Aristotle University and the Alexander Innovation Zone, Joins European Technology Network

Jan. 28, 2009 - PRLog -- The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, the largest university in Greece for research, has agreed to join the Science|Business Network of prominent European research institutions, in an effort to promote enterprise in science. This joint agreement with the Alexander Innovation Zone, S.A., is aimed at improving the dialogue between business and academia in Europe – long identified by experts as crucial to the region’s success in international technology markets.

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki is a leading institution in Greece for technology transfer and boasts a successful portfolio of products and services as a result.

Thessaloniki Innovation Zone (TIZ) is the modern tool for the scientific, technological and entrepreneurial development of the Thessaloniki region in Greece. “Alexander Innovation Zone, SA”, the established limited company with the Greek Public Sector as the initial shareholder, has as a mission the management and development of T.I.Z. and aims to turn Thessaloniki into an international hub for the development of knowledge and knowledge-based entrepreneurship over the next few years.

The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki joins eleven leading European universities in the Science|Business Network. They are the University of Cambridge, ETH-Zürich, Karolinska Institutet, Imperial College London, University College London, TU Delft, Chalmers University of Technology, Politecnico di Milano, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, University of Warwick and ParisTech.


Contacts:

For Science|Business: CEO & Editor Richard L. Hudson, richard.hudson@sciencebusiness.net , +32-496-520305.

For Aristotle University:   Head of the Secretariat of the Research Committee, Christina Besta, besta@rc.auth.gr , +30-2310-996741.

For Alexander Innovation Zone:    Chief   Executive   Officer   “A.I.Z. S.A.”
Dr. Iordanis Arzimanoglou, arzimanoglou@thessinnozone.gr , +30-2310-379334.

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