Advanced Digital Innovation - Open-Source Software

Advanced Digital Innovation - Open-Source Software

Details of Open-Source Software – Protection, Management, and Valorisation

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13 October 2026 09:00 - 17:30 CET Online
Members
€400.00
Non-members
€520.00

Course Description

The one-day online training course Advanced Digital Innovation: Details of Open-Source Software – Protection, Management, and Valorisation provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of the role open-source software plays in knowledge and technology transfer within research and innovation ecosystems.

Through expert-led sessions and hands-on exercises, the course explores the structure of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) licences, strategies for compliance management, and the intersection of legal frameworks with valorisation approaches. Participants will also examine open data licensing, emerging regulatory developments, including the AI Act and Cyber Resilience Act, and practical business models for leveraging FOSS-based innovations.

Who should attend?

This course is ideal for Knowledge and Technology Transfer (KTT) professionals, research managers, and university or industry practitioners who engage with open-source software in collaborative or commercialisation settings.

It is particularly relevant for professionals seeking to strengthen their understanding of FOSS compliance, intellectual property management, and the development of sustainable business models based on open-source technologies. The course builds on the foundation laid in Software-specific challenges in knowledge transfer. Participants are expected to have some prior exposure to technology transfer or software-related IP topics.

Learning objective

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Identify the key characteristics of OSS.
  • Understand how FOSS licences are structured to achieve their goals.
  • Deal with issues arising from the use of Open Data.
  • Recognise the impact of legal regulations on valorisation strategies.
  • Apply a compliance checklist to FOSS-based valorisation projects.
  • Identify viable business models for valorising FOSS-based innovations.

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CIBIO - Centro de Investigação em Biodiversidade e Recursos Genéticos, Portugal

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Inventtory, Germany

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Centre for research in agricultural Genomics, Spain

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Merinova OY - TII President, Finland

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