The Association of European Science and Technology Transfer Professionals (ASTP) is holding its 9th Annual Conference on Best Practices in Transfer of Science and Technology the 29th and 30th of May in the Grieghallen, Bergen, Norway.
Plenary sessions led by speakers from Europe and the US will cover subjects including the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne’s (EPFL) approach to innovation and technology transfer; the challenges of academic patenting and the vexed question, are university technology transfer offices (TTOs) obstructive bureaucracies?
A session on Patenting and Licensing will consider freedom to operate; cost effective patenting; negotiating licensing terms and green technologies.
Innovation in Collaborations will consider the science of marketing science, branding your technology and your office; open innovation: a paradigm or just new clothes?; large scale collaborations; and collaborating with local and small companies.
In Running the TTO delegates will discuss structural aspects of TTOs; conflict of interest; industry versus TTO patenting: divergent priorities; and recruiting, retaining and rewarding tech transfer officers.
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