University of Technology, Jamaica 21 Project Details Security Strengthening Project: Development of the Curriculum for the Learning Elements of the Project, Ministry of National Security, Jamaica A team led by Dr. Winsome Russell and including Dr. Audrey Thomas and Mrs. La-Cresha Gordon-Brydson prepared and submitted an Expression of Interest (EOI) in response to a Call from the Ministry of National Security. Consultancy to Provide an Economic Impact Study 2015/16 and 2016/17 for the Norman Manley International Airport The University successfully completed this consultancy. The project was led by COBAM. Caribbean Regional Procurement Training Centre (CPTCC) The CPTCC conducted a two-day workshop on Sustainable Procurement in collaboration with Action Sustainability from the UK on April 29 and 30, 2019. The CPTCC has two workshops scheduled for September and October 2019 and intends to engage the private sector by providing training. This was a COBAM-led project. Intellectual Property (IP) Trademark Protection of the University’s Mascot During the previous reporting period, the SGSRE in collaboration with the Office of the President, the Legal Counsel and Compliance Office, and the Department of Sport sought to secure trademark protection of the University’s Mascot, the UTech Knight. The Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO) formally acknowledged the University’s application for trademark protection of the 15 representations of the University’s Mascot. The final decision is awaited. Patent Agent The service of a Patent Agent was engaged to assist with the evaluation of the patentability of a drug formulation resulting from the research MPhil student (Nickania Pryce) from the College of Health Sciences. Although patentability was not established, the engagement of the services of the Patent Agent signalled the University’s intention to evaluate research results for their commercialization potential. Technology Transfer The University received a request by the Meteorological Service for use of the research results from a thesis conducted by students of the School of Building and Land Management, Faculty of the Built Environment. The request was granted and the thesis provided for use in a project for establishing a bushfire early warning management system. The thesis titled “Predicting the Occurrence of Bushfires using Geospatial Multi-Criteria Analysis: A Case Study of Kingston and St. Andrew Jamaica 2007–2016” was written by Raylon Ricketts and Maurice Wallace. IP Training The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), through the Jamaica Intellectual Property Office (JIPO), offered scholarships for interested UTech staff members to be trained through the WIPO Academy. Dr. Andrea Barrett and Mr. Giovanni Maddix, staff members of COBAM were granted scholarships to pursue one of the course offerings entitled Intellectual Property Management. Sub-Regional Seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty AVP Dr. Paul Ivey attended a Sub-Regional Seminar on the Patent Cooperation Treaty, hosted by the World Intellectual Property Organization and the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of the Attorney General and
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