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Innovation and Technology Transfer Department (ITT) identifies promising inventions, supports industrial collaborations, helps DESY researchers network with industry via clusters and interest groups, and supports spin-offs that develop out of research operations.</p> <div class="intro__text styled-content t-eta"> <p>We create an ecosystem for innovation on the research campus. This includes networking with other knowledge-based organizations and research institutes inside and outside the campus, as well as with industry, with local, regional, and national government, and with the public.<br />  <br /> We are responsible for the implementation of the innovation strategy at DESY. We promote knowledge and technology transfer in all its facets in order to bring innovations as quickly as possible to the market – and  thereby make them available to society. We support start-ups and collaborations with DESY in the spirit of Open Innovation.</p> <p>The <a href="https://iac.desy.de/index_eng.html">Innovation Advisory Committee (IAC)</a>, an advisory team from industry, business-related science and business promotion, accompanies, comments on and evaluates DESY's innovation strategy and its implementation and meets once or twice a year.</p> <p><br /> If you would like to know more about DESY's research priorities or the latest findings from its research operations, please click <a href="http://www.desy.de/" target="new">hier</a>.</p> </div> </div>   <span class="cta-note about__cta-note"> <p class="cta-note__text t-epsilon">Interested to learn how DESY can help you innovate? 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For us, this includes active collaboration with various partners from science and research, including universities, research institutes, and cluster organizations.</p> </a>   <div class="industry__visual-1 industry__image"> </div>   <a href="https://innovation.desy.de/about_us/projects/index_eng.html" class="industry__excerpt-link-2 industry__excerpt-link-2-excerpt-link excerpt-link excerpt-link-white" id="e127243" target="_blank"> <div class=" industry__excerpt-link-2-excerpt-link__kicker excerpt-link__kicker excerpt-link-white__kicker t-zeta">Perspectives</div> <h2 class=" industry__excerpt-link-2-excerpt-link__title excerpt-link__title excerpt-link-white__title h-delta">Transforming Ideas into Products</h2> <p class=" industry__excerpt-link-2-excerpt-link__text excerpt-link__text excerpt-link__text t-eta">It often takes a long time to get from basic research findings to tangible products or services. 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