From research results to markets

Programme

Wednesday, 28 June 2017
Moderator: Riccardo Pietrabissa, Professor, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

13.30 - Registration

14.00 - Welcome

• Sasha Baillie, Deputy chief of staff to the Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy, Ministry of Economy, Luxembourg
• Yves Elsen, President of the Board, University of Luxembourg
• Jean-Michel Zilliox, Director IP Programme, European Patent Academy, European Patent Office

14.15 - Benefits of patent information for researchers

• Serge Quazzotti, Intellectual Property Institute Luxembourg GIE, Luxembourg

14.45 - Patent or publish

• Katrin Hussinger, Associate Professor in Strategy and Organisation, Faculty of Law, Economics and Finance, University of Luxembourg

15.15 - Choosing the right protection of research results

• Sigmar Lampe, Counsel IP and Licensing, Technology Transfer Office, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg

15.45 - Coffee break

16.15 - Panel discussion: Commercialisation of research results

• Silke Meyns, Head of Team Patents and Licensing,ETH Transfer, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
• Thomas Carell, Technical University Munich,Germany
• Antonio Lopez-Carrasco Comajuncosas,I & D Department, Telefonica, Spain
• Ulf Petrusson, Director CIP, University of Gothenborg,Sweden

17.30 - End

18.00 - Visit of Belval Campus : Industrial culture heritage tour

19.00 - Gala dinner hosted by the Intellectual Property Office, Ministry of Economy

Thursday, 29 June 2017
Moderator: Tom Hockaday, Technology transfer consultant, Technology Transfer Innovation, United Kingdom

09.00 - Best practices: Ownership of results – how to manage co-ownership

• Eric Tschirhart, Special advisor for technology transfer and fundraising, University of Luxembourg,Luxembourg
• Alexandros Papaderos, Head Patents and Licenses,Technical University Munich, TUM ForTe – Office for Research and Innovation, Germany
• Arne Jacobsson, Chairman of the Association of Swedish Universities Intellectual Property Professionals, University of Linköping, Sweden

10.00 - Best practices: Entrepreneurship

• Diego de Biasio, CEO, Technoport, Luxembourg
• Martin Guerin, CEO, nyuko, Luxembourg

10.40 - Q&A session

11.00 - Coffee break

11.30 - Assessment of market opportunities

• Hannes De Wachter, Helix 3D, Belgium

12.00 Proof of concept

• Andreea Monnat, Head of Unit Innovation Programmes, Luxembourg National Research Fund, Luxembourg

12.30 - Access to finance – developing a start-up with venture capital

• Alain Rodermann, Expon Capital, Luxembourg

13.00 - Lunch

14.00 - End of the conference