The Commercialisation of University Research Workshop
Birkbeck Centre for Innovation Management

Room MAL B04, Birkbeck University of London
Malet Street, London
23-24 October 2011

The main aim of this workshop is to discuss the following themes:

-University research and its exploitation mechanisms

-What is meant by performance - indicators and value

-Policy - incentives, intended and unintended consequences.

Programme

SUNDAY 23rd OCTOBER 2011
12.00 – 12.30 / Lunch (Sandwich Buffet Lunch)
12.30 – 12.45 / Welcome Address and Introduction to the Workshop
Professor Helen Lawton Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
12.45 – 13.30 / Presentation – “High-Tech Cluster Development: Is Silicon Valley a Global Model or Unique Anomaly” -Professor Henry Etzkowitz, Stanford University, Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (H-STAR),Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Edinburgh University Business School and Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London
Theme 1: University Research and Its Exploitation Mechanisms
13.30 – 16.00 / Session 1.1:Chairman: Professor Klaus Nielsen, Birkbeck, University of London
-1st presentation (30 minutes)– “Regional Development: The Role of the University in Exploiting its Research”Dr. Claire Leitchand Professor Richard T. Harrison, Queen’s University, Belfast
-2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “How to Evaluate the Impact of Academic Spin-offs on the Regional Context”Professor Donato Iacobucci and Alessandra Micozzi,Università Politecnica delle Marche
-3rd presentation (30 minutes) – “Knowledge Commercialization Mechanisms : Views and Usage by EU Research University Academics” Professor Edward Bergman, Vienna University of Economics and Business
-4th presentation (30 minutes) – “University Commercial Outreach in a Metropolitan Environment: the Case of London” Professor Peter Wood and Dr. Dave Chapman, UCL
16.00–16.30 / Coffee/Tea break
16.30 – 18.00 / Wrap up and Discussion
18.45 / Meet up at Birkbeck Reception Desk
19.00 – 21.30 / Dinner at Tas Turkish Restaurant
22 Bloomsbury Street, London

MONDAY 24th OCTOBER 2011
Theme 2: What is Meant by Performance - Indicators and Value
9.00 - 11.10 / Session 2.1:Chairman: Keith Smith, BIS
-Recap on day 1 sessions (10 minutes) - Professor Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, LundUniversity
-1st presentation (30 minutes) – “Integration and Differentiation in Collaborative and Competitive Relations Among, Between and Within Universities, Industry, and Government”Professor Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam
-2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “New Triple Helix Environments for Creating Innovations: Observations from Case Studies” Professor Martin Meyer, Department of Business and Management, School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton (UK), ECOOM, KU Leuven (Belgium)
-3rd presentation (30 minutes) – “In or Out of the IP System? What Can We Learn from Oxford University Spin-off Companies?” Dr. Pierre Nadeau, and Ning Baines, Birkbeck, University of London
-4th presentation (30 minutes) –“Shaping the Formation of University-Industry Research Collaborations: What Type of Proximity Does Really Matter?”DrSimona Iammarino, LSE,Dr Fred Guy, Birkbeck, University of London and Dr Pablo D’Este, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
11.10 – 11.30 / Coffee/Tea break
Theme 3: Policy - Incentives, Intended and Unintended Consequences
11.30 – 13.30 / Session 3.1:Chairman:Professor Eoin O’Neill, TrinityCollege, Dublin
-1st presentation (30 minutes) - “Changes to university IPR regulations in Europeand the impact on academic patenting” Dr. Federica Rossi – Birkbeck, University of London
-2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “Connected Innovation: An International Comparative Study that Identifies Mixed Modes of Innovation”Dr Marion Frenz, Birkbeck, University of London and Dr. Ray Lambert, the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
-3rd presentation (30 minutes) – Professor Bill O’Gorman, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
-4th presentation (30 minutes) –“The Twists and Turns of a University Spin-Out”Dr. Renos Savva, Birkbeck, University of London
13.30 -14.30 / Lunch (Sandwich Buffet Lunch)
14.30 – 16.00 / Round table Discussion : A Possible Collaboration for EU Research Proposal
Chair: Professor Helen Lawton Smith
WORKSHOP CLOSED

Commercialisation of University Research Workshop Programme
Final programme