INTRODUCTION
Most R&D products from Higher Learning Institutions are left uncommercialised due to lack of knowledge, skills and support required. The researchers are clueless about the next step on how to do Research to Business. Often, even excellent products get stuck. Most researchers never exposed to strategic initiative in taking their ideas to market. Thus, the half day introductory course by Ir. Prof. Dr. Mohd. Jailani who has successfully commercialized his own research product would prepare your good self for a successful business venture.


OBJECTIVES
•         Identify & align the niche of product/research.
•         Protect your brilliant innovation ideas
•         Secure grant for business start-up
•         Encouraging and guiding the potential technopreneurs from theory to practice.


WHO SHOULD ATTEND
If you are engineers, researchers, lecturers, post graduates, research administrators or industry partners in R&D and wish to uncover the secrets and techniques to achieve success in the commercialization of R&D products, then this half day workshop will be incredibly valuable. It will be the catalyst for you to prepare your innovative workable idea into a successful business.

TRAINER PROFILE
IIr. Prof. Dr. Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor attended Oklahoma State University (OSU), USA and graduated in 1984 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went on to complete his PhD in Mechanical Engineering at the Sheffield Hallam University, United Kingdom in 1996.
Ir. Prof. Dr. Mohd Jailani Mohd Nor  is now as a speaker with vast experiences in R&D product commercialization. Started his career as lecturer and was appointed as the Deputy Director Centre for Research and Innovation Management, UKM (march 2007 – December 2008). From 2009 until 2011, he was the Director of Excellence Planning Division at the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia. Currently, he has published over 101 journals articles and has won more than 20 R&I medals and awards. He managed to commercialize his R&D product since 2008 until today. His R&D products were also exported to Thailand and currently under negotiation to be exported to other parts of the world