ITWIIN is a non-profit organization established in Rome in September 2007 that brings together women with diverse expertise to promote innovation and entrepreneurship. ITWIIN works with other women's organizations and has members and partners that include entrepreneurs, researchers, and consultants. The organization aims to support women inventors and innovators through networking, training, mentoring, and sharing best practices.

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ITWIIN Italian Women Inventors and Innovators Network Promoting the invention innovation culture for enterprise development

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 ITWIIN: Rome - September 2007 non-profit organisation bringing together a wide and diverse range of women's expertise

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ITWIIN is a transversal organisation working together with other women organisations: EUWIIN, ECWT, KEWIE, BPW, EPWS, EIGE our members/ partners are entrepreneurs, researchers, consultants (IPR, business)

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Mission – ITWIIN aims to support the women inventors and innovators by: Networking - Training – Mentoring – Good practice exchange  Marketing innovative ideas through awards, exhibitions, and fairs  Training and education in fields such as Intellectual Property Rights, trademarks, patents and technological transfer through courses and seminars  Spreading the culture of innovation and invention through conferences, workshops, debates and publications  Exanging information and spreading European Calls

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Analysis of the situation  % women having patent  level of knowledge of IPR (Intellectual Property Right)  experiences /needs/perspectives of different groups of women

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Patent statistics - Technological progress  Economic Growth - Innovation

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 create “intelligence/science based business”

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Problem:  insufficient knowledge of IPR as consequence  lack of recognition for the innovations . low number of patents . low knowledge of what they have . economic disadvantages

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Problem:  insufficient knowledge of contract rights for regulations among enterprises and enterprises / researchers as consequence  . annoying waste of time trying to recover funds or costs invested in good faith . non collaboration

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Problem:  Lack of information/communication between research and enterprise as consequence  less innovation

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Problem:  Lack of recognition /assessment as consequence  difficulty to obtain financial support

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 create contact/collaboration between research and enterprise

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create a synergy among women having similar problems /situation

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 make visible and award the creativity of women

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Thanks! web: www.itwiin.it email: segreteria@itwiin.it