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The International Conference WBCInno 2015 was held on 18th September 2015 at the University of Novi Sad, Serbia. This conference with title “Modernization of universities through strengthening of knowledge transfer, research and innovation” was envisaged as a final network event within the project 530213-TEMPUS-1-2012-1-RS-TEMPUS-JPHES, but it was also open to the wider scientific community.

Within the Competition for Best Student Idea, the students of University of Kragujevac, University of Novi Sad and University of Montenegro visited the Technical University of Graz in the period 18th – 22nd August 2015. Within the visit, a training for students was organized as a part of preparation activities for the Regional Final Competition that will be held in October 2015, in Belgrade.

The training for startups was organized in the period from 20th to 24th of July, 2015 at the Hotel Kardial in Teslic, by ICBL in cooperation with the Business Support Office of the University of Banja Luka. This purpose of the training was to provide young entrepreneurs with basic skills for business model development, market research, startup financing and startup branding.

Within the WBCInno project, for the purpose of connecting the universites and the business environment and for fostering the entrepreneurial spirit in our students, the Competition for the best students’ business idea was organized during July 2015 on all project partner universities in the Western Balkans.

The local final of the competition for best student idea was held on July 17, 2015 at the University Entrepreneurship Center of the University of Banja Luka. The finalists were three teams from the University of Banja Luka – SPONA, STATEL and SEGRA. They presented their business ideas in the form of ten-minute pitch presentations.

Seminar “Technology transfer at the University of Banja Luka” was held on July 10, 2015 at the Faculty of Electrical Enigineering, University of Banja Luka. This seminar was organized for university staff, professors and administrative staff.

The local final competition for best student idea was held on July 9, 2015 at the University of Kragujevac. The finalists were six teams from four faculties of the University of Kragujevac – Connect, CSL FTN, Fantastic four, Green Chemistry, Union and Zeba. They presented their business ideas in the form of seven-minute pitch presentations. After the short interview, the members of the international jury scored the presented ideas and selected three best teams.