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METU Technopolis (METUTECH) is the first, most innovative, and the largest science park in Turkey. It supports the creation of synergy between industry, university and public institutions through infrastructural/structural opportunities developed for academicians, researchers and companies using/producing technology. Combining METU’s (Middle East Technical University) research capacity and information pool with the innovative capacity of entrepreneurs, METUTECH has created a momentum in Turkey’s technology accumulation; it has become a successful model with its management experiences and projects for the formation of both the legal frame and the development of other science parks in Turkey.

METUTECH has reached to a scale of 282 firms, %89 of which are SME’s, employing more than 3750 personnel and carrying out R&D activities in a 87.000 m2 enclosed area, in a 10 years period with only using its own resources.  METUTECH aims to become one of the world’s leading technology development regions in 10 years time.

XLAB Research is recognized as one of the strongest computer science research teams outside the academic world in Slovenia. XLAB Research employs 36 people, where 4 have a PhD in Computer Science, 7 have Master's degrees and 9 are post-graduate students. Altogether the whole company’s team consists of 61 experts in the field of computer science, electronics and mathematics, with an access to additional expert resources (around 10 to 20 experts).

Expertise: we have experience in GIS data analysis, visualization and integration; natural disaster simulations, especially hydrographical; emergency response support and training; high-volume information processing, integration and analysis. The company also has experts in the fields of distributed systems, where we focus on Cloud computing (connectors to Cloud platforms, SLA, PaaS implementations) and their security, reliability and dependability.

The Institute of Philosophy and Sociology is one of research centres of the Polish Academy of Sciences (IFiS PAN). The Institute’s primary objective is to carry out advanced research in philosophy and sociology as well as in cognitive and communication fields. Apart from its research activity the Institute is engaged in education, publishing and popularisation of science. In 2004 IFiS PAN gained the status of  Centre of perfection granted by the Ministry of Science and Informatization, as the first – and so far the only – institute in the First Department (of Social Sciences) of PAN.

Galia Chimiak and the other researchers from the Civil Society Department at IFiS PAN focus on issues related to civil society and the third sector; social innovations and social entrepreneurship; international development cooperation.