An engine of advancement

Innovation occurs when new ideas and knowledge are applied to processes, or when existing knowledge is used in new ways.

Human capital, innovation, and the dissemination of knowledge are the pillars of a knowledge-based economy. Continued innovation and training are crucial for the competitiveness and survival of all of RISQ’s members.

The network is the focal point of innovation, because it facilitates the adoption of the core concepts that are helping renew our society’s practices: the use of information technology in teaching, "life-long learning," and distributed models of knowledge production, acquisition, and validation.

RISQ and its importance for research and innovation

For all of its users, RISQ stands for the optimization of communication and access to information and knowledge. As a leading-edge network, RISQ is among the most advanced in the world.

For researchers, be they based in universities or private facilities, RISQ is more than a communication and management tool. It enables remote consultation, data manipulation, and collaboration; these activities are all crucial to the advancement of research. RISQ is therefore a privileged partner in the research process. In numerous disciplines, researchers are establishing more and more international networks of colleagues: they are linked by digital networks that allow them to share simulations and distributed databases to which all collaborators contribute; to collaborate electronically using multi- and transdisciplinary perspectives; and to disseminate their findings via telepresence.

The network is an engine of scientific, cultural, and social advancement that benefits all of society by linking knowledge-producing communities and facilitating the production and distribution of their contributions. RISQ is at the heart of innovation: it provides sophisticated telecommunications infrastructure for research, education, and culture.

The innovative potential of RISQ and its members facilitates the conception, testing, and development of tomorrow’s commercial Internet applications, since these innovations will sooner or later be widely available. Recall that Internet technology itself originated in university research.