Experiencing Technology Transfer in Cambridge October 18-20, 2009

Experiencing Technology Transfer in Cambridge October 18-20, at University of Aveiro

David Gill, Head of St John’s In­novation Centre – the largest and most important incubator in the UK, Richard Jennings, Director of Tech Transfer/mem­ber of Cambridge Enterprise, and Peter Hiscocks, Previous Director of Cambridge En­terprise, are the speakers of the next workshop organized by UTEN Portugal. Under the theme “Experiencing Technol­ogy Transfer in Cambridge”, this fifth workshop will be held at the Sala de Senado (Senate Room) of the Dean’s Office of the University of Aveiro, from October 18-20.   At the workshop, the speakers will present the model and experience of the University of Cambridge on Tech­nology Transfer and Clusters. 

The first session of the workshop will discuss “Universities, Cluster strategies and regional development”. Here, the status of Technology Transfer in Portugal – UTEN Portugal network will be discussed, as well as the History of the de­velopment of the Cambridge Cluster and the University of Cambridge’s role on this mat­ter. Another theme up for dis­cussion during this first session is the basis of successful clusters & Technology Transfer. Session two will focus on the com­ponent parts of “Technology Transfer and Clustering Spin-offs”: University research, Pat­ents and IP Management, etc. The final session of the work­shop will be focused on inter­national comparisons, namely what can be learned from them and how can such learning be applied.  Following the tradition of the previous workshops or­ganized by UTEN Portugal, the workshop targets TTOs (technology transfer officers), incubator managers and entrepreneurs.