We know that c​ollaboration between academia and industry is crucial in driving technological advancements and economic growth. By identifying successful partnership approaches and a range of practices, stakeholders can pave the way for enhanced collaboration, leading to the development of cutting-edge technologies, job creation, and economic prosperity. The goal for this workshop is to bring together computing research stakeholders spanning academia and industry, and ask them targeted partnership questions such as:

• Utilizing Industry Resources: How can academia effectively utilize industry resources and expertise to improve research outcomes?
• Shaping Curriculum: How can industry play a more active role in helping universities align curriculum with evolving industry needs and trends?
• Incentivizing Collaboration: What incentives can universities offer faculty and researchers to engage in collaborative projects with industry partners?
• Promoting Entrepreneurship: How can universities better facilitate technology transfer and entrepreneurship to turn academic research into real-world applications?
• Ensuring Equitable Partnerships: What strategies can be implemented to ensure fair distribution of benefits and recognition in academia-industry partnerships?

By addressing these questions, participants will learn from each other and come up with a “breadth of practices” document to share with the computing research community. 

If you are interested in attending, please email Helen Wright (hwright@cra.org) by December 6th. If you are interested in participating as a speaker, please submit a brief paragraph highlighting your involvement with academia/industry partnerships. Due to space limitations and the goal of fostering open discussions among a small group, the workshop planning committee will select participants based on the relevance of their submissions to the workshop topics.

As part of our commitment to making this event accessible, CRA-I charges no registration fee to attend. Participants are only responsible for their travel and hotel expenses (a link for discounted hotel rates will be provided during registration). If you have any questions about these policies, please reach out to Helen Wright at hwright@cra.org.

CRA-I and the workshop organizers look forward to your submission!