Technology Transfer Conference

The 1st prize FOR BEST INVENTIVE/INNOVATIVE PROJECTS FROM PRO's FOR THE ECONOMY has been distributed equally among two participants:

Dr. Aleš Hribar, prof. dr. Matjaž Mihelj from Laboratory of robotics at the Faculty of electrical engineering, University of Ljubljana for the innovation called BiMeo - an innovative rehabilitation instrument

and

doc. dr. Ivan Jerman, prof. dr. Boris Orel, dr. Matjaž Koželj and Mr. Mohor Mihelčič for their innovation called »Go solar, go future« - a sol-gel based spectrally selective solar absorber coatings.

More about the winners.

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

NEW DEADLINE! Deadline for submission has been extended to 7 September 2012.

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 3.000 EUR.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: 

All informations disclosed during the workshop in section 3.2 (part 1) are considered as confidential! This part of the conference is considered a not public event.

DOCUMENTATION

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

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

IMPORTANT: The application must be written entirely in Slovene and in English, but for assessment is relevant English version. 

Organizer's statement of confidentiality.

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

• List is to be confirmed.

INFO DAY FOR THE PRIZE:

In case of interest for the info day please send an email to: tehnologije@ijs.si.

PREPARATORY WORKSHOP ON PITCHING:

The workshop on pitching and effective presentation of proposals for the applicants will be
on 18 September 2012 at 11:00 in the Grand lecure room of Jozef Stefan Institute.