Spinouts Vienna

Building and Financing Spinouts
30 & 31 January, 1 February 2008

Vienna, Austria

Introduction

This Spinouts course is organized in association with Praxis, the Technology Transfer Training Programme in the UK. The Building and Financing Spinouts course aims at the major routes to commercialisation of university research results, spinout companies. It 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 intensive and highly interactive course has been designed to chart the process from the beginning, when the decision whether to spin out is made, through forming the company and raising capital. The course outlines the factors to look out for before committing to a spinout, such as patent ownership and sponsor obligations, and includes seminars and case studies on the business and financial issues to be considered, including:

- The writing of business plans and how to use them to raise finance
- The creating of investment proposals
- Financial planning and strategy
- The legal issues involved, including IP agreements
- Building an effective and sustainable management team

Content

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

When and why to Spinout
Case Study: Creating Value in Spinouts
Funding – Sources & Strategy
Venture Capital
Preparing for IPO
Legal Agreements
When spinouts go wrong
Managing the ongoing relationship

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.

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

Course fee

Event	Regular Fee		Early Bird registration Last day 30 November		CEEC countries*		Student
	Members	Non-members	Members	Non-members	Members	Non-members	(37%)
3 days Courses	945,-	1495,-	845,-	1395,-	695,-	945,-	350,-
	Special junior arrangement: each member is entitled to send in 2 junior colleagues from his / her office to the Fundamentals Training Courses for the ASTP member-fee rate

* 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 reception on Tuesday, joint dinner on Wednesday and course materials.

Venue

We are welcomed by the Austrian Wirtschaftsservice to their lovely building in the city centre of Vienna. Please click here for a 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).

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