The conference dedicated to economic aspects of innovations titled Patents as a Resource was held on Tuesday, 17 December at the Moskva Hotel. The conference was co-organized by the Institute of Physics Belgrade and the Intellectual Property Office of the Republic of Serbia. The event brought together entrepreneurs, innovators, professors and researchers from several research and educational institutions in Serbia.
Dr Aleksandar Bogojević, Director of the Institute of Physics, opened the conference by addressing the audience and emphasizing the vital connection between innovation, education, and science.
Following this, speakers included Aleksandra Mihailović, assistant director of the Intellectual Property Office, Professor Dr Slobodan Marković of the Faculty of Law, Professor Dr Dragan Povrenović from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy, Dr Miloš Milošević of the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Ljubomir Kljajić and Nemanja Subotić.
The afternoon session of the conference featured panel discussions which opened questions on financing and commercialization as well as various successful and less successful practices in patent development.
