important relationships in a national innovation system. In order to consider steps to enhance UIL, it is essential to perceive current circumstances and to understand the mechanisms underlying UIL relationships. GRIPS’ GIST team is planning to conduct a research project on UIL from the viewpoint of multimodal knowledge exchange between academia and the private sector.
Although UIL is inherently multimodal, most of the previous studies have relied heavily on limited kinds of data such as scientific papers, patents and licenses because of data availability. However, it is obvious that these well-thumbed data cover only a fraction of the whole UIL picture and it is rather dangerous to evaluate and design policies based on limited information and knowledge.
GIST symposium will explore the various modes of knowledge exchange in order to develop an understanding of the whole picture, covering collaborative research, commissioned research, co-authoring, co-patenting, licensing in/out, reading codified knowledge (paper, book, patent, report), face-to-face conversations at academic conferences, meetings, consultations, governmental councils, human resource (graduate student, post-doc, research fellow, faculty) exchange, research material exchange, purchase, procurement, and so on.
This symposium is the first trial for GIST project to gather, share and disseminate the information on multimodal UIL.

Please register at the e-mail address (gist-mlgrips.ac.jp).
Registration email must include
1) your name, 2) institution, 3) job title, and 4) contact information (email address or phone number).
The application will be closed as soon as the number of applicants reaches the capacity.