Thanks to its important technological developments and contributions to science, the Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) is going to receive, this September 24th, the certification as a member of the International Association of Science Parks and Areas of Innovation (IASP).

In releasing this information, PIT-UAS’ director, MBA José Ramón López Arellano, expressed that, thanks to this distinction by such organism, the Park might link with other institutions of its own kind, which would mark the beginning of a more specialized promotion of its activities related to science, technology and research, as well as other areas of innovation, tasks which purpose is to provide services for the effective growth of its members.

“Belong to the IASP gives us a national and international recognition, considering that we’d be the fifth Mexican member, the third from the northwest of the country; and, the most important, we are the only public university within it. This would help to improve the competitiveness of future projects developed at PIT-UAS”, declared.

In the next days, informed López Arellano, he’s going to attend to Beijing (China), in order to be part of the IASP’s annual reunion. It will be on the context of such event to be carried out at the Chinese capital that the PIT-UAS will receive the certificate to guarantee its belonging to the IASP as an affiliated member.

The manager of this technological complex of the UAS detailed that this specialized international association counts with approximately 402 members, located in 72 countries, to which belong 128 thousand innovative companies, as well as the total of 42 universities registered in the IASP.

An important factor of the IASP, said, is that it has the status of Special Consultative with the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, besides is a founding member of the World Alliance for Innovation. Thus, “The members of the IASP are distinguished by the quality and the boost for technological development they socially have, as well as for the economic growth of their countries”, added.

López Arellano emphasized that, thanks to this attainment, this university organism on his charge contributes to attend the core idea about internationalization contained in the Plan of Institutional Development Consolidation 2017, which regulates the administration of the rector of our University, PhD Juan Eulogio Guerra Liera. The Director of the PIT-UAS specified that, this way, to the solid academic exchange program of the UAS would be added the linkage in the matter of technological and scientific developments, better known as multidisciplinary networks of applied research.

“By having the IASP certification, this implies to us that we have the quality and the added value which define a true park of science and technology, in which business incubators can be created and managed, technological transfer can be made, as well as projects of innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development”, opined.

He also said that other benefits that this distinction, being member of the IASP, brings consist on: having the right to attend to the General Assembly of the IASP and have the right to make use of the voice in it; discounts in conferences, workshops, as well as in the buying of books and communication material, among many others.

In Mexico, besides PIT-UAS, also have this certification: the Technological Innovation Park of the Northwestern Center of Biological Research (Parque de Innovación Tecnológica, Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste), the Research and Technology Innovation Park (Parque de Investigación e Innovación Tecnológica de Monterrey), the Technological Park of Guanajuato (Parque Tecnológico de Guanajuato) and the Chihuahua based Orión Tech Park of the Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (Parque Tecnológico Orión, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey).

To get more information about the IASP, you may consult its official web site.

Source: Autonomous University of Sinaloa. Translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).