1. TIA and Industry Focused Science, Engineering &Technology (SET) Education 3 RD ANNUAL SATN CONFERENCE 2010 VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY David Phaho Group Executive: Technology Innovation Agency
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4. Bridging the “Chasm” through local technology commercialisation and diffusion Research Development Manufacturing Local Knowledge Value added local technology Products & services OVERSEAS TECHNOLOGY SOURCES Research Development Production Technology Transfer $ Innovation “ Chasm”
13. Centrality of Tooling to Development Tooling Design And Manufacture Mining Medical Appliances Packaging Aerospace Others Plastics Automotives Bottling Industry
14. Benefits of a Competitive Tooling Industry “ For every R1 million invested in Tooling Equipment and Technology, over R250 million of Components can be produced Sustained Economic Development”. Ref: Department of Trade and Industry’s Fund for Research into Industrial Development Growth and Equity (Fridge) into the Tool, Die and Mould Industry, 2006
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16. TIA based Initiatives Institutes for Advanced Tooling (IAT) Centers of Excellence for Tool Design , Tooling Technology Transfer , Research and Innovation . These DST initiatives were implemented through the former Tshumisano Trust at Tshwane University of Technology , Walter Sisulu and Stellenbosch Universities
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18. IAT’s Operational Model ( Walter Sisulu University ) Tool Design (US) R&D and Technology Transfer (TUT) Training and SMME Support Technological Services Industry
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Notas do Editor
According to the SA National Innovation Survey (HSRC, 2007), in the period 2002 until 2004, nearly 52% of SA enterprises had technological innovation activities comprising both product and (goods and services) and process innovations. However ….
7 institutions plus TIA migration office Project office/Steering Comm task teams: Finance; HR; Investment Framework; office space; policies; Preliminary work already underway in order to develop best practice models. Opportunities to draw on strengths for TIA.