ECOSF participated in the Strategic Communication Training Program by STEM Platform Strategic

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STEAM Platform organized the training program on Strategic Communication with a special focus on "Entrepreneurship Powered by STEAM & Driven by Sustainability" on September 26, 2021. Many students, scientists, entrepreneurs, and industry players took part in this virtual training program. ECOSF President Prof. Dr. Manzoor Hussain Soomro as an invited guest participated in the event. The objective of this training was to empower and equip scientists with right entrepreneurial tools and market analyses methods to help them commercialize their scientific products.

Mr. Arslan Siddique, Education Director, STEAM Platform and Dr. Mark Foley, Chief Strategist, NanoGlobe delivered training program on "Strategic Thinking & Value Chain Mapping and Technology Analysis". The training highlighted the significance of critical skills especially in terms of ‘Big Picture Thinking’. Dr. Foley underlined that scientific researcher usually tend to have high domain knowledge but, in many cases, they lack life cycle or big picture thinking, which can act as the barrier towards the commercialization of their research and knowledge products. Hence, understanding the importance of value chain analysis, that can help scientists/ researchers to identify opportunities for improved value creation.