{"id":2374,"date":"2023-04-27T23:07:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T15:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/?p=2374"},"modified":"2023-04-28T07:33:39","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T23:33:39","slug":"i-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/i-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"i-Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><strong>i-Connect<\/strong> is an industry-led collaborative network that involves the quadruple helix of the industry, research community, government, and civil society for disruptive innovation. The goal of i-Connect is to facilitate Malaysian industries to leverage on S&amp;T, developing innovative home-grown products and solutions through:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\">Establish a collaborative network for disruptive innovation (new products\/ service\/ business models) in strategic industry sectors for Malaysia to leverage new economic opportunities to serve emerging markets and expand global reach.<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Develop knowledge clusters and talent hub that Malaysian industries can engage towards becoming an innovation-led economy.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">Enable demand-driven R&amp;D and market-driven delivery system towards enhancing Malaysia\u2019s innovation capacity.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">To forecast and accelerate improvements in the ecosystem within the focus sectorial.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"column one\"><div class=\"mcb-column-inner\"><\/p>\n<h5>Activities:<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2387 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1092\" height=\"119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1-768x84.png 768w, https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1-260x28.png 260w, https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1-50x5.png 50w, https:\/\/www.akademisains.gov.my\/ar22\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2023\/04\/iconnect-1-150x16.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width:767px) 480px, (max-width:1092px) 100vw, 1092px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n\n<h4 class=\"p1\"><b>Moving Forward:<\/b><\/h4>\n<h5 class=\"p1\"><b>Developing Innovation Readiness Level (IRL) Framework<\/b><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">An instrument used by i-Connect in project evaluation, tracking and monitoring. It also interprets uncertainty and innovation process.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">The model provides a generic overview and phases that must be addressed throughout the innovation activities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">The model provides generic overview and phases that need to be addressed throughout the innovation activities.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"p1\">IRL model covers three main areas of innovation development:<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Technology Readiness Level (TRL)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">&#8211; Business Readiness Level (BRL)<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">&#8211; Commercialisation Readiness Level (CRL)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"column one\"><div class=\"mcb-column-inner\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">i-Connect Steering committees introduced the implementation of the digital twin approaches and moon-shot strategy into the ecosystem within each sectorial. The moon-shot strategies may support the Neutral Entities (NEs) in hatching projects to support the focus area ecosystem, which could be integrated with other collaborative projects. This mission-oriented moon-shot may strengthen the value chain within ecosystem, producing greater value for the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Moving forward, i-Connect will engage with more partners such as JAKIM and MyIPO. The two will be instrumental in the Halal Supply Chain Sector and to help i-Connect secure patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets for the intellectual property protection before commercialisation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">i-Connect aims to ensure a smooth transition by the Technology Commercialisation Accelerator (TCA) and to determine new sectors that can be aligned to the current four sectors.<\/p>\n<p><\/div><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>i-Connect is an industry-led collaborative network that involves the quadruple helix of the industry, research community, government, and civil society for disruptive innovation. 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