Introduction
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Following the excellent feedback we received from the participants of our previous conference in Finland, we decided to organize again our annual conference in the beautiful spring lights of the northern part of Europe. Being in the vicinity of two UNESCO World Heritage sites (district of Bryggen and the Nærøyfjord fjord), together with enthusiastic and supporting local ASTP members, made our choice of Bergen a simple one.
Program Research Partnerships with Industry, together with Knowledge and Technology Transfer activities are increasingly becoming an essential role of Universities and Public Research Institutions. As Technology Transfer Professionals, we often are not only involved in dealing with our economic partners, but also helping our Institutions to cope with the complex issues associated with such partnerships. These requirements impose on us, Technology Transfer Professionals, the need to maintain a deep understanding of an evolving innovation landscape, making our job more interesting but also more challenging. This conference will look in more details on Innovative ways to collaborate as seen from the perspective of leading practitioners in the field. In addition, we made sure to provide two tracks will also resonate well with your practice, be it on the junior level (Introductory track) or on the more senior one (Running the TTO).
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Masterclass
AThis
year's ASTP's masterclass
will be about "The other IP". Tech
Transfer Managers seem to focus exclusively on patents
in order
to the neglect
almost all other forms of IP.
This Masterclass
redresses that confidentiality and restrictive covenants. Since these other forms of IP are cheaper than patents to acquire and often last longer we think they need dedicated airtime. The masterclass is
led by Dr
Jeremy Philpott, Manager of the Innovation Support
Unit of the European Patent Academy, based at the European Patent Office (EPO)
in Munich. He has run the development of the "ip4inno"
In order to maintain an informal atmosphere we are limiting the size to 35 participants. Places are on a first come, first served basis but with priority given to ASTP members. We are charging members a nominal 50 Euros to cover our direct costs (non-members 80 Euros). You can sign up for the Masterclass via the Registration Form (see below, under Registration).
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Networking events * Social Program: Wednesday afternoon the 29th of May, ASTP offers an optional social program with a visit to the VILVITE Science Center at the Marineholmen. This visit will be combined with a boat trip and a guided tour to the world heritage site Bryggen. We start the social program at approximately 2pm and end around 6 pm at the Haakon's Hall. * Opening Cocktail: Wednesday evening, the 29t of May, each delegate is invited to join us for an opening cocktail offered by The City Council of Bergen. We are happy to welcome you at 6pm at the Haakon's Hall.
*
Conference Dinner: On
Thursday evening, the
30st
of
May we invite you to our traditional Annual Conference dinner.
This time a funicular will take us to the top of a mountain where
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If you wish to sign up for the ASTP Annual
Conference, please download the
Registration Form and fax the signed version
to our office. The registration fee
for members is
€795,-
euro and €1095,- for non members (both
excl. 19% VAT). Please note that we offer an Early Bird discount of 100 euro,
when signing up before the 1st of April 2008. If you are interested in attending this event as an ASTP member but you aren't a member yet, you can apply for the membership by faxing the Membership Application Form to ASTP's Secretariat (fax.+ 31 70 392 63 75).
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Discounts 1. Early Bird registration There is the opportunity to register at a reduced rate when registered two months prior to the event. This means a discount of 100 euro on the registration fee. However, this discount is not valid in combination with other discounts as seen below. You can sign up for the Early Bird prize until the 1st of April 2008. After this date, we will invoice you for the regular participation fee. 2. CEE Countries
As a token of
welcome we offer a reduction on the registration fee
to people from the following countries:
Albania,
Belorussia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia,
Romania, Ukraine and Russia.
As
ASTP
Member
you are entitled to pay
€ 395,- (excl.
VAT) and non-members
3. Students Student registration is possible for € 295,- euro (excl. VAT). Please note that proof of full-time student status is required to register at the student rate.
4. Group discounts
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Hotel reductions We arranged special prizes at the following hotels:
Please note that the rooms are upon
availability and including breakfast. We advise you to make a booking
as soon as possible! Don’t forget to refer to the ASTP
Annual Conference when arranging your hotel
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Inteum Scholarship
We are delighted to announce that Inteum offers two scholarships in order to attend our Annual Conference in Bergen. Two attendees have the opportunity to apply for this scholarship which provides you conference registration, round-trip travel and accommodation at the contracted ASTP hotel in Bergen.
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Sponsoring
opportunities This Annual Conference is the unique occasion to expose yourself towards almost 250 Technology Transfer professionals. Our sponsors gain serious business from the exposure at our events, by interacting with an unrivalled cross-section of senior Knowledge Transfer professionals from across Europe. At the same time, your support provides ASTP with the funds that it can use to help spread best practice and raise professional standards across the profession. Please take a look at our Sponsoring packages, if you are interested in sponsoring the event in Bergen. You could contact our office in order to gain further information about the offered sponsoring opportunities. Of course we would will be happy to make the required arrangements or supply you with any further information. Our partners |
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