TT Office organization
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Inhaltsverzeichnis
- 1 Working with trainees/students( Fall Seminar Krakow 2009)
- 2 Project management( Fall Seminar Krakow 2009)
- 3 “Privatising” tech transfer( Fall Seminar Krakow 2009)
- 4 How to build and manage a personal network( Fall Seminar Krakow 2009)
- 5 Getting the right support of Brokers / field experts( Fall Seminar Valencia 2008)
- 6 The science of marketing science Branding your technology and your office(Annual Conference Bergen 2008)
- 7 Structural aspects of TTO's(Annual Conference Bergen 2008)
- 8 Recruit, retain and reward tech transfer officers(Annual Conference Bergen 2008)
- 9 Tracking down inventions(Fall Seminar Venice 2007)
- 10 Tech Transfer at a distance( Annual Conference Heidelberg 2007)
- 11 Program dedicated TT units( Annual Conference Heidelberg 2007)
- 12 Financing your TTO Operation(Annual Conference Turku 2006)
- 13 What are we doing here ?(Fall Conference Athens 2005)
Working with trainees/students
Technology transfer is becoming more and more complex. Patent- and licensing officers can hardly cope with their daily work. On the other hand technology transfer budgets are limited. Some offices have established trainee programmes or work with (MBA and other graduate-) students. These programmes can be of significant mutual benefit to tto's and trainees/students, providing low cost resources to the technology transfer office and access to a career path for the students.
Lesley Millar Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Tor Aase Johannessen Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Project management
Evaluating an invention and filing e.g. a technology disclosure is only the beginning of a technology transfer project. Defining the market, identifying and evaluating risk factors, outlining business proposals and managing compliance with a licensee after a license has been concluded are other important elements. What needs to be considered at each stage of a project's life and which resources can be used?
Lesley Millar and Alexandra Richardson Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
“Privatising” tech transfer
Some universities have set up separate wholly owned or partly-owned tech transfer companies. Are these offices better equipped to service both researchers and companies than traditional tto’s based within the university management structure? Which challenges does this form for "privatisation" set-up present vis-a-vis customers and stakeholders? Two different private tech transfer companies servicing two very different universities will tell you why and how it works for them.
Jens Damsgaard Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Paul Van Dun Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
How to build and manage a personal network
Even in times of internet and globalisation the most important asset in technology transfer is a well-functioning network: technology transfer remains a peoples business. But how to build up and maintain a good network? Will LinkedIn, Plaxo and Facebook do the job, or is there more to it? In what way can you optimize the effectiveness of your network? Lessons from a speaker who has spent his entire life networking in the high tech sector across the world.
Martin Hinoul Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Getting the right support of Brokers / field experts
Support in our complex job is more than welcome for all of us. This session is about people who
can help you to identify, protect and develop technologies, and/or also further develop the
technologies themselves. How to select the right partner? What is the ideal way to collaborate
with them and remunerate them?
Guido von Scheffer Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Jon Wulff Petersen Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
The science of marketing science Branding your technology and your office
In the world of today, marketing is inextricable bound up with the sales process. A smart positioning and branding of your technology products & services will make your job easier. But also your tech transfer office itself deserves some branding attention, both towards your clients and towards your own institution.
Jane Muir Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Structural aspects of TTO's
The sharpness and efficiency of your tech transfer office depends largely upon the way it is structured: what activities should it perform, how is it financed (can it be profitable? Should it?), is it an internal office or an entity outside the research institute, etc. Can we detect a best practice amongst all the different TTO-structures in place?
Paul Van Dun Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Frank Larsen Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Recruit, retain and reward tech transfer officers
TT-officers are a rare specimen, with one leg in industry and the other in academia. This hybrid profile makes it difficult to recruit and to retain good staff. The continuously changing environment and the growing pains of young as well as established offices require a very flexible personnel policy, which is not always possible within a research institution. Should we promote “cradle to grave” officers or is it better to form specialized ones? Will programs, such as a (compulsory) certification of TT-officers or staff exchange, effectively help the profession?
Gábor Lamm Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Karl Klingsheim Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Tracking down inventions
We all are focused on bringing technology to the market. But are we sure that we don’t miss too much opportunities that never reach our offices? How do big corporations scout for technology opportunities within their own organization? Can we learn from them?
Cecile Tharaud Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Alan Payne Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Tech Transfer at a distance
Some argue that Tech Transfer is inseparable from the university and will never be as effective if out-sourced. Others say they've tried out-sourcing and it works far better. Here we listen to two very different models of outsourcing to discern how (and if) they work and what is lost.
Alfred Schillert Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
David Catton Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Hannes Lehmann Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Program dedicated TT units
Unification in TT rules & structures. The national regulatory framework and practices (including national guidelines and model contracts, etc.) for university-industry knowledge transfer show significant differences across the EU. Is it realistic to aim at a more uniform playing field? And is it desirable?
Bruno Lambrecht Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Denis Dambois Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Financing your TTO Operation
The span of funding schemes for TTO ranges from low budget to stock market floatation. We present two examples of rather early and quite advanced schemes in Germany and the United Kingdom.
Jonathan Page Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Bernhard Arnold Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
What are we doing here ?
What do our universities want from us and how do they measure our success? Most universities are unsure and fail to give clear direction – often leaving it to the Director of the Tech Transfer Office to judge. In this session, two experienced Directors describe the expectations for their tech transfer operations and say how this translates into the priorities they set internally.
Tim Cook Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)
Koenraad Debackere Presentation (ASTP members restricted access)