13 July 2011, 9.30 – 16.15 hrs
NovaUCD – Innovation and Technology Transfer Centre
Belfield Innovation Park, University College Dublin, Ireland
The contribution of universities in the UK, Ireland and Malta to economic development is increasingly recognised. However, there are severe challenges for all stakeholders involved in knowledge transfer: Companies need to become more involved in collaborative research and accept best practice in intellectual property management if they are to benefit from university research solutions. Agencies funding research and innovation need to adopt a more coherent approach to knowledge transfer management. Universities need to manage their expectations regarding the generation of income through knowledge transfer, while at the same time maximising its impact. There needs to be a longer term commitment to the funding of knowledge transfer offices and to increasing the status of the knowledge transfer profession. This workshop discussed challenges of knowledge transfer, good practices, and ways towards more systematic approaches – particularly for stronger valorisation.
This workshop supported the implementation of the European Commission's 2008 Recommendation on the management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer activities and Code of Practice for universities and public research organisations (http://ec.europa.eu/invest-in-research/pdf/ip_recommendation_en.pdf). The event was part of a workshop series covering 39 European countries in 2011 and 2012.
The workshop convened stakeholders active in knowledge transfer, in particular from universities, public research organisations, knowledge transfer agencies, policy and business. Attendance was on invitation only.
For questions please contact
Dr. Stefan Lilischkis,
stefan.lilischkis(at)empirica(dot)com
Download summary [PDF, 249 KB]
You can comment on the summary at the bottom of this page – please click here.
Download Programme [PDF, 413 KB]
Overview:
| 09:30 – 10:15 |
Welcome and introduction |
|
| 10:15 – 10:45 |
Country profilesKnowledge transfer and valorisation at universities and public research organisations: current situation, good practice and challenges |
|
| UK
Dr. Jim Houlihan, Interim Deputy Director of Patents, Intellectual Property Office |
||
|
Andy Todd, Executive Board Member, Commercial Catalyst Ltd |
||
| 11:00 – 12:00 | Malta
Dr. Ing. Anton Bartolo, Director, Corporate Research and Knowledge Transfer, University of Malta |
|
| Ireland
Richard Stokes, Chief Executive Officer, Invent DCU Ltd |
||
| 13:00 – 14:30 |
Case studies: facilitating practices of IP management in knowledge transfer |
|
Easy access to IP from the University of Glasgow: an example of fostering university-industry partnerships
|
||
Science-business-government co-operation in industrial electrical power conversion at the University of Malta
|
||
IP management in the course of starting and selling a university spin-off: the case of BiancaMed
|
||
| 14:45 – 16:00 |
Panel discussion: fostering valorisation of research findings from universities and public research organisations – policy implications
|
|
| 16:00 – 16:15 |
Conclusions |
If you would like to comment on the summary of this workshop or on existing comments from other people, please use the following discussion tool for submitting your remarks. Your comments may be included in a revised version of the summary or in other reports of the Knowledge Transfer Study.
