A conference on “Commercialization of academic research in universities: international realities and new challenges” was held at Azerbaijan State Economic University (UNEC).

Speaking at the event, rector of the university, Professor Adalat Muradov said that UNEC commemorates the “Science Month” in view of March 27 as the Science Day in our country. He said that there would be educational activities, scientific seminars, round tables, meetings with prominent scientists, book presentations and book exhibitions at the Science Month.

Referring to the relevance of the theme of the conference, the rector emphasized the importance of commercialization of the results of scientific research.

Then Professor Kamran Imanov, Chairman of the Board of the Intellectual Property Agency, delivered a lecture on “Commercialization of Intellectual Property and Scientific Research Results.”

Speaking at the conference, vice- president of ANAS, director of the Institute of Catalysis and Inorganic Chemistry academician Dilgam Tagiyev said that during the years of independence Azerbaijan has been consistently reforming the development of science. As a result, the structure, management and organizational system of the ANAS have been substantially improved, and important work has been done to ensure the purposeful coordination of the activities of scientific institutions.

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