Many developing countries suffer greatly from the brain drain phenomenon. Academic institutions tend to suffer more as they lose talent to businesses, multinationals as well as to academic institutions in developed countries. Today, Universiti Sains Malaysia launched the Science and Arts Innovation Space in a move to strengthen innovation and retain the best talents, while attracting international collaborators to Malaysia’s burgeoning knowledge industry.
Penang, Malaysia - With the rise of the knowledge economy, science and business parks have thrived. Today, Universiti Sains Malaysia took this further with the launch of Science and Arts Innovation Space also known as sains@usm, which is dedicated towards nurturing innovation in science and the arts.
The sains@usm space is created to enable entrepreneurs, investors, scientists and artists to blend their respective fields in a sustainable environment. sains@usm recognises that the arts contribute to society in tandem with science and technology and together act as catalysts for a balanced society.
With sains@usm, the university hopes to retain the best talents within the university system, nurture the next generation of entrepreneurs and showcase its research achievements and academic talents.
It will create high value jobs as well as boost the surrounding economy. The facility is designed to foster a closer relationship between academia and industry, fast track technology transfer, commercialisation of technology and create a springboard for new Intellectual Property creations.
sains@usm will bring forward Universiti Sains Malaysia’s research towards a sustainable future especially for the people at the bottom of the “economic pyramid” who stand to benefit from the many cutting edge research in University Sains Malaysia.
credit to : asia research news
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