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Strengthen your industry impact with university collaborations

Our Business Group consists of members from R&D-intensive, large or medium-sized companies who engage with universities across research, innovation and talent.

The Group provides a platform for businesses to share their knowledge and experiences about university engagement, and collaboratively address common challenges with targeted support from UIIN.

Join at the organisational membership level that suits your needs to unlock benefits like free tickets and discounts to events and training, promotional opportunities.

Learn more about our Business Group today

Connect with innovative, like-minded industry leaders

In addition, access to five industry-specific roundtable sessions and corresponding topical reports annually. These interactive sessions are challenge-based gatherings of 10+ research and development intensive companies that include:

Research-driven insights from the UIIN team.
Expert guest speaker input.
An opportunity to network and share challenges and learnings with key global players.

Each meeting results in an outcome report shared with all participants. Some examples of challenges that are explored include:

Creative solutions for collaborating with universities with limited/constrained R&D budget.
How to drive innovation ecosystems and/or how to build innovation ecosystems from scratch.
Innovative approaches for student engagement and talent acquisition.

Maximise corporate innovation with university-industry collaborations

Why Join the UIIN Business Group?

Connect with pioneering industry leaders and academic experts.
Gain insights through exclusive case studies and best practices.
Leverage university resources to tackle your R&D and innovation challenges.

Exclusive Member Benefits

Complimentary tickets to UIIN conferences, training, and workshops for your team.
Special discounts on training sessions and consultancy services.
Opportunities to enhance your company’s visibility within the academic community.

Ready to amplify your company’s innovation strategy?

Join a network of forward-thinking companies and universities.
Find tips for collaborating on projects to achieve your strategic goals.
Gain insider tips through sharing knowledge and driving joint ventures.

“In a trustful and open environment, we share insights on many non-trivial aspects of cooperation with universities. UIIN contributes their own deep understanding and connects us with professionals from their huge university network. Highly recommended!”

Dr. Max Riedel

Head of ZEISS Innovation Hub @ KIT

“Sharing insights and learnings with such a diverse team of like-minded companies is extremely valuable for us. Join our group and find it out!”

Dr. Natascha Eckert

Global Head of University Relations, Siemens AG

“For me, the UIIN Business Group is an invaluable source of knowledge and inspiration. I always come out of our sessions with new ideas or interesting sources. I highly recommend joining the group if your company is serious about its relations with universities.”

Arianne Bijma

Global head of University Relations, ASML