2007 Courses Dublin

WEDNESDAY JANUARY 24th, 2007

	FUNDAMENTALS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER		ADVANCED LICENSING SKILLS
09:00 - 09:15 09:15 - 10:15	Course Introduction Antonio Parada, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal Evaluating Technology Opportunities Case Study Exercise Penny Attridge, Quester, UK	09:00 - 09:15 09:15 - 10:15	Course Introduction Karen Laigaard, University Copenhagen, Denmark What Industry Wants From Universities Ciaran Regan, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation ANRG, Ireland

COFFEE: 10:15 - 10:45

10:45 - 11:15 11:15 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:45

Case Study Feedback Penny Attridge, Quester, UK Research Grants and Contracts - Our role in protecting foreground and background IP Mette Andrup, University Copenhagen, Denmark IP Primer: Patents - patent law and process - when to seek patent protection, patent strength, patent agents and patent costs Peter Horn Møller, Ploughmann & Vingtoft, Denmark

10:45 - 11:45 11:45 - 12:45

Developing a Licensing Strategy Olivier Lescroart, KU Leuven, Belgium Strategic licensing - a Real TTO Tale Jörn Erselius, Director Max Planck Innovation Germany

LUNCH: 12:45 - 13:45

13:45 - 14:30 14:30 - 15:15

Non-Patent IP - Copyright, design rights, trademarks Peter Horn Møller, Plougmann & Vingtoft, Denmark Contract Law - what you need to know to keep yourself out of trouble Yvonne McNamara, Partner at McCann FitzGerald, UK

13:45 - 14:15 14:15 - 15:15

Briefing, feedback on case study Market Research - The Route to Informed Decisions Cath Whitaker, Team services, Ltd, UK

COFFEE BREAK: 15:15 - 15:45

15:45 - 17:30

Engaging Industry - what they want and don't want from us - followed by Stakeholders Panel Karen Laigaard, University Copenhagen, Denmark Ena Prosser, partner in Fountain Healthcare Partners, Ireland

15:45 - 16:45 16:45 - 18:00

Partnering with businesses Reto Hartmann, Frontiers in Genetics-Universoity of Geneva, Switzerland Breakout (I) preliminary discussion of licensing problem / opportunity cases

JOINT DINNER: 18:30 - 22:00

THURSDAY JANUARY 25th, 2007

	FUNDAMENTALS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER		ADVANCED LICENSING SKILLS
08:45 - 10:15 10:15 - 10:30	Anatomy of a License Agreement - its purpose structure and essential terms Mark Anderson, Anderson & Company, UK Intro on Peter Rabbit Case study Antonio Parada, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Portugal	08:30 - 09:30 09:30 - 10:30	Deal Strategy - The Essence of a Good Deal Jörn Erselius, Director Max Planck Innovation, Germany Royalty Rates & Financial Terms Olivier Lescroart, KU Leuven, Belgium

COFFEE: 10:30 - 11:00

11:00 - 12:00 12:00 - 12:45

Case Study - Peter Rabbit goes licensing - illustrating the mistakes that the innocent can make when negotiating agreements Antonio Parada / Jeff Skinner Deals you'll live to regret Jeff Skinner, UCL, UK

11:00 - 12:45

Case: Maddie Ritchie's Teething Problems Mark Anderson, Anderson & Company, UK

LUNCH: 12:45 - 13:45

13:45 - 15:15

Negotiating and striking the deal Penny Attridge, Quester, UK

13:45 - 14:45 14:30 - 15:30

Dirty Little Tricks in Licensing Jeff Skinner, UCL, UK Common Pitfalls in Licensing Eoian O'Neill, Director of Entrepreneurship Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, together with: Margaret Woods, Technology Transfer Manager, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

COFFEE BREAK: 15:15 - 15:45

15:45 - 17:00

Sealing the deal Eoian O 'Neill, Director of Entrepreneurship Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, together with: Margaret Woods, Technology Transfer Manager, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

16:00 - 17:00 17:00 - 18:00

Post-signature License Management Raja Sengupta, Equal Ltd, UK Breakout (II) - preparation of group case study presentation

JOINT DINNER: 18:30 - 22:00

FRIDAY JANUARY 26th,2007

	FUNDAMENTALS OF TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER		ADVANCED LICENSING SKILLS
09:00 - 10:00	Marketing Technology - finding and communicating with potential licensees Reto Hartmann, Frontiers in Genetics / University of Geneva, Switzerland	08:30 - 10:00	Case Study: Presentation & Feedback Penny Attridge, Quester, UK

COFFEE: 10:00 - 10:30

10:30 - 12:00

Case Study - The Photon Counting Detector Jeff Skinner, UCL, UK

10:30 - 12:00

Advanced Case Study Tara MacMahon, IP Lawyer, Consultant, Ireland

SANDWICH LUNCH: 12:00 - 12:30

12:30 - 14:00

Proof of Concept Fund, Together with ALS-course Paul Roben, Director Enterprise Ireland Biotechnology Commercialisation Group, Ireland

12:30 - 14:00

Proof of Concept Fund, Together with FTT-course Paul Roben, Director Enterprise Ireland Biotechnology Commercialisation Group, Ireland

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