Technology Transfer Conference

WE ANNOUNCE THE WINNERS OF THE CONFERENCE PRIZE FOR INNOVATION FOR ECONOMY

First prize in amount of 7.000 EURO was given to Professor Dr. Gregor Majdič from the Veterinary Faculty, University of Ljubljana and Faculty of Medicine Maribor, University of Maribor for the invention entitled: Treatment of animals with the help of stem cells.

Second prize in amount of 3.000 EURO went to the Professor Dr. Marin Berovič from the Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, University of Ljubljana and Professor Dr. Darko Makovec from the the Jožef Stefan Institute, for the innovation entitled The process of magnetic separation of waste yeast biomass from the bottles of sparkling wine.

WE ANNOUNCE THE CONFERENCE PRIZE - PUBLIC CALL FOR BEST INVENTIVE/INNOVATIVE PROJECTS FROM PRO's FOR THE ECONOMY

Deadline for submission: September 27th 2011 .

Every application will be assessed by the members of the commission on the basis of predetermined assessment criteria(*).

Criteria lots	Criterions (maximum 10 points each)
1. Overall	Degree to which project aligns with market need
	Project’s IPR situation
2. Product/application advantage	Unique benefits
	Meets customer needs better
	Value for money
3. Market attractiveness	Market size
	Market growth
	Favorable trends
4. Competitive situation	Degree of entry barriers
	Level of
	Manufacturing / processing synergies
5. Technology maturity	Technical gap
	Complexity
	Technical uncertainty
6. Risk versus return	Expected profitability (e.g. NPV)
	Return (e.g. IRR)
	Payback period
	Certainty of return / profit estimates
	Low cost & fast to do

(*) Source: Jon Wulff Petersen, TTO A/S, Denmark

Evaluation of the project will be done in two parts: evaluation of the application and evaluation of the presentation at the conference  Workshop on TT & Spinoff creation.

The Prize fund is 10.000 EUR.

DOCUMENTATION

Javni poziv s prijavnimi obrazci A, B in C: doc pdf

Public Call with Application forms A, B and C: doc pdf

Conditions for applicants / Pogoji za prijavo na razpis

Organizer's statement of confidentiality.

COMMISSION (represetatives of regional venture capital companies/associations and representative of TTO):

• Jure Mikuž, Prvi sklad, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o., managing director and partner of RSG kapital (head of the commision)
• Andrea Di Anselmo, META Ingenium, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o., vice president of Meta Group
• Laszlo Czirjak, iEurope Capital, Co-Founder and Co- Managing Partner
• Aleksandar Čabrilo, director of Serbian Business Angels Network
  
• Uroš Glavan, DTK Murka, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o., CFO at Murka, d.d.
• Rok Habinc, STH Ventures, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o., director of S.T. Hammer investments
• Blaž Kos, Sklad poslovnih angelov, družba tveganega kapitala, d.o.o., director, group manager at Business Angels of Slovenia
• Christian Schmock,  partner at TTO A/S, Copenhagen
• Leon Verhoef, Prof at Eindhoven University of Technology and Prof at Polytechnic University Zuyd
  

Organizer's statement of confidentiality.

ANNOUNCEMENT!

We invite all applicants for the prize (and other interested) to register for the FREE induction Workshop on presentation of the innovation for the investors

Location: Jozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Grand lecture room (or Seminar room).
Date: September 22th at 10 AM.

Program and FREE registration is available here. Please register.