Industrial Liaison: Program

UTEN Training Week #4:
Best Practices in University-Industry Relations:
Setting up and Managing an Industrial Liaison Office

Instituto Politécnico do Porto - 19-20 July, 2010
Speakers | Program | Photos

Detailed Workshop Schedule

Day 1 – 19 July 2024

Building I of ISEP – 4th floor - Cooperative Workspace

09:00 Registration
09:30 Opening Session

José Manuel Mendonça, UTEN Portugal

Carlos Ramos, IPP

09:45 Rationale for Creating ILO and Important Steps for Successful Implementation

Anthonny Bocanfuso, Executive Director for the National Academies’ University Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP)

Discussant: Jorge Figueira, University of Coimbra

10:45 Coffee Break
11:15 Core Mission of ILO, and Commercialization Strategies

Bill Catlett, Acting Director at Center for Emerging Technology Commercialization and Associate Director

for Industrial Relations at the Office of Sponsored Projects at The University of Texas at Austin

Panel: Pedro Silva (TecMinho), Marlos Silva (Univ. Aveiro), André Fernandes (UPIN) and Carla Mascarenhas (UTAD)

12:15 Negotiating Contracts with Industry

Anthonny Bocanfuso and Bill Catlett

Discussant: António Parada, IBMC

13:00 Lunch at ISEP-IPP
14:30 Negotiations Exercise in Engineering

Anthony Bocanfuso, Bill Catlett

16:00 Coffee Break
17:00 Negotiations Exercise in Life Science

Anthony Bocanfuso, Bill Catlett Mary Beth Shaw, Office of General Counsel

18:00 Wrap-up
18:30 Finish for the day
20:00 Networking Dinner

Day 2 – 20 July 2024

Building I of ISEP – 4th floor - Laboratory of Intelligent Decision Environment

09:00 Faculty Considerations Participating in Industry Sponsored Research

Bill Catlett

10:00 Memorializing the Relationship with Agreements

Anthonny Bocanfuso and Bill Catlett

11:00 Coffee Break
11:30 Present Value of Research and License Revenues

Bill Catlett

13:00 Lunch at ISEP-IPP
14:30 Industry/University Partnering Opportunities

Bill Catlett

16:00 Coffee Break
16:30 Construct a Proposed ILO Plan

Anthony Bocanfuso, Bill Catlett

17:45 Wrap-up
18:00 Finish for the day
20:00 Dinner at Hotel Axis Porto