Creating Venture Builder Roles at Universities and Research Organisations

Creating Venture Builder Roles at Universities and Research Organisations

An online validation workshop exploring the development of venture builder roles within universities, research and technology organisations, and research infrastructures as part of a European Commission initiative supporting research commercialisation.

The European Commission invites knowledge transfer and innovation professionals to participate in the online validation workshop Creating Venture Builder Roles at Universities and Research Organisations on 14 October 2026.

The workshop forms part of a European Commission initiative to support the development of venture builder roles within universities, research and technology organisations (RTOs), and research infrastructures. It provides an opportunity for participants to contribute to discussions on how these roles can strengthen research commercialisation and support the translation of research results into impact.

Registration is open for online participation. A limited number of places are available for in-person attendance in Brussels.

Date: 14 October 2026
Format: Online (with limited onsite participation in Brussels)
Registration: EUSurvey - Survey

Testimonials

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Organisation and speakers were great, so enthusiastic about their work and very good at transferring their knowledge.

Sarka Bartova

Research Centre Rez, Czech Republic

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One very long and hard day, but very useful for my work in TTO.

Petr Kubečka

Palacký University Olomouc, Czech Republic

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I learned more in the training course for 3 days than I did in the last 3 months at my job. The lectures were informative & interesting.

Hanna Sonnig

Setterwalls Advokatbyrå, Sweden

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This was the right decision giving me the broadest overview, confidence, tools, network and support that is fundamental to feel right in my daily decision process and to keep on learning.

Ricardo Castro

Centre for research in agricultural Genomics, Spain

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International presence is amazing, so many countries, universities... represented here!!

Christian Massus

SATT Aquitaine, France