A strategic integrated plan for how to link research excellence to business community needs, incl. a collection of good practices

A strategic integrated plan for how to link research excellence to business community needs, including collection of good practices will be prepared on a base of 2 showcases events organized by the 2 leading scientific institutions, in order to show successful cooperation experiences between academia and stakeholders and other positive initiatives in the sector of digital technologies for the e-health services. In particular, local stakeholders in Leuven and Macerata will show how they were involved and cooperated with the different research departments, how benefits and innovation is being achieved, types of difficulties encountered, problem solving approach, etc. The events will be organised through interviews, storytelling sessions and through interactive panel discussions on “research to market/public sector” practices, in order to: a) promote learning, discussion and feedback on how research can be linked to the business system and public services (new and innovative services and products, impact factors for market oriented exploitation, etc.); b) enhance the capacity to establish relations, make synergies with the territory within the framework of an innovation ecosystem. The 1st showcase event will be held in Leuven (BE) in M17, whereas the 2nd one will take place in Macerata (IT) in M19; both of them will last 1,5 days.The showcase event in Macerata will also foresee a peer review session aimed at elaborating a strategic integrated plan for how to link research excellence to the territory’s needs. This will allow discussion and learning on how to export solutions and best practices in the field of e-health services with specific regard to the situation of UMCS; more specifically, how to link the territorial system with researchers; different strategies and tools to boost cooperation; how to integrate local stakeholders in the research process; features of intersectoral collaboration in the health sector.