Committees
We bring together experts to shape our initiatives and drive the knowledge transfer community forward. Each committee focuses on key areas, fostering collaboration and innovation across Europe.
Awards Committee
This group of volunteers steers the ASTP Impact Awards. They oversee the nomination, shortlisting and selection processes, ensuring that achievements across the European knowledge transfer community are recognised in a fair and transparent way. Through the awards, they celebrate impact, innovation and outstanding contribution to the profession.
Metrics and Impact Committee
The committee's main activities revolve around the ASTP annual survey on knowledge transfer. Their main responsibilities are to set up the indicators and prepare the questionnaire, to analyse data collected from the annual survey s and to report the results, which offer valuable insights into European KT offices’ activities and outputs. Published annual survey reports can be found here.
Professional Development Committee
This team of top professionals manage ASTP's professional development activities, which include the training courses, masterclasses, on-site and online training events and site visits. They are dedicated to your career development.
Conference Programme Committee
This group of volunteers develop the programme content for ASTP's annual conferences. Among some of Europe's most experienced KT professionals, they share their unique insights into the professional development needs of the community, the latest trend and most burning issues when developing the annual conference programme.
Europe Committee
This group of volunteers work to drive the conversation with the European Commission and other public bodies involved in the issues surround knowledge transfer issues and opportunities.
Digital Events Committee
These volunteers, from across Europe, develop the programme content for ASTP's online events, particularly the webinar series, Tea with ASTP.
Testimonials
Great networking and learning opportunities to share knowledge with colleagues from their various areas of expertise.
Bruno Woeran
Merinova OY - TII President, Finland
Most relevant, interesting and practical training I have ever had, very interactive an multi-disciplinary. It makes an IMPACT.
Edith van Lishout
KU Leuven, Belgium
The course exceeded my expectations. We exchanged experiences and learned different options of approaches to existing problems.
Patricia Lima
Instituto Superior Technico, Portugal
A must-do for any staff involved in technology transfer and start-up creation.
Frederic Ratel
Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia, Spain
Recent studies on both sides of the Atlantic, directed by either ASTP or AUTM, demonstrate the tremendous economic and societal benefit and value technology transfer has brought us.
Koenraad Debackere
KU Leuven, Belgium