1. Woman in Engineering and the Built environment Adrie El Mohamadi NFTN Project Leader

2. HARVARD Professor and Economist Michal E. Porter in his book “Competitive Advantage of Nations” National prosperity is created, not inherited….. Sustained productivity and economic growth requires that an economy continually upgrades itself…… Technology Transfer & Innovation is like swimming against the Current

3. Innovation Capability at Firm Level Creativity of Employees at all Levels Innovation-friendly organizational structure Networked Research and Development Education & Training System Primary Education Technology-related Secondary Education Skills Development for the Workplace Higher Education, especially in Engineering Technology-related Institutions Applied Research & Development Research & Development Financing Technology Transfer & Extension Testing, Measuring, Quality Control & Standards Certification Intellectual Property Rights Protection` Political, Legal, Regulatory and Macro- Economic Framework that stimulates learning and innovativeness Technological Capabilities emerges from interaction

4. PolicyInstitutional Innovation Support Programmatic Innovation Support Actors National Innovation Policy Regional Innovation Policies Innovation Friendly Regulations Educational Policy Cluster policy Technology Transfer Centres Science & Technology Parks Funding Agencies Clusters Innovation Service Providers Business Promotion Agencies / Associations Technology Transfer Support Schemes Fundamental STI Funding Entrepreneurial Support Schemes Applied STI Funding Accompanying Mea- sures to Support STI Collaborative STI Funding Cluster Development Schemes Universities Public R&D Institutions Private Investors Private R&D Institutions Entrepreneurs Large Firms Inventors SME Macro LevelMeso Level Micro Education and Training Provider Determinants of a National Innovation System

5. Technology Transfer Networking Technology Innovation system Innovation Innovation management

6. UJ MCTS Johannesburg University NMMU ACTS CSIR WC Provincial Government NFTN DTI MERseta German Foundry Institute WCIF Unido Freiburg University Germany Freiburg University Germany Others AIDC AFSA SAQA SAIF SCAW DST Tshumisano GTZ World Foundry Institute WCIF Training Centre Atlantis Mittal SMEs

7. “Opportunities and challenges for technology transfer intermediaries to move beyond firm level to innovation system level interventions” BY SHAWN CUNNINGHAM AND ADRIE EL MOHAMADI

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