Interactive. Short talks with several success stories and tangible examples of academia-industry collaboration. The participants (companies and researchers) will be encouraged to share their opinions and experiences in order to identify the best way forward for establishing more effective academia-industry collaborations in Cyprus. Participants from companies could also outline challenges they can submit to the 2nd CY Study Group with Industry (problem-solving, week-long workshop), to take place in 2018. (More info: European Study Groups with Industry in Cyprus and below)