Theme 4: Technology Transfer: Report of the Session Convenor

The aspects discussed were scale up problems, the role of participants in the technology transfer process, the need of involvment of practioners in research and planning, packaging of information in technology transfer programmes. It was shown that technology transfer is a complex process with proper scale up or down as the main technical factor and adequate information transfer as well as the involvement of the potential user as main methodical factors. A prerequisite is an end-scaled view in research and development.