By imparting the conference titled «The Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Network, a tool to foster the industries of the future», the Technological Innovation Park (PIT, Parque de Innovación Tecnológica) of the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS, Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa) participated in the fourth edition of the National Week of the Entrepreneur (SNE, Semana Nacional del Emprendedor) that each year is organized by the National Institute of the Entrepreneur (INADEM, Instituto Nacional del Emprendedor), which this year was carried out from October 3rd to the 8th at Expo Santa Fe México (Mexico City) and had as main subject the industries of the future.

University’s intervention was developed during the event’s second day of activities, at Innovation Ecosystem’s Half Moon Kiosk. The talk, in charge of a Park’s collaborator who is also member of the academic body Educative Innovation (UAS-CA-288), consisted of expounding the quadruple helix model and institutional linkage models worked at PIT-UAS, as well as some of the Park’s projects that belong to the industries of the future, among other themes that generated great interest and captivated the attention of about a hundred people.

In this conference was expounded the creation of the Innovation and Knowledge Transfer Network, supported by Mexican public policies in the matter of research, development and innovation (R&D+i), besides it incorporates the quadruple helix model (Government, industry, university and society), realises transdisciplinary projects of applied research and resolves specific necessities of private initiative, municipal and state problems for the scientific and technological development, as well as to perform solutions before the federal Government necessities.

On the other hand, this network’s creation was detailed, is formed currently by six higher education institutions: Autonomous University of Sinaloa, Autonomous University of Hidalgo State, Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí, Quintana Roo University, Juárez Autonomous University of Tabasco and Autonomous University of Ciudad Juárez; the speaker highlighted some points related to projects in development and some forward projections. Also, was played the video for PIT-UAS’ second anniversary, reached on May 15th of the present year.

Throughout the exposition, representatives of diverse universities were interested in the showed information and expressed their testimonies regarding the strength provided by such knowledge networks to make synergy among universities and thus share ideas and disciplines, according to different national sectors. Likewise, there was some people related to private initiative and some youths who got close and showed interest in doing professional practices or scientific summers at PIT-UAS facilities.

By last, Norma Lucero Mondragón Flores, director of INADEM’s Innovation and Promotion, congratulated the University by its outstanding participation in the SNE 2016, event that previously won the Guiness World Record for «the biggest attendance to an entrepreneurial event». Mondragón Flores recognized in the University an important innovative entity, thanks to the different projects in development at its technological park and the possibilities it projects at medium and long terms within the industries of the future sphere.

Written by Moroni Arellano (Communication and Diffusion, PIT-UAS), Translated by Belem Ruiz (Edition and Communication, PIT-UAS).