Negotiation of Research Contracts: Speakers

6th UTEN Workshop 2011 – Negotiation of Research Contracts
University of Porto – 14 December 2011
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Dr. Lorenz Kaiser
Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Division Director, Legal Affairs and Contracts

Dr. Lorenz Kaiser is Division Director for legal and contractual affairs at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. H is responsible for the departments “Law,” “R&D Contracts,” and “Public Sponsoring,” rendering centralized services for the 57 Fraunhofer Institutes. He specializes in the development of models for research cooperations , negotiations, and contractual solutions, which also includes the transfer of knowledge through Spin Offs from Research facilities. Dr. Kaiser has 25 years of experience in negotiating contracts with industry and is a member of several national and international expert groups for Research funding and IPR questions. Dr. Kaiser also practices law privately as an attorney-at-law in his specialty. He gives lectures and seminars in the field of research contracts. His areas of specialization are: Contracting in Research and Development, Civil Law (especially Contract Law, legal questions of funding regulations, and EU law on Research and Development.