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Crossing boundaries: Tech delegation touring US

The programme will conduct meetings in Washington DC, at CLDP and USPTO

APP October 10, 2014 Less than a minute read

ISLAMABAD:

A 12-member Pakistani university delegation arrived in the United States to begin a 10-day study tour organised by the US Department of Commerce’s Commercial Law Development Programme (CLDP).

The delegation comprised of representatives from Pakistani universities interested in creating technology transfer offices (TTOs) and technology incubators (TIs) on their local campuses.

The CLDP is a programme run by the US Department of Commerce’s Office of the General Counsel, which provides technical assistance to governments and private sector leaders in countries around the world in support of economic development goals.

The programme will conduct meetings in Washington DC, at the CLDP and the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Delegates will visit a technology incubator, a prominent medical research institute and an open fabrication and prototyping studio.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 11^th, 2014.

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