== Facilitating university-industry collaboration ==
University research and innovation is the pinnacle of change and development that is constantly occuring on campus. These devlopments are doing more than just reaching the sphere of of the university itself: it connects students and professors with business and industry outside of campus, opening up the sphere of change and opportunities to a wider network of people. Research and innovation are currently a huge benefit for businesses and industries all throughout the nations. As technology expands and new research emerges, universities are forced to keep up with current trends and therefore, are constantly searching for opportunities in which they are able to connect new emerging concepts and ideas with their own research as well as student education. In order to accomplish this, universities are starting to open up new spaces for students as well as new startups and are trying to make their faculty more reachable and accessible. They also have implemented different programs in order to partner with students and different companies in order to offer students internships and other opportunities to expand their learning while staying in touch with university research.
''Businesses The University of California, Berkeley is a prime example of a university that has been facilitating university-industry collaboration through their programs and industry benefit greatly from facilities made avaialble to students. The university research has created a multiude of spaces for students and innovationother aspiring startups to utilize including technology, industrial park, manufacturing, and wet lab space. Universities are constantly One such example of a program on campus is the QB3 incubator network, which offers up 2 incubator spaces for biotech startup companies looking to jumpstart their new technologies by laying down the groundwork for ways their upcoming companies. The university also has opportunities for students to connect their research with alumni and students’ education faculty in order to emerging industry interestspromote entrepreneurship and innovation throughout the campus. In recent yearsOne example of this the Berkeley Angel network, universities have put greater emphasis on supporting which connects students with alumni and former faculty in order to acquire angel investors for student startup companiesideas. This is an incredible way to create a community of people aspiring to be entrepreneurs in their communities as well as creating a network for them to assist them in their journey. Lastly, the university also offers many mentoring, while continuing advisory or business networks for their students to engage established companies create a supportive environment that have traditionally been fosters the growth of their licensing partnersstudents. To facilitate greater collaboration One program is VC connect which involves students, network entreprenuers, and the VC/angel investor community. This VC connect program connects student innovations with Bay Area VCs in order to establish and form connections between students and innovationinvestor communities. Another such community that provides a business network on campus is Computer Science Graduate Entreprenuers. This group is focused on creating a space for graduate students, universities are opening up their facilitiesalumni, and faculty, of the Computer Science department to connect with one another and share ideas and common interests and students therefore work together towards a common goal. The goal of this group is to businesses (small create influential startups and large) in companies with the hopes aid of creating greater economic valuefellow graduates. Universities are strategically partnering with companiesThey accomplish this by communication of goals, offering internships and externshipstransferring of information about ideas, sharing facilities with startups, such as acceleratorsexperiences, and creating venture funds and incentive programs funded by industryconnections with each new generation of people that are accepted into this group. Lastly, all another program that provides advisory opportunities for students is the Haas Venture Fellows. This group aims to connect students with a wide alumni network within the Haas school of which drive increased business that has contacts in the entreprenuerial world that would help students establish themselves after graduating from the university. It also provides an opportunity for students to learn hands-on what being a Venture Capitalist entitles and the responsibilities that come with it. It also gives VCs a way to keep in touch with the innovation and product development new ideas that are constantly being put-forth by the creative students that come from the university students, faculty, and staff.''
The "Spin Out" section of your Landscape Canvas relates to Because the University is hands-on with student learning in innovation and research centersby creating multiple programs for students, faculty, and alumni, industrial parks we have concluded that it does its part to facilitate university and industry/mentor networks and will give you a sense of whether the University is "Facilitating University-Industry Collaborationinnovation."
== Engaging with regional and local economic development efforts ==