Technology to Business: 13 February, 2009, FEUP

From Technology to Business

A one-day workshop at the Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto (FEUP), February 13, 2009.

Host: Pedro Coelho, FEUP

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Program:

8:30 – 9:00 AM - Coffee and networking

9:00 – 9:15 AM – Welcome, introduction and coordination
José Manuel Mendonça - Director of University Technology Enterprise Network (UTEN) in
Portugal, President of INESC-Porto; Full Professor at FEUP
Eli Mercer – UTEN Austin Consultant. Expert on Technology Commercialization, Global Startup
and Expansion, Business Intelligence/Competitive Analysis)

9:15 – 10:15 AM – Bringing research from idea to marketable product
Dr. Steve Nichols - Professor of the College of Engineering. Former Associate Vice President
of Research at UT-Austin as well as founder and director of the Idea2Product Competition
held annually at UT-Austin and focused on getting technology out of the idea phase and into a
sellable, valuable product

10:15 – 11h15 AM – Action Business Planning
Darius Mahjoubi - Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at UT-Dallas and at
the St Edwards University in Austin, and a research associate at the IC2 Institute

11:15 – 11:30 AM - Coffee break

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM – The formation of capital
Laura Kilcrease - Founding Director of Austin Technology Incubator, successful entrepreneur,
and current Managing Director of Triton Ventures, a VC firm specialized in enterprise
software, ICT and advanced materials)

12:30 PM – 01:00 PM – Questions/answers

Note: We strongly encourage all participants to put questions during the presentations as
well as in the summary Q&A session.

Venue:

The workshop will be held at Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
4200-465 Porto, Portugal
Room B032