On September 3, 2013, the University of Porto will host an international workshop entitled “Multidisciplinary Approaches on Innovation” to mark the launch of a new online journal.

From the call for papers:

“Innovation is a laboratory for applied creativity where development of innovative projects and exploration of new directions in different disciplines are dynamically perceived. Innovation enables a more conscious perception of place and its characteristics; it is an experimental space in which design methods can be used to examine and interrogate ideas, forms, structures, dreams and visions. Innovation is about transgressing boundaries of multiple disciplines in view of developing novelties or improving existing offerings, methods and processes while taking into account numerous dimensions and angles. It is also about opening new perspectives on the world of tomorrow. Innovation is also a state of mind, which has to be nurtured and cultivated. The currently turbulent environment renders innovation even more challenging, yet necessary, to reach the competitive edge and maintain sustainable advantage. The successful ability to innovate requires a multidisciplinary attitude towards understanding, designing and implementing an overarching innovation strategy.”

Abstracts for the workshop are due on May 1, 2013.

For complete information on the workshop and the new journal, please see: http://www.fe.up.pt/iwsmai/

NEW! “O desafio de exportar tecnologia”
Newspaper article about UTEN Portugal and startup internationalization: Feedzai, Bioalvo, ACS and Tecla Colorida.

Published on 31 may, 2012 in Jornal de Negócios.

Here is the UTEN 2012 Plan of activities, as approved by the Board of Directors and the External Review Committee on December 2011.

The Plan defines, as usual, the different lines of activities of UTEN. The date, place and content of each event will be announced in advance and as the events unfold, as some of the activities are long-term and therefore its implementation depends on the decision regarding the continuation of the program.

We very soon will be able to disseminate the first events to be carried out in 2012 by UTEN scheduled to the end of February, as well as other issues of importance to the operation of the UTEN Network.

José Manuel Mendonça
UTEN Scientific Director

On December 6, NCET2 and the Penn State Office of Technology Development will host a free webinar:

Technology Transfer at Pennsylvania State University
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
1:00-2:30 PM EST (18h00-19h30 Portugal time)
Free registration

The webinar is part of the NCET2 University Technology Showcase series.

Just in time for the UTEN workshop on Negotiation of Research Contracts comes this webinar:

Expert Corporate Relations Strategies for Long-Term Industry-TTO Partnerships
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
1:00-2:00 pm US EST / 18h00-19h00 Portugal time

Two upcoming webinars of possible interest from Technology Transfer Tactics:

IP-Included Label Licensing: A Win-Win Model for Maximizing Use of University Technologies
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
1:00-2:00 PM US Eastern time / 19h00-20h00 Portugal time

Exit Planning for University Start-Ups
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
1:00-2:30 PM US Eastern Time / 19h00-20h30 Portugal time

The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) has announced a new webinar series entitled, “President Obama’s Initiative on University Research Commercialization: How Universities Plan To Respond.”

The first session will be:

Commercialization at the University of Kansas and the University of Akron
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
1:00 to 1:30 PM EST (19h00 to 19h30 Portugal time)
Register now

Future webinar dates in the series:

November 17
November 22
November 29
December 5
December 13
December 20

Series description:

President Obama’s Initiative on University Research Commercialization: How Universities Plan To Respond

On September 16, 2011, President Obama announced new steps that will help America’s universities and research labs convert ideas into new products, create startups, expand the economy and create high-value 21st century jobs. In coordination with the Administration, 135 university presidents committed to working more closely with industry, investors, and agencies to bolster entrepreneurship, encourage university-industry collaboration, and advance the nation’s social and economic interests. The commitments are aimed at helping achieve the President’s goal of strengthening commercialization of the nearly $148 billion in annual federally-funded research and development.

The “President Obama’s Initiative on University Research Commercialization: How Universities Plan To Respond” webinar series will have university leaders highlight specific plans for following through on this commitment and bolstering their commercialization efforts, in direct response to the President’s call to action.

Each 30-minute webinar will feature 10-minute presentations from two universities discussing their commercialization initiatives. A Q&A period will be conducted after the presentations for the remainder of the time.

This series is tied in to the Presidents-Investors Summit, a pre-conference event at the 6th Annual University Startups Conference in January 18-20, 2012. The Summit will bring together university presidents, chancellors, provosts, vice-presidents, deans and the nation’s leading investors in technology startups to continue the discussion on the importance of universities in startup generation and job creation.

In preparation for the Summit and in conjunction with the webinar series, NCET2 has started a new project to benchmark and track the creation of startups by universities. The university startup database and map will locate and provide key information about the approximately 6000 university startups created since 1980. Going forward it will track annual startup creation by universities.

For complete information on the webinar series, please see the announcement at ncet2.org.

Mid-Atlantic Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium, Maryland TEDCO and the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2) present a webinar series on “Demystifying Working with Federal Labs.”

NEXT SCHEDULED WEBINAR:

A Webinar on Stanford V. Roche from the Perspective of Federal Agencies
Thursday, July 28, 2011, 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET

To register, go to https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/539692819

SERIES DESCRIPTION:

On April 7, 2010, Office of Science and Technology Policy of the White House released its inaugural Open Government Plan highlighting transparency, participation, and collaboration.

“Demystifying Working with the Federal Labs” is a lecture series launched by the Mid-Atlantic Region of the Federal Laboratory Consortium in order to render the technology transfer process at federal agencies more transparent, and to encourage collaborations with the federal labs. This lecture series aims to provide a platform for Federal Laboratories to educate academia, industry, and technology transfer professionals on different technology transfer mechanisms used at the federal labs. While some of the lectures will be an introduction to common technology transfer mechanisms, such as CRADAs and licenses, other lectures will focus on more specialized agreements that may be unique to a particular agency, such as NASA’s Space Act agreements.

It is our hope that the series will encourage a dialogue between the federal laboratories and other stakeholders in the area of technology innovation. We hope to reach small businesses, large businesses, academia, economic development organizations, and technology transfer professionals.

ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:

A Webinar on Stanford V. Roche from the Perspective of Federal Agencies
Thursday, July 28, 2011, 1:00 to 2:30 pm ET

This webinar will first set the stage for Stanford v. Roche by a quick introduction to Bayh-Dole. Once the stage is set, the facts of the case will be discussed. Finally, the effect of this case on future activities and collaborations with the Federal Labs will be explored.

COST: Free, but registration required by clicking on the link above.

PRESENTERS:

Henry Wixon
Chief Counsel
National Institute of Standards and Technology

John Raubitschek
Patent Attorney
U.S. Army Research Laboratory

Melanye Johnson
Senior Attorney
Office of the General Counsel
US Department of Health and Human Services
Public Health Division, NIH Branch

Moderated by:

Mojdeh Bahar
Chief, Cancer Branch
Office of Technology Transfer, NIH

HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.

WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how federal labs, universities and industry can better work together to foster innovation. This includes university staff, faculty and students, local and state economic development professionals, corporate business development directors, academic liaisons, corporate, academic and federal laboratory researchers, technology transfer professionals, and service providers (e.g. lawyers, consultants).

For more information about this webinar contact support@ncet2.org or visit http://center.ncet2.org

The A3S and the ISFLUP would like to invite you to the 5th Edition of the Third Sector Month (M3S 2011), as part of the dissemination of the results of the project “Social Entrepreneurship in Portugal: policies, organizations and education/training practices”.
 
With a round table format, the M3S 2011 will focus on the theme of legal and political challenges in the social economy. The aim is to promote discussion not only on the changes resulting from the new political structures and measures to support the sector’s development, but also on the changes expected as a result of the  framework of the program devised by the recently elected Constitutional Government.

Participation is free of charge, but registration is required. To register, please send your name, the name of your institution and your contact information to: geci@letras.up.pt

We are counting on you.

Address:
A3S – Associação para o Empreendedorismo Social e a Sustentabilidade do Terceiro Sector
Edifício P.inc
Praça Coronel Pacheco, nº 2, 4050-453 Porto
Telm. 91 662 77 33
associacao3s@gmail.com
www.a-3s.org/

The annual University Startups Conference will take place January 18-20, 2012 at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC.

The University Startups Conference is dedicated exclusively to creating and funding globally-competitive, venture-backable university startups. It bring together universities creating startups with VCs, angel investors, SBIR program managers and Fortune 500 technology scouts funding them. The conference also includes NSF, NIH, NIST, DOD, DOE, DHS and other US government agencies working on improving the innovation economy by increasing the quality and quantity of startups coming out of universities.

The conference is organized annually by the National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2.org). Government co-hosts are the National Science Foundation (Division of Industrial Innovation and Partnership) and National Institutes of Health (Office of Tech Transfer). VC sponsors are the National Venture Captial Association (NVCA) and the National Association of Seed and Venture Funds (NASVF).

For more information, see: http://ncet2.org/UpcomingEvents/UnivStartupConf12/