Students Startup Achievement Panel

Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Higher Education

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Theme: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Higher Education: From Living Labs to Academia-Industry Collaboration

Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems in Higher Education: From Living Labs to Academia-Industry Collaboration brings together experts from academia and innovation practice to discuss how universities can create stronger environments for student innovation, entrepreneurship, and real-world collaboration.

The panel will explore the role of living labs, open innovation, knowledge and technology transfer, startups, and project-based cooperation in shaping more dynamic higher education ecosystems and strengthening connections between universities, industry, and society.

Discover how the concept of living labs that bring together students, universities, industry, government and citizens is transforming higher education into a real‑world testbed for innovation, startups and impactful collaboration.

Keywords

  • innovation
  • living labs
  • knowledge and technology transfer
  • startups
  • projects

Moderator

Guiding the discussion

Ana Miličević

Ana Miličević

Research and Development Center Coordinator

University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences

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Participants / Panelists

Experts from academia and innovation practice

Dr. Alexandra Petcu

Dr. Alexandra Petcu

Head of Innovation and Lecturer

West University of Timisoara

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Prof. Huseyin Uvet

Prof. Huseyin Uvet

Professor

Yildiz Technical University, Turkey

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Marjan Nikolovski

Marjan Nikolovski

Innovation Lead

The New Way, Denmark

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