Mattia Ronchetti’s 2024 presentation at the Biomedical SIG webinar focuses on EU and US regulatory frameworks for medical devices. It explores classification, clinical evaluation, and development…
In a 2024 webinar, Sjaak Brinkkemper discusses entrepreneurship in ecosystems, focusing on the challenges of sustaining software companies. He examines key decisions in software production, including…
In this webinar, Matthias Versele, Executive Director of Drug Discovery at CD3-Cistim, discusses strategies for translational life sciences projects, from novel ideas to regulatory approval. He…
Julian Jantke's 2024 presentation, "Impact-at-Scale Pipeline in SHAPE," explores strategies for valorising research in social sciences, humanities, and related fields. It highlights tools like DLAS…
This webinar provides an accurate yet delightful introduction and discussion of the key IP Rights related to the protection of software innovation. In one hour Maurits Westerik provides insights on…
This seminar investigates the importance of these non-financial impacts, such as social, cultural, and environmental contributions. Additionally, it suggests a very simple but still useful…
On 11th and 12th June 2024, the VIADUCT project partners and stakeholders gathered in Tampere, Finland, for the third Interregional Project Meeting and Site Visit.
In the 8th World Lunch webinar, hosted by the Digital Innovations SIG, Brechtje Vreenegoor, Manager of KTO at Wageningen University, discusses the servitisation of open-source models. She explores…
In this Tea with ASTP Clare Dillon, InnerSource Researcher at the University of Galway, covered where academic OSPOs are located within institutions, their goals and the activities OSPO staff engage…
In this Tea with ASTP, Cornelia Peuser presents the EPO Observatory’s new Deep Tech Finder, a tool that blends the business profiles of around 8,300 investment-ready European start-ups with…
A few years ago, the Max Planck Society introduced a partially standardised licensing model for spin-offs. The model includes a 10% stake of Max Planck in the companies and, in some cases, milestone…
In this Tea with ASTP, Relika Williams and Christophe Haunold were joined by other guests to share their experiences around creating, approving and executing IP management policy for universities.…
The SynSICRIS tool supports project planning via an impact pathway and a working plan bar chart. This is combined with continous, project-related monitoring of potential impact. This open source tool…
Do you have the drive and vision to help ASTP further develop as the best members association for KTOs across Europe?
In this session Carlo Duprel, Head of Technology Transfer Office at SnT, University of Luxembourg, provided an overview on how to setup and execute an impactful strategy of long-term collaborative…
With Laura Spinardi, Head of Technology Transfer Office, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico di Milano, we discussed the challenges of managing data in digital clinical…
Science and researchers should be at the forefront of solving our most pressing global challenges. Impactful research commercialisation will require educating a new generation of entrepreneurs with a…
Welcome to the new year and the first Tea with ASTP of 2024. As we prepare for the Annual Conference in Seville, Spain this May we will take a look at the KT landscape in Spain and discuss what to…
Dos and Don’ts of working with Patent Attorneys – How to get the best value for Universities, Research Institutes and Spin-outs.In this webinar, Achim shared a few lessons and important points on…
AI literacy could help us to understand appropriate and inappropriate uses of Generative AI, and to assert the value of human knowledge in the era of AI.
We all want more deals and start-ups, better metrics and more impact. How do we accomplish it, especially on a limited budget?
Participate in European stakeholder events. Join the first onsite and online event Making Research Results Work for Society on 26 October 2023 in Brussels. Registrations are now open.
ASTP President, Christophe Haunold, chats to Global University Venturings podcast series Talking Tech Transfer.
University College Dublin has racked up a number of firsts, including creating Ireland’s first spinout unicorn, Wayflyer. Tom Flanagan, director of enterprise and commercialisation at the university’s innovation office NovaUCD gives us the insider view on how the ecommerce company was born.
This webinar aims to clarify the differences between “open” practices and policies and to show that openness is not incompatible with IP protection or commercial exploitation. The focus on…
In early June 2023, VIADUCT project partners and invited local stakeholders, met in Timisoara (Romania), the European Capital of Culture 2023, for the 1st Inter-Regional Thematic Workshop (IRTW), 2nd Inter Regional Study Visit (IRSV) and 2nd Steering Committee (SC).
From 22-23 March 2023, the consortium partners working together on the Interreg Europe project, VIADUCT, met to kick-off the project at the University of Zaragoza, Spain.
Plastic Omnium organised an Open Innovation Challenge in partnership with SoScience. Its objective was to accelerate innovation leveraging collective intelligence through an open innovation approach.…
Find out how a unique plant-based technology and entrepreneurship hold the key to pushing the boundaries in the food industry.
Philip Grother learned the hard way how to get his message across simply and effectively, whilst raising funds, generating business, and exchanging with colleagues, partners and clients. Philip has…
This first edition of the Digital Innovations SIG's Online World Lunch discussed Open Science and Open-Source policies of universities. Increasingly result in academic software are published under a…
In this fourth meeting of the New Professionals SIG, Dr Martyn Bottomley, Regional Translation Lead at Cancer Research UK (CRUK) shared his experience and role within the CRUK.
With around one-third of global GHG emissions coming from the food system, transforming food production and consumption is critical to tackling the climate crisis. Against rising pressure from…
The newly established New Professionals Special Interest Group instigated their first meeting in February 2022. This is a recording of their first meeting, with special guest Alessandra Baccigotti…
At the second bi-monthly New Professionals SIG in April 2022, welcomed ASTP Board member Anji Miller to discuss "How to develop your skills and professional contacts"
The third meeting of the New Professional SIG hears from Dr Salma Ishaq from King's College London to discuss: "What is the purpose of tech transfer/knowledge exchange?"
This new handbook offers insights, best practices and advice for leaders in cities and universities that want to go beyond “ad hoc” projects and take the next step towards a strategic and sustainable partnership. It identifies promising avenues, but also barriers and pitfalls and how to avoid…
Many knowledge transfer officers support consortium building for Horizon Europe collaboration projects. This webinar outlines the tools for finding expertise beyond their, and their researchers,…
The self-assessment tool developed by the BOSS project anticipates all those issues that a student, researcher or entrepreneur will face while transforming an idea to a business opportunity.
Released by the EPO and the EUIPO, this study shows that companies which own at least one patent, registered design or trade mark generate on average 20% higher revenues per employee than companies which do not own any of those intellectual property rights (IPRs).
Frugal Innovation is the art of developing solutions by “doing more with less" creating more aggregate value for a client while reducing energy, waste, complexity, time and capital of a product.…
Jeff Skinner, in his 2014 masterclass, explores effective allocation of scarce PoC funds. He stresses targeting investment to maximise commercial value and minimise risk, addressing investor concerns, and avoiding pitfalls like funding "second-guessing" or unnecessary scientific extensions.
Jeff Skinner, in his 2014 masterclass Valuation of Early Spin-outs, examines methods for valuing nascent tech businesses. He highlights balancing optimism with caution, understanding investor perspectives, and using valuation models critically to manage risks and expectations, illustrated through…
The ResearchInno database: in partnership with Crunchbase, it aggregates 780,000+ companies, 29,000+ investors, 3,100+ programs and 9,900+ institutes in EU and the US
Money has no smell. However, within the market there are different types of venture capitalist, which vary in terms of amount of capital invested per participation, management style and objectives, requirements with respect to the company management team, etc.
Many different aspects determine whether a start-up company is a success. Furthermore, the perception of success depends on the point of view and the particular involvement of the party assessing the success.
Faculty and staff involvement in a start-up company (a newly-formed, privately-held, for-profit company) based on their own research and intellectual property creates opportunities for development and commercialization of inventions.
This presentation provides an overview of the elements to consider while a start-up project moves towards incorporation in order to minimize the risk of failure.
This presentation provides an overview of the elements generally considered by each of the parties involved in the discussion on the relative value of the transferred intellectual property and know how at the time of the incorporation of a start-up company.
PROvendis has its origins in the innovation consulting firm Zenit GmbH. Founded in 1984, ZENIT is a Public Private Partnership owned by the State of North Rhine- Westphalia, a consortium of banks and an association comprising some 180 enterprises.
The IOCB Technology Transfer Office s.r.o (IOCB TTO) is a wholly-owned subsidiary company of IOCB and a leading technology transfer office in the Czech Republic in the field of pharmaceutical, chemical and biotechnology research and development.
The development of life science technologies typically involve long timelines and stringent regulatory hurdles, which in combination result in a high investment capital need. In contrast, the financial and societal reward can be tremendous in case of success.
Many universities have rushed to create technology transfer offices (TTOs) without proper structures, funding or expertise. Disappointed, after four or five years, they give up before the benefits start to flow.
As many academic institutions begin a new fiscal year, let’s take a moment to celebrate the end of an era in academic technology transfer (TT).
By definition, it is a practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the internet.
The University of Leuven has created a three-minute self-screening method for discovering hearing problems, which is now being used in schools and offices.
Entrepreneurship for Physicists: A Practical Guide to Move Ideas from University to Market offers a concise analysis of the key ingredients that enable entrepreneurs to bring added value to their customers.
Seeing the company I founded sell for a huge amount of money while personally making very little from it is, of course, frustrating.
Gene therapy used to be a far-off idea in the medical world, but with the trailblazing approval of the world’s first gene therapy product, Glybera, a normal life may no longer be a dream for patients with genetic illnesses.
The Venture Capital business is full of great firms that were founded by entrepreneurs/operators who became investors mid/late career.
Picture this… It’s 8am. You take your first sip of coffee, ready to start your day. You check your email and… You find out your latest grant application didn’t get funded. Bummer.
Additive manufacturing technology has opened up possibilities for the production of medical products that can change the way reconstructive medicine is done all over the world.
Becoming a skilled negotiator is achievable, regardless of personality type.
Technology transfer is a bridge that connects academic research and industrial use. Still, the connection is a relatively new and tenuous one.
Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg, Sergey Brin: We celebrate these entrepreneurs for their successes, and often equally extol the venture capitalists who backed their start-ups and share in their glory.
The efficiency of drug delivery to the lungs depends on various parameters, some of which are influenced by the inhalation system being utilised.
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are vital to the European economy and account for a massive 99% of all businesses in the EU.
At the Cambridge Postdoc Enterprise Competition grand finale on 27 October the quality of the finalists’ pitches was vital to their chances of success.
Technology licensing is an activity where the owner of a patent (the licensor) allows another party (the licensee) the rights to use, adapt and commercialize that patent in exchange for compensation.
The small Dutch town that wants to shape the future of your food
Women remain under-represented in science and business including in the creation and operation of spin-off companies from public research institutions.
Have you ever wondered if you (or your research team) ever invent something that has direct translational value what steps will be necessary to actually bring it out in the market?
In an interview at the Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, April 2015, Sir Gregory Paul Winter discusses his research beginnings, the evolution of start-ups since 1989, the significance of…
Cambridge Enterprise was established as an external Technology Transfer Office (TTO) by the University of Cambridge in 2006 to help students and academics form and fund spin-out companies, bring new ideas to market, and transfer university expertise to industry and government.
University College Dublin (UCD) is Ireland’s largest university with over 30,000 students and around 1,500 academic employers. It has its origins in the Catholic University of Ireland in 1854. The university consists of seven colleges which represent the full spectrum of academic sciences.
Cracow University of Economics is a public university of economics in Poland founded 1925 with 20,000 students enrolled. The Science and Economy Project started in October 2008 and ended in the end of 2011.
Established in 1870, RWTH Aachen University is the largest university of technology in Germany. The University’s 9 faculties are composed of 260 institutes. RWTH Aachen has more than 42,000 students registered for 144 course programmes.
Imperial Innovations was founded in 1986 as the technology transfer office for Imperial College London. In 1997, the group became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Imperial College London.
TecMinho was established in 1990 as a private non- profit association to promote the University’s connection to society and contribute to regional development by supporting the transfer of knowledge and technologies created at the University into application.
TU/e Innovation Lab is the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) for TU/e, Eindhoven University of Technology founded in 1956 - a research university specializing in engineering science & technology.
Max Planck Innovation brings patents and technologies to the market and assists founders in setting up new companies based on the research results of the Max Planck Society.
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