Course ProgramASTP - Praxis, Lisbon 2005

“Fundamentals of Technology Transfer”

*: speakers confirmed

Tuesday 12th of April

18.30 – 20.00Registration and welcome cocktail

Wednesday 13th of April

Chair: Antonio Parada

09.00 - 09.15 Course Introduction
Antonio Parada*, Technology Transfer Manager,Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal

09.15 - 10.15Evaluating Opportunities

Penny Attridge*,Independent consultant, United Kingdom

10.15 - 10.45 COFFEE BREAK
Case Study Exercise: evaluating inventions

Penny Attridge*,Former Senior Account BTG plc, Independent consultant, United Kingdom

10.45 - 11.15 Case Study Feedback
Penny Attridge*,Former Senior Account BTG plc, Independent consultant, United Kingdom

11.15 - 12.00 Research Grants and Contracts: our role in safeguarding IP rights for the university
Anne Maria Nuutila*,Financial Manager,VTTBiotechnology, Finland

12.00 - 13.00 IP Primer Patents: understanding the patenting process – and how to minimise costs
Carlos Pinto Correia*,Associate,Linklaters,Portugal

13.00 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 - 14.45 Non-Patent IP: copyright, design rights, trade marks – what they are, how important they are and how you get them

Antonio Parada*, Technology Transfer Manager, Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal

14.45 - 15.45 IP Primer: Contract Law: recognising the differing legislative environments within Europe
Maria Pina*, Associate, Linklater, Portugal

15.45 – 16.15COFFEE BREAK

16.15 – 18.00 Engaging Industry (inc Panel Questions and Answers):

What do our potential licensees want from us – and what are their frustrations in dealing with us?

José Antonio Salcedo*, CEO,MultiWave Photonics, Portugal

Jeff Skinner*, Commercial Director, UniversityCollegeLondon, United
Kingdom

18.30FORMAL COURSE DINNER: Guest speaker to be announced

Thursday 14th of April

Chair: Antonio Parada

09.00 - 11.00 Anatomy of a Licence:

How should a license be structured and what should it contain. Can you use standard templates, do you need lawyers, what are the critical clauses in a university context?
Paul van Grevenstein*,AdvisorTechnologyTransferLeidenUniversityMedicalCenter, Director STI Management, The Netherlands

11.00 - 11.30COFFEE BREAK

11.30 - 12.15 Case Study Exercise: ‘Peter Rabbit Goes Licensing – the tale of an innocent but well-meaning Technology Transfer manager who gets himself into all sorts of trouble’

Paul Labbett*,Director of Research Grants and Contracts, KingsCollegeLondon, United Kingdom

12.15 - 12.45 Case Study Feedback
Paul Labbett*, Director of Research Grants and Contracts, KingsCollegeLondon, United Kingdom

12.45 – 14.00 LUNCH

14.00 - 15.00Negotiation and Deal Making – the company perspective:

when to start the negotiation, who to negotiate with, elements of a good deal, closing deals.

t.b.a.

15.00 – 15.30 COFFEE BREAK

15.30 - 17.30Negotiation and Deal Making – the TTO perspective:

when to start the negotiation, who to negotiate with, elements of a good deal, closing deals

t.b.a.

EVENING: left free for informal networking in and around Lisbon

Friday 15th of April

Chair: Antonio Parada

08.30 – 09.00 Introduction
Antonio Parada*, Technology Transfer Manager,Institute for Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal

09.00 - 10.00Marketing Technology: how to let licensees know that your technology exist and is good for them – market research, marketing materials, marketing channels, what to send our and when, when to use the investors

t.b.a.

10.00 – 10.30 COFFEE BREAK

10.30 - 13.00Case Study: the curious tale of the Photon Detecting Counter – taking a new technology from laboratory to market
Jeff Skinner*, Commercial Director, University College London, United
Kingdom

13.00 – 14.30WORKING LUNCH
Panel – Questions and Answers/ Clinic

14.30 COURSE ENDS