Technology Transfer Conference

CONFERENCE PROGRAM

NEW: Book Of Abstracts 2010

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DAY 1	LJUBLJANA	Jožef Stefan Institute
9:00	Grand opening	prof.dr. Jadran Lenarčič, director of "Jožef Stefan" Institute
		SECTION 1 PRESENTATIONS
9:20 - 10:50	TT theory & industrial relations Financing mechanisms	Innovation and product development: Iva B. Vukelja, MBA, EMC Boston, USA (Session Leader) EIF's role in the Tech Transfer market: Yannis Tsakiris, European Investment Fund Role of a Development Bank in Commercializing IP: Nazmin Alani, Development Bank, Canada Development and technology transfer - experience of Trimo: mag. Danijel Zupančič, Deputy General Manager for Technical Sector, Trimo d.o.o.
10:50 - 11:20	Coffee break
		SECTION 2
11:20 - 13:20	Workshop - Industry (The Workshop is conducted in the Slovenian language. Simultaneous translation into English will be organized.)	Industry relations: prof. dr. Matjaž Colnarič-UMB, dr. Vladimir Jovan-IJS, (Session Leaders) Workshop: Presentation of the current results of SEE project "I3E-Promoting Innovation in the Industrial Informatics and Embedded Systems Sectors through Networking". 1. Short presentation of scope and aims of I3E project: dr. Vladimir Jovan, Jožef Stefan Institute, prof. dr. Matjaž Colnarič, University of Maribor, Slovenia 2. Presentation of I3E Strategic Research Agenda: dr. Dejan Gradišar, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia 3. Presentation of three selected projects "good practices" from the fields of embeded systems and industrial informatics: 4 presenters - System for automatic end-quality assessment of vacuum cleaner motors, Domel - The new generation of HVAC valves, Danfoss - PLC Batch: a solution for batch process control, Inea 4. Discussion & Conclusions
13:20 - 14:20	Lunch break
		SECTION 3 PRESENTATIONS
14:20 - 16:40	Workshop - TT & Spinoff creation	Innovation for the Economy: Robert Blatnik, JSI (Session leader) Innovation vouchers for SMEs: Frits H. Von Meijenfeldt, Ministry of Economic Affairs, The Netherlands TIA and start-up companies: Mojca Skalar Komljanc, Slovenian Technology Agency (TIA) Short presentations by the Commission Presentation of the submitted cases and questions/comments on the submitted cases by the commission members: Commission: Iva B. Vukelja, MBA, EMC Boston, USA dr. Thomas Bereuter, TTO, TU Graz, Austria Jon Wulf Petersen, TTO, Denmark Paul Van Dun, K.U. Leuven R&D, Belgium Andrea Di Anselmo, Meta Group, Italy Nazmin Alani, Development Bank, Canada
16:40 - 17:10	Coffee break
		SECTION 4 PRESENTATIONS
17:10 - 17:50	TT theory & Youth	YEAR Network: Jarno Salonen (Session Leader) Franziska Maria Stocker: Graz, Austria
17:50 - 18:00		Commission evaluation of presented cases
18:00 - 20:00		Conference reception and Awards

DAY 2	MARIBOR	Rectorate of the University of Maribor
9:00	Welcome speech	prof.dr. Ivan Rozman, dr. Anton Habjanič
		SECTION 5
9:10 - 10:45	Optimizing a TTO	Systems and tools to run a successful TTO operation Jon Wulff Petersen, TTO Company, Denmark (Session Leader)
10:45 - 11:15	Coffee break
		SECTION 6 PRESENTATIONS
11:15 - 13:00	Support Within TTO Networks	LES: Thomas Bereuter, Vice-president and International Delegate of LES Austria, CEO at Forschungsholding TU Graz GmbH (30 min) (Session Leader) ASTP: Karen Laigaard, director of the TTO at Kopenhagen University, Denmark (30 min) Establishment of the Association of Slovenian Technology Transfer Professionals (SI-TT): dr. Špela Stres, head of the Communication and technology transfer group at Jožef Stefan Institute and dr. Anton Habjanič, director of the TechnoCenter at the University of Maribor (45 min)
13:00 - 14:00	Lunch break
		SECTION 7 PRESENTATIONS
14:00 - 15:30	Workshop on Systems and Tools for a Successful TTO	Best ways to commercialize academic and research inventions: Jeff Skinner, London School of business, UK (Session Leader)
15:30 - 16:00	Networking	Conversation and exchange of experiences with the participants and speakers