These will each be responsible for developing a quality programme at their institution for education, research, innovation and the commercialization of new products involving converging technologies and the basic sciences associated with these technologies.

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We are a culture of creativity that is recognized, envied and resented around the world, as exemplified by our music, fashions, movies, sciences and technologies.

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