Abstract
In reference to the context of the theme, it is important to refer that the labour market is becoming more demanding, being up to the educational institutions to prepare their students, who in many cases develop projects without appreciating the industry’s true difficulties and challenges.
The main objective of this present work will be to demonstrate that it is possible to build regional innovation systems, through the product design development of strategies that bring academy and industry closer together. Starting by preparing future design professionals with specific competences, trained also in knowledge in practice and experience-based learning.
Thus, in the methodology, a theoretical argumentation will be performed, supported on bibliographic analysis, where the construction of regional innovation systems will be studied, through the product design and development strategies, the reality of R&D activities in Portugal, and the profile of ceramic industry companies.
The result will be the development and application of a teaching model based on product design and development strategies, supported by experience-based-learning applied to the students of the Polytechnic Institute of Cávado and Ave (in Barcelos, Portugal) in partnership with a local ceramic industry.
In conclusion, it is expected that the project contributes to the construction of regional innovation systems, to new achievements brought by the academy for industry, which will culminate in product design and development strategies, performed in partnership with industry and accordingly to the expectations of all involved in this process.
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APICER—Portuguese Ceramics Association.
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Portugal 2020- Partnership Agreement adopted by Portugal and the European Commission in which are defined the principles of programming that establish the economic, social and territorial development policy to promote Portugal between 2014 and 2020.
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Compete 2020 - Managing Authority of the Competitivity and Internationalization Operational Program-Structure in the State’s central Administration.
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Félix, M.J., Santos, G., Simoes, R., Surrador, C. (2022). Product Design and Development Strategies: Construction of Regional Innovation Systems, for New Achievements Brought by the Academy for Industry. In: Machado, J., Soares, F., Trojanowska, J., Ivanov, V. (eds) Innovations in Industrial Engineering. icieng 2021. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-78170-5_16
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