DKPTO - The Danish Patent and Trademark Office is the Danish national authority responsible for intellectual property rights. One of the areas, the Danish Patent and Trademark Office is working on driving forward, is an increased focus on trade with knowledge and IPR. To encourage trade with IP rights, the Danish Office is running the portal IP Marketplace, www.ip-marketplace.org, which is a free, online platform where sellers and buyers of IP rights can meet.

Zhejiang University is a national comprehensive university. Founded in 1897, it was initially known as “Qiushi Shuyuan” (Qiushi Academy), one of the earliest modern academies of higher learning established in China. Zhejiang University‘s fields of study cover philosophy, literature, history, education, science, economics, law, management, engineering, agriculture, medicine and etc. The university, now has 113 specialties for undergraduate studies, and it is entitled to confer master's degrees in 324 programs and primary (secondary) discipline doctoral degrees in 41 (252) programs.

GiK - German International Society of Economic & Cultural Communication e.V. was founded in Berlin, capital city of Germany, in 1999, the purpose of which is to facilitate the economic & cultural exchange between Germany and other countries in the world. Armed with high-ranking experts in economic technology and investment, Sino-German senior lawyers and educational experts。We are consistently committed to promoting the collaboration of international economic technology & cultural education, and ushering small, medium, and large-sized enterprises & banking institutions into the countries of Asia, especially China to conduct economic & commercial cooperation and program investment. In the mean time, we go all out to provide authoritative & professional assistance and efficient & rapid channel for Chinese enterprises to develop the European market and get used to the European economic environment. Thanks to the support of German Government and dauntless efforts of our staff, we have successfully operated a multitude of commercial and cultural educational exchange programs.

Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST), an advanced network-based research institute that promotes the state-of-the-art R&D projects, will boldly lead the way for co-creation of innovation for tomorrow’s world together with society.

The University of Edinburgh, founded in 1582, is the sixth oldest university in the English-speaking world and one of Scotland's ancient universities. The university is deeply embedded in the fabric of the city of Edinburgh, with many of the buildings in the historic Old Town belonging to the university. The University of Edinburgh is ranked 18th in the world by the 2019 QS World University Rankings. It is ranked as the 6th best university in Europe by the U.S. News' Best Global Universities Ranking, and 7th best in Europe by the Times Higher Education Ranking. The Research Excellence Framework, a research ranking used by the UK government to determine future research funding, ranked Edinburgh 4th in the UK for research power, and 11th overall.

Imperial College London is a world top ten university with an international reputation for excellence in teaching and research. Consistently rated amongst the world's best universities, Imperial is committed to developing the next generation of researchers, scientists and academics through collaboration across disciplines. Located in the heart of London, Imperial is a multidisciplinary space for education, research, translation and commercialisation, harnessing science and innovation to tackle global challenges.