Today innovation activity of Ukrainian enterprises is at very low level. This is especially true of small innovative business, while at the same time it plays an important role as a major environment for the Ukrainian economy in general and big business in particular.
In Ukraine, for many years there has been talk about the need for innovation. The right laws and programs were taken, technology transfer centers and business incubators were created, trainings and round tables are carried out, competitions of innovative ideas are organized.
On December 11-13, 2012 the final stage of the first Ukrainian Festival of Innovative Projects “Sikorsky Challenge” took place at NTUU “KPI”. The Festival is named after famous aircraft designer Igor Sikorsky.
Among the Festival’s organizers there were National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Science park “Kyivska Polytechnika”, Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU), Independent Association of the Banks of Ukraine (IABU). The Festival was held under the patronage of the Leonid Kuchma’s Presidential Foundation “Ukraine” in collaboration with the Embassy of the USA in Ukraine, European Commission, innovative companies and funds of Ukraine, European Union and the United States. The international jury consisted of experts from Ukraine, USA, France, Brazil and Japan.
On November 22, 2012 Mr. Igor Peer, Vice-president on Business Development at Gtherm Global LLC, a specialist of the Association of Entrepreneurs of Israel, visited National Technical University of Ukraine "Kyiv Polytechnic Institute".
Yu. Yakymenko, First Vice-rector of NTUU “KPI” informed guest about history of our university, research activity and main directions of innovative projects.
