Wednesday 11 June 2008

10:00

Case Study 1:

• Technology transfer and other opportunities
• QinetiQ's recent experiences discussed
• Pros and cons of different options
• Future trends

11:10

Case Study 2:

• Current status of technology transfer in China
• Challenges for overseas SMEs when they enter the Chinese market
• Current status and future of patent licensing in China
• Process and experience on technology commercialization in China

Case Study 3:

• How Max-Planck-Innovation works with scientists to evaluate inventions
• Transfer of inventions from research to industry
• Developing new companies based on technology

11:50

Case Study 4:

• Three examples of green technology licensing
• Technologies covering packaging, wood replacement and energy production from waste
• The challenge to mobilize the entire value chain to switch to these new technologies
• Realization by forming partnerships with players in each part of the value chain

Case Study 5:

• IP for building high-performance telecommunications and data communications systems enabled by Ericsson Technology Licensing.
• Ericsson IP enables Tundra to build an eco-system and secure sourcing possibilities for Ericsson.
• A market (telecommunications) that has traditionally been dominated by vertically integrated proprietary HW designs is now more open for standardized HW building architectures

14:00

Case study 6:

14:40

Workshop 1:

• The new European Enterprise Network introduced
• Combining multinationals and SMEs
• Developments in the Hessen region

15:10

Case Study 7:

16:00

Workshop 2:

16:40

Workshop 3:

• Interactive session on identifying needs in a company
• Articulating and describing those needs
• Identifying market areas and potential solution providers
• Engaging with those solution providers
• Doing a deal or value add of a deal

17:30

Awards Ceremony and Cocktail Reception

Thursday 12 June 2008

• Research context and technology opportunities
• Impact of R&D colloaborations on TT
• Examples at CERN

10:00

Case Study 8:

• Insight into search activity for technology in a given space (packaging, green chemistry, medical monitoring/home care diagnostics for elderly)
• Review of buyers, sellers, types of technology and shifts in market needs
• Example deal closed in one of these areas

11:10

Case Study 9:

• Kodak European Research's new facility opened in Cambridge, UK in early 2006, placing external alliances at the heart of its operation
• How strong links with universities, research institutes and venture backed companies have been established
• Processes to identify, assess and engage with potential partners
• Examples of collaboration
• Issues to avoid and successful outcomes

11:50

Case Study 10:

• Introduction to Microsoft's IP Licensing Group
• Technologies include component source code, protocols standards and file formats
• Licensing research and technologies for new venture creation
• Recent case studies on how partners can access cutting-edge technologies and reduce R & D costs

14:00

Workshop 4:

• Opportunities to invest in new markets
• How to overcome regulatory and business hurdles
• Examples of recent successful deals

14:40

Workshop 5:

• How to transfer technology across sectors
• Opportunities for licensing non-core technologies
• The role of public sector agencies
• Europe and the US compared

15:50

Workshop 6:

• What SMEs need to know about working with MNCs
• How to build relationships and avoid problems
• Case studies of successful partnerships

16:40

Workshop 7:

• From invention to innovation
• New alternatives to VC for start ups
• Incubating young technologies outside the enterprise
• Trading a new asset class