Fundamentals of Technology Transfer
30 & 31 January, 1 February 2008

Vienna, Austria

This course is sold out!
Please contact us if you would like to be put on our wailing list, in case we will receive a cancellation.
 The next course will be organized on 3 - 5 September 2008.

Introduction

This Fundamentals course is organized in association with Praxis, the Technology Transfer Training Programme in the UK. It aims at people who are recently new in the profession (for between six months and two years) - long enough to have taken on a few cases, have encountered difficulties and realize that they need to do some training! This course will examine the entire spinout process in detail and will be of most benefit to those who have already worked in technology transfer for at least six months. This three-day program covers most of the things that a technology transfer needs know and be able to do including:

- Finding and appraising new technologies within the university (encouraging disclosures and deciding when you should patent)
- The patent process & minimizing costs
- What industry actually wants in terms of new technologies - what turns them on and what turns them off
- Marketing and finding licensees
- Contract law as it relates to IP (recognizing the differing legislative environments within Europe)
- Structuring, negotiating and doing deals with licensees.

Content

The course is split into three days in which many aspects will be covered. Topics include:

• Evaluating Technology Opportunities

• Case Studies

• Research Grants and Contracts - Our role in protecting foreground and background IP

• IP Primer: Patents - patent law and process - when to seek protection, patent strength, patent agents and patent costs

• Non-patent IP - Copyright, design rights, trademarks

• Contract Law - what you need to keep yourself out of trouble

• Engaging Industry - what they want and do not want from us - With Panel Q & A

• Anatomy of a License Agreement - its purpose structure and essential terms

• What you can license and what you cannot - deals you should not do

• Marketing technology - finding and communicating with potential licensees

Program

The main features of the course are its informal style of presentation and interaction between participants. The sessions are a mixture of seminar-style talks and smaller, break-out groups to discuss and report back on specific case studies. During the feedback sessions the different results of all the groups are discussed and the speaker(s) – all of them experienced practitioners - add their own perspective. ‘You get out of the course, what you put into it’, so active participation is essential to gain as much information as possible as a delegate. Our aim is to create an informal and pleasant atmosphere during the course, so everyone feels comfortable and gets to know other delegates.

Please click here for the brochure including program of this event.

Social Program

Included in the course fee is also a welcome cocktail on Tuesday evening and a joint dinner on the Wednesday.

Welcome cocktail on Tuesday - 29 January, 19.00            Joint dinner on Wednesday - 30 January,

Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung (BMWF) Minoritenplatz 5 1010 Vienna

WEINZIRL - Restaurant im Konzerthaus A-1030 Wien, Am Heumarkt info@weinzirl.at http://www.weinzirl.at/

On Wedsnesday evening, the busses will leave to restaurant Weinzirtl at 17.45 in front of the Penta Hotel (see address above). Please make sure that you be on time for that! The busses will bring us back to the hotels around 22.00.

Course fee

* Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Romania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania, Macedonia, Belorussia, the Ukraine and Russia

 The three-day course includes: coffee/tea, refreshments, lunches, welcome cocktail on Tuesday, joint dinner on Wednesday and course materials.

Please note that ASTP Members are offered the opportunity to nominate two staff from their office (plus themselves if they want) to attend the course at the member rate.

Special Junior arrangements 

As like in previous years, we would like to offer our members the occasion to sign up two Juniors of their organisation for the Fundamentals of Technology Transfer Course for the member rate. The member fee is € 945,- (excl. 19 % VAT) and includes the course materials, all the breaks, a welcome cocktail and a joint dinner (together with the other delegates and speakers).

Venue

We are welcomed by the Austrian Wirtschaftsservice to their lovely building in the city centre of Vienna.

The ASTP Training Courses will be held at the Austria Wirtschaft Service. Please click here for the map of the building.

The complete address is:

Austria Wirtschaft Service
Ungargasse 37
A-1030 Vienna
Austria
Tel.: +43150175100
Fax: +43150175900
www.awsg.at (only available in German)
info@awsg.at

Hotel reductions

The fee does not include overnight accommodation. Each participant is responsible for its’ own hotel booking.
We have selected three hotels that are less than 10 minutes (walking) away from the AWS:
Please contact the hotels by telephone or email, mentioning the ASTP Training Courses, also for details on how to reach them as conveniently as possible. 
 

Marriott Renaissance Penta Vienna Hotel**** Conference Hotel (across AWS) Ungargasse 60 1030 Vienna – Austria Tel: +431711758001 (code: ASTP) Fax: +431711758146 www.renaissancehotels.com/VIESE renaissance.penta.vienna@renaissancehotels.com Double room, single use, including breakfast and taxes: € 152,00	Mercure Grandhotel Biedermeier **** Landstrasser Hauptstrasse 28 1030 Vienna – Austria Tel : +431716710 Fax : +43171671503 www.mercure.com h5357@accor.com Double room, single use, including breakfast: € 151,00 (only several rooms with a double bed!!)
Pension Stadtpark*** Address: Landstraßer Hauptstraße 7, 1030 Vienna (just around a corner, 2nd floor) Tel: +4317133123 Fax: +4317133123-4 rezeption@pension-stadtpark.at www.pension-stadtpark.at/index.php.en Double room, single use, including breakfast and taxes: € 75,00 (only several rooms available!) Single room, including breakfast and taxes: € 50,00 (only several rooms available!)

Transport
To the Austria Wirtschaft Service it is possible to take subway line number 3, exit at Station Rochusgasse (see map). It is also within walking distance of the selected hotels. (max. 10 minutes)
For all public transportation in the city please see www.wienerlinien.at. (only in German).

Via Air
Vienna International Airport is nearest to the hotels and venue. It is possible to travel to Wien-Mitte with the City Airport Train, which takes about 15 minutes, the price per journey is € 9,00. For more information please see http://www.cityairporttrain.at/langen. Once arrived at Wien-Mitte it is possible to take subway line number 3 to the AWS.

By Train
Vienna’s central train station (Wien-Mitte) serves direct trains to many major European cities, please see http://www.oebb.at/en/ for more information on timetables and destinations.

Taxi
North of the arrivals hall there is a taxi rank, tel: +4317007 ext. 35910 or 22717.

Taxi companies in the city:
Taxi Vermittlung:           +43131300
Taxi Sonnst:                  +43160160

Tourist Information
Tourist-Info Wien
Address: Albertinaplatz, 1010 Vienna
Tel: +43 1 24 555
Fax: +43 1 24 555 666
e-mail: info@wien.info
office hours: Mo - So  09:00 - 19:00

Currency
The Austrian currency is the Euro.

Wireless Internet
At the Austria Wirtschaft Service unfortunately we cannot provide you with wireless internet due to strict security measures at the AWS. We will try to set up a business center where you can use your computer. More information on this matter will be forwarded to you prior to the start of the courses.
 

Registration

The maximum number of participants is 40 (based a first come, first serve basis). If you wish to sign up for the course, please complete the Registration form and send it by fax to the Secretariat of ASTP +31 70 392 6375. As soon as we've received your registration form, a confirmation letter, an invoice and logistical details on the venue will be sent to you.
 

For this event, you can also register online. Please note that on the website for registration, the fees already include 19% VAT and 5% credit card charge. To register for the Vienna course, please visit: http://astpcoursesvienna.eventbrite.com

With online registration, no separate invoice will be sent to you. If you wish to receive such, please ask us explicitly for this, by sending an email to secretary@astp.net.

Booking conditions

Payment must be received at least two weeks before the course starts. 50% of the course fee will be refunded for written cancellations received before the 9th of January 2007. After the 23rd of January no refunds are possible. Substitutions may be made up to 2 weeks before the course actually takes place, but we will charge you € 90,- administration costs.

More information
For more information about this ASTP Training Course, please contact the headquarters of ASTP,
tel + 31 70 392 63 74, fax + 31 703 92 63 75 or send an e-mail to secretary@astp.net

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 (fax.+ 31 70 392 63 75).
 

Course partners

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