The Dean of the Center for Urban and Regional Planning for Postgraduate Studies participated in a scientific workshop organized by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research on building a university system for transforming knowledge into economic value. The workshop was held in cooperation with Clarivate Analytics and was attended by undersecretaries and directors general from the Ministry of Higher Education, as well as a number of university presidents, researchers, and experts.

Alwan emphasized that the President of the University of Baghdad, Professor Dr. Alaa Abdul-Hassan Attia Al-Zughaibi, stressed in his address the importance of developing the university environment and strengthening the link between academic knowledge and economic applications. This, he explained, would open broader avenues for researchers and students to transform scientific ideas and findings into applicable projects and solutions.

The workshop included a specialized lecture presented by representatives from Clarivate Analytics. The lecture addressed the foundations for building an integrated university system for transforming knowledge into economic value, the mechanisms for knowledge and innovation management, and linking these to productive sectors and the labor market. It also reviewed a number of relevant experiences and practices. The workshop witnessed a scientific discussion that addressed ways to develop the institutional environment for innovation in Iraqi universities, mechanisms for activating partnerships with the public and private sectors, and transforming the outputs of scientific research and academic knowledge into applications with economic and developmental impact.

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