OPENING SESSION
9.30 Rudy
Dekeyser
Vice-President Acting Board of ASTP and Technology Transfer Manager, Flanders
Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB), Belgium
Welcome and introduction of the conference
9.50
Hendrik Tent
Acting Director-General of DG XII (Research) European Commission
New policies and instruments to promote European practice in transfer of
science and technology
10.30 Discussion
10.45- 11.15 BREAK
11.15 - 12.30 EVALUATION OF PRACTICES FOR TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER (PLENARY)
Louis P. Berneman
Managing Director Center for Technology transfer, University of Pennsylvania
USA, Immediate Past President AUTM and Vice President LES USA and Canada
New trends in academic-industry technology transfer, Overview of USA Methods
Douglas Robertson
Director, Research & Business Services, The University of Nottingham, and Chair
Association for University Research & Industry Links (AURIL), UK
Experiences with Anglo-Saxon & Continental methods for Technology Transfer
12.30 - 14.00 LUNCH
14.00 - 15.30
UNIVERSITY START UPS (PARALLEL)
1. LIFE-SCIENCES
Prof. Mark Ferguson
Chairman of Manchester Biosciences Incubator UK
Incubator facilities for Academic entrepreneurship
Paul van
Grevenstein
Managing Director Bio Medical Research Division and Technology Transfer
Coordinator Leiden University Medical Center, The Netherlands
Bio-medical spin-outs
2. ICT
Jeffrey Skinner
New Business Development Manager; UCL Ventures; University College London, and
Board Member The University Companies Association (UNICO)UK
UK Experiences with university based ICT Start-ups
Louis P. Berneman
ICT Start-ups in the USA
BREAK 15.30 - 16.00
16.00 - 17.00
(PARALLEL)
1. TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER VIA INTERNET
Bruce Lehman
Board Member The Patent & License ExchangeAnd Former Commissioner, United States
Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
Facilities for patents and licensing transactions via internet
Moderator: Ms.
Louise van den Bos
Director Office for Technology Transfer & Licensing, Erasmus University
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2. STRATEGIC ALLIANCES
Michael Mulqueen
Manager External Liaison of Roche Discovery, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd UK
Universities and Industry Alliances from Industrial point of view
Moderator: Rudy Dekeyser
Friday 16 June 2000
9.30
- 11.00 (PARALLEL)
1. WHEN TO PATENT
Taina Saksa
Patent Manager Helsinki University Licensing Ltd, Finland
Managing a patent portfolio
Alison Campbell
Director Intellectual Property Division Medical Research Council Technology UK
Risks in the patenting process
Moderator: Richard Blackmore
Head University Relations, BTG, UK
2 RISK CAPITAL
Jim Martin
Chairman EVCA High Tech Committee and Managing Partner ADD Ventures UK
Perspectives for Venture Capital and University technology investment
Jaap Blaak
Business Angel (Tailwind BV) and Co-Developer of Bio-Science Park Leiden, The
Netherlands
The role of Business Angels in University business development
Moderator: Paul van Grevenstein
11.00 - 11.30 BREAK
11.30 - 13.00 (PARALLEL)
1. FINDING A PARTNER FOR YOUR PATENT
Anne-Catherine Jouanneau
Director General FIST SA, France
Market Research and Marketing technologies
Pierre Brisson
Head of the European Space Agency ( ESA) Technology Transfer Program
Perspectives and bottlenecks for commercialising patents of a public research
institute
2. UNIVERSITY AND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Prof. Dylan Jones-Evans
Welsh Enterprise Institute University of Glamorgan Business School
Role taking process of public, private and academic parties
Prof. Koenraad Debackere
Managing Director K.U. Leuven Research & Development, Belgium
Business development in regional perspective
13.00 - 14.30 LUNCH
14.30 - 16.00 MANAGING A TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE (PLENARY)
Interactive panel with introductions of Board members of ASTP and
representatives of AUTM, UNICO and FIST followed by discussion with the audience
- Public or private organisation structure
- Backing/Support from the General Management
- Account management with Scientists
16.00 - 16.30 BREAK
16.30 - 18.00 GENERAL ASSEMBLY ASTP (ASTP MEMBERS only)
- Opening
- Installation of the board
- Financial Statement
- Year Plan
- A.O.B.
- Closing