Aproximação Indústria e Academia em Manaus/AM: Uma análise do Projeto Îakaê

Abstract

The pursue for modernization has been driving competitiveness since the great industrial revolutions and for this to occur, effective and efficient methods must be adopted to originate innovation in an ecosystem. The ÎAKAÊ Project, an event held in 2019 in Manaus/AM, destinated at generating innovation through the discovery and resolution of problems in local manufacturing due to the Manaus Free Trade Zone presenting a large number of industries in the region. This article plan to evaluate the results provided by the referred Project, consider the view of the academics who participated in the project, just as well the mentors who guided them as industries representantives. For this, an exploratory and field research was used with academics from different areas of activity and industry mentors participating in the ÎAKAÊ Challenge, a marathon to develop solutions by the ÎAKAÊ Project, and was made a questionnaire and online interviews to raise information on the understanding of the approximation between industry and academia, impacts and opportunities generated by the project as same as to suggest improvements to the development of new events in this format. The results indicate momentary approximation between the two vertices of the research, causing an awakening to the new trends of innovation, startups and creativity, being able to impact in a personal and professional ambit the participants after the event. It was concluded that the movement of unite industry with academia has both similar benefits evidenced in the study, leading the community around in the search for innovation.