Workshop
on IT Research and Development in Poland
(RDPL'08)
Wisla,
Poland, October 20-22, 2008
Organized
as a result of collaboration between the International
Multiconference on Computer Science and Information
Technology and the XXIV Autumn Meeting of the Polish
Information Processing Society.
Research
and Development (R&D) is a process intended to
create new or improved technology that can provide a
competitive advantage at the business, industry, or
national level. While the rewards can be very high, the
process of technological innovation (of which R&D is
the first phase) is complex and risky. R&D is one of
means by which business can experience future growth by
developing new products or processes to improve and
expand their operations. At the end of the day, R&D
activities within the Software Industry drive the
Information Society forward.
One
of the interesting areas that did not get enough of
deserved attention is the status of R&D research in
IT in Poland. Therefore the RDPL’08 Workshop will
attempt at issues like: (1) How big is the presence of
IT relate R&D activities in Poland? (2) Which are
typical problems and challenges of companies investing
in innovations? (3) Why a cooperation of R&D
companies with the educational entities in Poland is far
away from EU standards? (4) What are typical
characteristics of offshore R&D centers in Poland?
(5) How to start a R&D center in Poland up?
The
purpose of this workshop is not only to address
questions like these, but also to look at the IT related
R&D from a broader perspective, to present ideas and
to share experiences.
Furthermore,
one of important aims of the workshop is to setup a
regular discussion forum to promote exchange of ideas
and results aimed at development of IT related R&D
presence in Poland.
RDPL
Workshop welcomes submissions of R&D case studies in
a form of PPT presentations.
Here
is the non-exclusive list of topics:
- Study
of R&D presence in Poland (DiS Report, from
17.03.2008)
- Presentation of top 75
R&D units in Poland
- R&D borders definition
- R&D vs offshore (incl.
nearshore, farshore)
- R&D centers
cooperation with Universities
- R&D legal issues
- R&D in Poland vs
R&D in EU
- Innovations / IPR /
Patents / Priorart
- Best practices sharing
platform
- R&D Case studies
The
final event of the Workshop will be awarding selected
companies with the Special Award (the Jan Lukasiewicz
Award) and "Polish R&D leader" title.
Workshop program can be found
here.
