The Mexican government's technology and science ministry Conacyt is seeking to create technology transfer centers starting next year, Conacyt's technology and business development director Dr Leonardo Ríos told BNamericas.
Government officials are looking to develop three types of centers, with varying degrees of specialty and geographic coverage. The disciplines covered will likely include biotechnology and nanotechnology, and at least one of the centers would be dedicated to IT, since the government has been looking to promote the local IT industry, Ríos said.
"[The IT center's creation] is very probable, and it could be located in Jalisco because there are more opportunities there," he said. "We need to push this idea forward."
The entire initiative would receive Conacyt financing for several years, and would bring together academics and businessmen to improve the transfer of technological information from academic institutions to the private sector, Ríos said.
However, the project is still in the planning stages and government officials are still working out details of methodology and financing, he added.
Furthermore, Conacyt has formed alliances with universities around the world, including Stanford University and the University of Arizona in the US and Cambridge University in the UK, to help improve Mexico's technology transfer practices.
Mexico's President Felipe Calderón recently approved a new science, technology and innovation plan for 2008-12.
Calderón said the plan - developed with the input of researchers, professors, business leaders, and everyday citizens - aims to complement government technology expenditure by stimulating IT development in the private sector.
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