EIROforum TT Conference
Technology Transfer and the European Research Area
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany Wednesday 18 November - Thursday 19 November 2009
Programme
| Wednesday, 18 November 2009 | |
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| 08:30 - 09:30 | Registration |
| 09:30 - 09:45 | Welcome and Opening by Iain Mattaj, EMBL DG |
| 09:45 - 10:20 | Introduction to the European Research Area by Claus Madsen (EIROforum) |
| 10:20 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 12:15 | EIROforum Organisations presentations/TT activities (Silke Schumacher) |
| EMBL: Gabor Lamm | |
| ESRF: Edward Mitchell | |
| CERN: Claudio Parinello | |
| ESO: Claus Madsen | |
| ILL: Martin Walter | |
| EFDA: Francesco Romanelli | |
| ESA: Frank Salzgeber | |
| 12:15 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30 - 15:00 | Setting up effective collaborations and partnerships (Marc Cuzin) |
| Peter Fletcher: Overview of current situation – lessons learned from ERID Watch | |
| Christian Stein: Technology Transfer: creating spin-offs | |
| Martti af Heurlin: Establishing effective partnerships with industry | |
| Jeanne Jordanov: Moving from research to products | |
| 15:00 - 16:30 | IP Management - from policy drafting to implementation (Bernard Denis) |
| Nigel Clarke: IP awareness in PRO | |
| Marc Cuzin: Patent portfolio management | |
| Werner Frohling: IP management in collaborative R&D | |
| Maarten Truyens: Publishing vs patenting | |
| 16:30 - 17:00 | Coffee Break |
| 17:00 - 18:30 | Technology Transfer Infrastructure and Tools (Laurent Miéville) |
| Cecile Tharaud: A French Model for Technology Transfer in the Medical Sciences | |
| Jörn Erselius: A German Model for Technology Transfer Biology and Chemistry | |
| Laurent Miéville: A Swiss Model for Technology Transfer in Physics | |
| Antonio Parada: A Portuguese Model for Technology Transfer in Life Sciences | |
| 18:30 - 19:00 | Cocktail Reception |
| 19:30 - 22:00 | Gala Dinner- Prince Carl Palais in Heidelberg |
| Thursday, 19 November 2009 | |
| 09:00 - 10:00 | Networking Breakfast |
| 10:00 - 11:30 | Financing Technology Transfer – bridging the gap (Bernd Geiger) |
| Jaques Darcy, Stefan Herr: Financing through VC | |
| Massimo Introzzi: Business Angels | |
| Diego de Biasio: Incubation | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Joe Lewis: ELARA Pharmaceuticals: of mice and men |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13.30 - 14:00 | The 2008 EC Recommendations and Code of Practice on IP (Martin Raditsch) |
| Tiit Jürimäe/David Woolf: The European Commission activities in IP and KT | |
| 14:00 – 15:15 | Panel discussion on the European Knowledge based Economy |
| Panelists: Tiit Jürimäe (EC), N. Clarke (EPO), J. Darcy (VC), W. Wolf (Industry), F. Salzgeber (TT ESA), G. Lamm (EMBLEM) Panel moderation: Martin Raditsch |
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| 15:15 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
| 15:30 - 16:00 | Conclusions of the Conference in presence of EIROforum DGs (Martin Raditsch ) |