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Keynote: Success Factors in Industry-Academia Collaboration

 

Abstract

In an applied area such as software engineering, collaboration between industry and academia is essential. Software engineering research ought to be based industry needs and research outcomes ought to have an impact on industry practice. This requires close collaboration between industry and academia. The presentation is focused on factors to have in place to ensure a successful collaboration. More specifically, the presentation is focused on two studies of success factors in industry-academia collaboration. One study is conducted in Sweden and another study is conducted in Australia. The studies were conducted based on identification of 14 potential key factors for successful collaboration. Different stakeholders were asked to prioritize the factors. The stakeholders include people from industry, students and researchers. The presentation discusses the key factors to have in place to be successful in industry-academia collaboration. Furthermore, a discussion of the differences and similarities between the views of the different stakeholders is presented.


Prof. Claes Wohlin, Blekinge Institute of Technology

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Mr. Juhani Risku, Architect SAFA, designer

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