In this Tea with ASTP, Cornelia Peuser presents the EPO Observatory’s new Deep Tech Finder, a tool that blends the business profiles of around 8,300 investment-ready European start-ups with information on their patent portfolios.
Brechtje Vreenegoor is manager of the KTO Wageningen University and Research. She discussed ‘servitisation’ of open-source models. Numerous models are being valorised in different ways, but it is difficult to advise researchers on what they should do. Why does something work one time and not another? And do we even know what works: how do we determine success?
The 7th ASTP- EU Forum continues the dialogue between European knowledge/technology transfer professionals and staff of the European Commission. At this free online event, you shall have the opportunity to hear directly from senior Commission staff working on initiatives which directly impact the innovation landscape.
In this Tea with ASTP, Relika Williams and Christophe Haunold were joined by other guests to share their experiences around creating, approving and executing IP management policy for universities. Three different perspectives: from a drafting point of view, an approval / feedback collection, and execution of a long standing policy. Why do we need it? What are the ingredients of a good policy? How to implement, approve and promote it?
The SynSICRIS tool supports project planning via an impact pathway and a working plan bar chart. This is combined with continous, project-related monitoring of potential impact. This open source tool is intended to create benefits for innovation, transfer and sustainability in the research and funding landscape. Birge shared her developer and user experiences.
A few years ago, the Max Planck Society introduced a partially standardised licensing model for spin-offs. The model includes a 10% stake of Max Planck in the companies and, in some cases, milestone payments or royalties. The model has proved to be successful in most cases. Only in the start-up projects, which are solely based on software code the model was sometimes considered unfair by the founders. The Max Planck Society has since then revised the model for these special technologies again.
With Laura Spinardi, Head of Technology Transfer Office, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, we discussed the challenges of managing data in digital clinical research: not just the privacy/personal data issues, but also data management and data sharing within collaborative research projects, using data for machine learning and training, and the ease or difficulty of transferring data in licensing and spin out opportunities.
Michiel Hulsbergen is CEO and founder of DialogueTrainer. In this edition of the Digital Innovation SIG World Lunch, Michiel shared the challenges he has faced setting up and running the company. As a spin-out from the Utrecht University, how did he navigate the issues of IP, funding and commercial development?
In this session Carlo Duprel, Head of Technology Transfer Office at SnT, University of Luxembourg, provided an overview on how to setup and execute an impactful strategy of long-term collaborative research projects with companies, across different industries while ensuring scientific excellence. Sharing costs, IP access, benefits for researchers and companies – what makes the SnT Partnership Programme so interesting for different actors?
Science and researchers should be at the forefront of solving our most pressing global challenges. Impactful research commercialisation will require educating a new generation of entrepreneurs with a deep appreciation of science.
In this webinar, D'vorah Graeser explored innovative ways to use AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity AI to streamline the journey from research breakthroughs to market-ready innovations. Through hands-on demonstrations of both platforms, participants leared to craft strategic prompts that can help identify ideal industries and companies for your researchers' innovations. D'vorah broke down effective prompt structures with real-world examples, showing participants exactly how to frame your queries for optimal results. Whether you are looking to optimise your commercialisation strategy or find the perfect market fit for your latest technology, this session will equip you with practical AI techniques to supercharge your tech transfer process.
The 6th ASTP- EU Forum continues the dialogue between European knowledge/technology transfer professionals and staff of the European Commission. At this free online event, the participants had the opportunity to hear directly from senior Commission staff working on initiatives which directly impact the innovation landscape: ERA Action 17, ResearchComp, and the EU "Patent Package". The Unit for Valorisation policies and IPR shared with us updates on the recently adopted policies and tools as well as the next developments in knowledge valorisation. The ERC presented the results of a new study revealing how frontier research spurs patented inventions. The EIC provided further insight on the Transition Open funding scheme and on the role of technology transfer to support funded projects. Finally, for the first time we hosted a representative of the unit in charge of innovation policy and access to finance who presented the New European Innovation Agenda.
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