JOHOR BAHRU, June 19 – A total of 10 delegates from the Institut Teknologi Sepuluh Nopember (ITS), Surabaya, Indonesia, consisting of an academic team, have successfully completed a training session (TOT) at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) under the “Bridging Program UTM-ITS TOT For Technology Transfer Office (TTO)”.

This program was successfully conducted for a month at the UTM Innovation and Commercialisation Center, Technovation Park, UTM from May 8th to June 2nd, 2023.

This program is a continuation of the collaboration between UTM and ITS, following the successful Pre-Bridging Program conducted in November last year.

The UTM ICC trainers shared 15 training modules with the course participants. The modules included theoretical teaching, group exercises, case studies, and site visits.

This TOT program is the first training program organised by UTM ICC for external parties. As part of UTM’s intellectual property commercialisation initiative, UTM ICC took proactive steps by commercialising the ICCUBEX program, which is registered as a copyright.

In addition to sharing their experiences managing UTM ICC as a Technology Transfer Office (TTO) with the participants, they were also taken to visit UTM’s spin-off companies and successful researchers who have commercialised UTM’s intellectual properties.

The participants enjoyed this opportunity to gain insights and experiences from the UTM’s researchers.

The training program concluded with a closing dinner and the presentation of training completion certificates on May 28, 2023, held at LC Catering, Johor Bahru, represented by Dr. Triyanda Gunawan, Equipment Supply Manager and  Dr. Eko Setijadi, the Staff Development Manager as the accompanying officer from ITS.