October 25, 2022. Universidad Panamericana we know that ideas and research, despite being intangible, have the potential to become objects of great help and value to society. For this reason, the Days for a culture of Industrial Property and Innovation were held in each of the campuses of our institution (Mexico City, Guadalajara and Aguascalientes).
In addition to authorities from each of the campuses of our university and public officials from the three cities, the event was attended by various entrepreneurs from Mexico, such as José Miguel Bejarano, Innovation Lead at Siemens Energy Mexico; Ramón González Figueroa, Director of the Tequila Regulatory Council; Guy Jean Savoir, President. INCIDE Foundation (Innovation Science for Business Development).
Promote industrial property culture
During the inauguration, Dr. Abraham Mendoza Andrade, Panamericana's Vice Rector General for Research, clarified that "the format of these conferences is similar in the three campuses because the intention is to promote a culture of industrial property in general. It is essential to promote this in order to bring everything we develop as an institution through research closer to the realities and challenges faced by the industries".
Dr. Claudia Ortega, Director of Research at the Mexico City campus, commented that the purpose of the conference is to "increase the timely identification and appropriation of research results, through the profiling of projects with transfer potential, linking researchers with the public, social and private sectors".
In turn, Dr. Francisco Medina Gomez, General Director, State Council of Science and Technology of Jalisco, said: "Intellectual activity is the basis for growth and economic development of the state and the country, this effort of the Universidad Panamericana, is a recognizable action, even in the country, we must jointly academia, government and business, support the generation of talent".
Attending to transformation
Afterwards, Dr. Guillermo José Aguirre Esponda, President of the Mexican Association of Applied Research and Technological Development Managers, celebrated that Panamericana is committed to meet the challenge of transforming an invention into a useful product, having the necessary resources to successfully cross the so-called "valley of death", which lies between the immature state of precompetitive technologies and the aspects related to the feasibility tests expected by the industry.
Manuel Alejandro González Martínez, Secretary of Economic Development, Science, Technology and Innovation of Aguascalientes, celebrated the conference and said: "(...) having innovation in the academic and scientific sector is a first step towards economic growth, but if it is not commercialized, it is not possible to call it innovation".
Innovation, competitiveness and growth
During the event, the following panel was held Industrial property as a factor of innovation, competitiveness and growth for the future of the Mexican economy.The panel was moderated by Dr. Juan Alberto González Piñón, Corporate Director of Innovation and Transfer of our university.
Dr. Piñón commented that "we must take ownership of the knowledge we generate in the university, otherwise someone else will claim it. And not only that, but they will profit from that knowledge". For this reason, he invited those present to "start believing in the creative capacity of the Panamericana researcher to generate new science".
Promoting intellectual property
During this panel, the need to promote intellectual property was continuously mentioned because, in our country, in general, there is no knowledge of what to do once scientific knowledge is developed both in educational and research institutions.
"The university professor has to know how to define and detect the novelty of what is done through his work and research results, as well as to know at what point it can be patented," said Dr. Mendoza at the Aguascalientes campus, when questioned about whether the country's universities are lagging behind in this culture.
Social impact
Larisa Cruz Ornelas, General Director of Science and Technological Development at SICyT mentioned: "The efforts of universities and research centers in the State of Jalisco, in promoting scientific activity, innovation and patenting, are today a constant that shows the interest of these knowledge-generating entities to positively impact society and the market".
Mario Rodríguez Montero , Deputy Director General of IMPI, informed: "Advances in scientific knowledge produce results that give rise to inventions and intellectual creations that, through innovation, contribute to the solution of socioeconomic and environmental problems, which has a positive impact on the improvement of people's wellbeing. Therefore, the fact that today the Universidad Panamericana is assuming this commitment is a great achievement".
With this type of actions, Panamericana promotes its commitment to fostering a culture of industrial property, as well as providing socially relevant and reliable information so that the various stakeholders (especially entrepreneurs and investors) can carry out their professional practice in conditions of certainty and protection of their ideas and innovation processes.
