Tony Boccanfuso: UIDP is bridging the divide between corporates

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Tony Boccanfuso: UIDP is bridging the divide between corporates and universities

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Tony Boccanfuso has spent the past 17 years trying to work out how to get universities and corporations to collaborate better on research. Boccanfuso is the chief executive of UIDP, a non-profit association between large companies and leading research universities around the world. The invitation-only organisation has more than 200 members.

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