Best Practices in Transfer of Science and Technology

The Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) organises its 9th Annual Conference on Best Practices in Transfer of Science and Technology the 29th & 30th of May in the Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.

Plenary sessions led by expert speakers from Europe as well as the US will cover a wide range of subjects.
Detailed information about ASTP’s Annual Conference, (including registration form and the program) can be found at: www.astp.net.

The following subjects will be covered:

* Plenary sessions on
• The EPFL approach to Innovation and Tech-Transfer
• The challenges of academic patenting


* Panel discussions
• Are university TTO’s obstructive bureaucracies?


* Parellel sessions
• Patenting & Licensing
• Freedom to operate
• Seeking cost effective patenting
• Negotiating licensing terms - I
• Negotiating Licensing terms - II
• Green Technologies

Innovation in collaborations
• The science of marketing science; Branding your technology and your office
• Open Innovation: A paradigm or just new clothes?
• Large scale collaborations
• Collaborating with local and small companies

Running the TTO
• Structual aspects of TTO’s
• Conflict of interest
• Industry vs TTO patenting: divergent priorities
• Recruit, retain and reward tech transfer officers

The event will attract around 250 people related to technology transfer from within and beyond Europe.

Preceding the conference ASTP offers an optional social program on Wednesday afternoon the 28th of May with a visit to the VILVITE Science Centre at the Marineholmen Technology Park, and a guided tour through the city of Bergen.Subscriptions for the conference brochure can be sent to secretary@astp.net.

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