Leading a Knowledge Transfer Office is challenging, with critical decisions shaping success or failure. Tom Flanagan explores the Top 10 Mistakes KT Directors make, sharing insights from his experience setting up and transforming KT offices, and mentoring Directors across Europe. With AI on the horizon, he highlights even greater challenges ahead.
Licensing university innovation can be challenging, even for experienced KE professionals. In this webinar, two industry experts share common pitfalls and practical advice, followed by a live Q&A to help participants improve deal-making and build stronger partnerships.
Have a specialist interest or a timely topic you’re eager to explore with fellow professionals? This guide outlines how to propose and launch a Special Interest Group (SIG) within ASTP. With support from HQ and the wider community, your idea could become a valuable hub of exchange and engagement.
NAAC publishes a comprehensive report expanding on the ASTP white paper, offering policy recommendations, strategic frameworks, and actionable insights to support innovation, spin-off creation, and sustainable development.
Join Rick Bonants for an insightful one-hour webinar where he shares lessons learned from launching multiple spin-offs at TU Delft. Drawing on real-world experience, Rick will explore effective strategies and best practices for identifying high-potential spin-off projects.
What does knowledge transfer look like in the humanities—and why does it matter? In this session, Miriam Fussangel showcases how researchers at the University of Cologne are applying cultural, historical, and social knowledge beyond academia. Discover how interdisciplinary collaboration, creative partnerships, and the innovative Transferscout concept are bridging the gap between research and society.
Thomas Hanke (Evotec) shares his perspective on how to strategically plan and execute preclinical validation for translational academic research. Drawing on his experience at Evotec—a leading biotechnology company specialising in collaborative drug discovery—Hanke highlights best practices to align early-stage research with potential clinical applications.
This session explores key regulatory challenges in software development, the impact of the EU Digital Decade regulation, and how companies can develop a strategic regulatory roadmap for effective compliance. Gain insights from industry experts on navigating evolving regulations and ensuring your organisation stays ahead in an increasingly complex digital landscape.
The ASTP 3rd Directors’ Forum, held on 6–7 February 2025 in Lille, France, gathered 31 KTO leaders from 12 countries to discuss AI’s impact on knowledge transfer. Key topics included AI tools, balancing automation with expertise, best practices, and policy strategies.
IMPAC3T-IP is an ambitious Coordination and Support Action that aims to develop, pilot and support the sustainable adoption of a scenario based licensing ToolBox through a certified user and trainer programme, for efficient IP licensing for market uptake and societal value creation. This document is an output of Work Package 2: Scenario definition and process mapping.
Discover how the Creative Launch Fund, a joint initiative by the University of Glasgow, the Glasgow School of Art, and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, supports innovation in the Arts and Humanities through training and funding for impactful research projects.
The newly launched Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Toolkit – Adapted for Europe, is an essential resource designed to empower Knowledge and Technology Transfer Offices (K/TTOs) across Europe with actionable strategies to promote equity, celebrate diversity, and foster inclusion.
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