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Call for Papers ROBOT’2015 - The Second Iberian Robotics Conference <br>
Special session on tech transfer and innovation <br>
<a href="https://web.fe.up.pt/%7Erobot2015/" target="_blank">
https://web.fe.up.pt/~robot2015/</a> <br>
November 19-21, 2015, Lisbon, Portugal <br>
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<b>*</b><b>IMPORTANT DATES</b><b>*</b> <br>
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Paper Submission: October 15th, 2015 <br>
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This session will not consider an ordinary scientific evaluation process for paper acceptance, it just look for histories and experiences about technology transfer an innovation in the field of Robotics. The papers accepted for this session in a first round
will be presented at Robot2015 conference and will be considered for an special publication in this scope of technology transfer and innovation.
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<b>*</b><b>OBJECTIVES AND TOPICS</b><b>*</b> <br>
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Looking for successful projects that means a real translation of the research results to innovative products or services in the field of robotics.
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A non-exhaustive list of topics include: <br>
- Startup companies. <br>
- Collaborative projects academia-industry. <br>
- Patent licensing. <br>
- Technical assistance to the industry. <br>
- Politics and strategies for promoting the connection between academy and industry.
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- Experiences with industrial clusters, technological platforms and techno-parks.
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- … <br>
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Histories and experiences about European Frame Program, CYTED, INTERREG, MED, EUREKA, IBEROEKA and others, are especially welcome.
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We are preparing an Special Issue in a JCR journal, where extended versions of some of the selected papers will be included.
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<b>*</b><b>SUBMISSION</b><b>*</b> <br>
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Authors are invited to submit their work to this Special Session following the guidelines of Springer AISC template (<a href="http://www.springer.com/series/11156" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/series/11156</a>) up to a maximum of 12 pages through
the EasyChair interface (<a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015" target="_blank">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=robot2015</a>).
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<b>*</b><b>TRACK CHAIRS</b><b>*</b> <br>
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- Victor Muñoz-Martínez (University of Malaga , <a href="mailto:vfmm@uma.es" target="_blank">
vfmm@uma.es</a> <br>
- António Paulo Moreira (INESC-TEC), <a href="mailto:amoreira@fe.up.pt" target="_blank">
amoreira@fe.up.pt</a> <br>
- Luis Paulo Reis (University of Minho), <a href="mailto:lpreis@dsi.uminho.pt" target="_blank">
lpreis@dsi.uminho.pt</a> <br>
- Luis Montano (University of Zaragoza), <a href="mailto:montano@unizar.es" target="_blank">
montano@unizar.es</a> <br>
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For further information on the Special Session “Tech Transfer and Innovation”, please contact one of the track chairs<br>
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