Simone Probst, Vice President for Business and Human Resources Management at Paderborn University, has been appointed to the Supervisory Board of PROvendis GmbH. This means that two members of Paderborn University's Executive Board are now members of the board: Prof Dr René Fahr, Vice President for Knowledge and Technology Transfer, is also part of the Supervisory Board, which currently consists of six members. PROvendis is one of the largest European service providers in technology transfer between science and industry as well as the management of intellectual property.
"The protection, commercialisation and utilisation of new technologies, processes or materials developed at universities in North Rhine-Westphalia are essential components of our state's innovative strength. I am very much looking forward to working on numerous exciting projects in my new role and would like to thank you for the trust you have placed in me," said Probst.
PROvendis is the subsidiary of 29 universities in North Rhine-Westphalia and works for research institutions, companies and start-ups as well as universities, universities and university hospitals. Since 2002, the members have been evaluating results from research and development, protecting newly created intellectual property and commercialising property rights.
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