Director's Profile

PROFESSOR DR. SAMSILAH ROSLAN

DIRECTOR, PUTRA SCIENCE PARK UPM

Area of Specialisation - Educational Psychology

Prof. Dr. Samsilah has been involved in the IP management and commercialization ecosystem since 2009 untill now. She is a Board Member of the Alliance of Technology Transfer Professionals (ATTP) headquartered in the Netherlands and is actively involved in various committees and taskforces related to technology transfer and commercialization at the national and regional levels.

Prof. Dr. Samsilah Roslan has been actively involved in the promotion and commercialization of UPM’s innovations for eight years. As the Director of Putra Science Park, she has set up a team of businessmen, academics, IP and knowledge transfer experts dedicated to collaborating with all relevant parties to deliver innovations to the public. Up to date, UPM has accumulated more than 2,000 intellectual properties and has successfully commercialized a total of 134 innovations, achieving more than RM58 million in gross sales.

Putra Science Park, so far produced more than 70 start-up companies based on technology and innovation with 12 startups securing more than RM6.8 million in capitalization in just 2 years. The strong innovation and commercialization ecosystem in UPM has warranted them four times national award for the best organization in intellectual property management by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO).

Prof. Dr. Samsilah Roslan was trained and certified in intellectual properties protection and commercialization from the Licensing Academy, School of Law, University of California Davis, and has also completed a series of training with Stanford Research Institute (SRI) International, California.

Prof. Dr. Samsilah Roslan was involved in the setting up of Innovation and Technology Managers Association (ITMA) in Malaysia and was the secretary of ITMA before being elected as the president. She is actively involved in coordinating the development of various training modules for technology transfer professionals in Malaysia with the strong support from the Malaysian Ministry of Higher Education (MOHE).

 Source : Steinbeis's Media Production of The Steinbeis Expert Series

Updated:: 03/05/2024 [wannuryani]