The opening programme of the “Entrepreneurship Festival for Youth Workers” project, funded by the European Union (EU) and implemented under the Erasmus+ programme with the support of the Turkish National Agency, was held at the Hasan Kalyoncu University (HKU) Cine Amphitheatre. After touring the HKU campus, the 40 participants from 12 different countries examined on site the entrepreneurship activities carried out by the university’s Technology Transfer Office (TTO).
A TOTAL OF 158 PATENT APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN FILED BY OUR STUDENTS AND ACADEMICS
Speaking at the opening about HKU’s entrepreneurship activities and statistics, Rector Prof. Dr. Türkay Dereli said: “The seeds of a total of 53 companies were sown at the HKU pre-incubation centre, and seed investment from donors was secured for 15 of them. 14 companies are still active. To support the university-industry cooperation ecosystem, a Prototyping and Entrepreneurship Centre was established on campus. Our Technopark has begun operating in the Gaziantep Organised Industrial Zone. A total of 158 patent applications have been filed by our students and academics with the support of the TTO. We operate at the Starcamp International Incubation and Acceleration Centre, opened in Silicon Valley in the USA, in order to take successful ventures to the international market. Within the scope of the project we are opening today, you will have the opportunity to get to know our university and our entrepreneurship interfaces more closely, and you will help ensure that ideas are supported and directed to suitable acceleration mechanisms. In addition, we can develop multifaceted cooperation between our institutions. I thank you for your participation, and the European Union and the Turkish National Agency for their support of our project, and I wish you every success.”
Following the opening, project experts gave the participants information about the Gaziantep and Türkiye entrepreneurship ecosystems.
News: Okan ULUFER /HKU
