Baku, Azerbaijan:June30-July1, 2008, 9.30a.m, Small Conference Room, Presidium Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences
The CRDF Science & Technology Entrepreneur Program (STEP) nurtures the creation of innovative, science-business communities and serves as a catalyst for entrepreneurial growth across Eurasia. STEP introduces local and international business to the value of Eurasian innovation, seeding new science-business partnerships that assist both local and international business to remain competitive. STEP enables technology entrepreneurs to turn community needs into market opportunities.

 

 The Alternative Energy Workshop was held in Baku on February 17-18, 2005 at the conference hall of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences.The Azerbaijan National Science Foundation (ANSF) organized the workshop jointly with the U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF).

This workshop was an "attempt" to create a mechanism that will allow scientists and business people to find each other, in other words to create a symbiosis of the experience and resources of entrepreneurs, ideas of scientists, and possibilities of CRDF grant programs. Taking into consideration the fact that there are not so many scientists working in this sector, ANSF invited all of them without any competition. Commercial scientists not affiliated with academic institutions and universities have also been invited. The workshop brought together 32 scientists.

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The Azerbaijan National Science Foundation (ANSF) announces the first Business Venture Conference to be held at Baku Business Center on October 28, 2005 at 10:00. The Conference showcases scientist-company partners presenting innovation business projects to a panel of judges and the greater business community. By gathering entrepreneurial technologists and business professionals, the Conference is intended to encourage partnerships and investment in new ventures.

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 Oil, Gas, and Environmental Technologies

For Former Weapons Scientists, Scientific Researchers, and Entrepreneurs

 Baku, Azerbaijan

 The U.S. Civilian Research and Development Foundation (CRDF) in cooperation with the Azerbaijan National Science Foundation (ANSF) is pleased to announce a seminar on commercialization of oil, gas, and environmental technologies to take place in Baku, Azerbaijan from March 15 through 17, 2004.  The CRDF is a nonprofit organization that promotes international science, technology, and industry collaboration.  The ANSF is a private nonprofit organization that develops the Azerbaijani scientific-engineering community’s potential through the support of research and development projects.

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