Online workshop: Technology transfer in Horizon Europe

This workshop is designed for people responsible for setting up collaborations between academia and industry, wishing to expand their skills and deepen their knowledge of the intricacies of research and development collaborations between academia and industry.

The workshop will focus on technology transfer issues for newcomers to Horizon Europe projects in the areas of nanotechnology, advanced materials and new manufacturing processes (NMP).

Learning objectives

• A broad overview of the fields covered by Knowledge Transfer Officers and offices;
• Cover the basic output of a KTO / TTO;
• Gain insights into patenting and patent evaluation, and the licensing process;
• Develop the rudimentary tools for dealing with inventions, inventors, licensees, founders and potential cooperation partners;
• Increase knowledge on setting up a spin-off company, including the broad financing possibilities;
• Handling communication between academia and industry within collaborations
• Managing expectations.

The workshop is organised during two days on 2-3 February 2022. The first day is dedicated to the fundamentals of technology transfer, the second day is oriented to the issue of research and development collaboration.

Participation in the workshop is conditioned by registration in the list of "newcomers" in the project FIT-4-NMP.

Registration for the event is also required and available here.

A detailed programme for to event is available here.

More information about the event is available here.

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