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<p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">At UTEC, the Legal Division Advice is always looking for the security of the student’s or faculty member’s ideas. In addition, UTEC Ventures (a startup accelerator at UTEC) provides consulting in how to make an idea profitable.&nbsp;Founded in 2014, the accelerator offers investment and mentoring to startups. In this year, they have included a mentorship program called "Aprende con UV" to mentor prospect student startups to get incubated. UV follows the pillar of entrepreneurship raised by the university. The University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC) is developing the engineering of companies of the future. An engineering that goes hand to hand with research and the creation of technological solutions, committed to social needs and sustainability. In another hand, UTEC has recently created the "Ventures and Innovation Department" that will now cover this area in the university.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center">[[File:UV.jpeg|900x250px|UV.jpeg]]</p>

<p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">About university-industry collaboration, UTEC has partnerships with several companies, in order to prepare its students for the industry work through the development of projects which will be useful for these same companies. There are also some industry programs for internships during summer.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">UTEC Career Services is responsible for connecting students with other companies, as part of this mission, they created “UTEC Networking”, which is a space for the exchange of knowledge between companies and students in order to bridge the gap between college and workplace. This event is conformed by career presentations, company presentations, business talks, project talks, elevator pitches, company stands, an online employment fair and the opportunity to meet and match people for any personal professional purpose as getting a job, an internship or some kind of network to develop projects.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="color:#000000"><span style="font-size:small">As well, UTEC has implemented projects with companies (known as&nbsp; "VLI con empresas"), this program involves both UTEC professors and students, and representatives of the companies to implement different projects that are developed during the semester.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify">[[File:Electrica.jpg|333x250px|Electrica.jpg]][[File:NET.png|483x250px|NET.png]]</p>

= Engaging with Regional and Local Economic Development Efforts =

<p style="text-align: justify"></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">The Ministry of Production (known as Produce) is the most important public entity in promoting innovation in our country. One of their initiatives is StartUp Perú, which aims to promote the emergence and consolidation of new Peruvian companies that offer innovative products and services with high technological content. It consists of a set of contests and ways of financing for entrepreneurs, companies at an early age, and incubators. StartUp Perú also provides a platform for meetings and collaboration with people in the startup community in the country.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">The Ministry, through the National Innovation Program for Competitiveness and Productivity (Innóvate Perú), seeks to increase business productivity by strengthening the actors' ecosystem of innovation (companies, entrepreneurs and supporting organizations) and to facilitate the interaction between them. It is also part of the National Productive Diversification Plan. As an university that looks to improve its I&E environment, we need to stay in touch with the government. Staying connected to the social reality and requirements of our country may be ensured by attending the big plans of it.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: justify"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="color:#000000">Another popular entity promoting innovation is Hackspace: a physical place where people with interests in science, new technologies, and digital or electronic art can meet, socialize and collaborate. It can be seen as a laboratory open to community where people from different backgrounds can join. The purpose of a hackspace is to concentrate resources and expertise to promote research and development.</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center">[[File:Hackspace2.jpg|468x200px|Hackspace2.jpg]]</p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p><p style="text-align: center"></p>