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Showrooms as a Window to Science Based Innovation
Scientific results benefit from more tangible
stakeholder communication. Showrooms are a tool to transform
abstract scientific concepts into solution-oriented and less complex
demonstrators. The basic idea of a showroom implies a smart expo
and meeting place to demonstrate the latest technological
developments in a comprehensive and interactive manner and to
stimulate transfer of scientific results to practice. Presentation of
new technologies can be an eye opener of what can already be done
today. But it is just more than this as it can put discussion with
interested stakeholders to a new level - allowing to think beyond
this - paving the ground for innovation. This way a showroom
stimulates very substantial discussion about future ideas with real
involvement of industry and society. Involving the public via a
showroom environment is also helpful for the diffusion of new
ideas, leading to potential faster market take-up, when new
solutions are put into reality. Furthermore the interaction with the
public is a stimulus also for the scientist, raising a much better
understanding about current and future needs.
Capability is understood as a measure of the ability of an entity
(organization, person, system) to achieve its objectives in relation
to its overall mission professional science communication is part of
the capability of, e.g., a university. Innovation capability in this
sense refers to the ability of a set of regional stakeholders from
academia, political authorities, public administrations and
industry to innovate in synergy for economic and societal
development – showrooms are an important tool to achieve this