Tea with ASTP: Follow the Money or Follow the Knowledge?

Tea with ASTP: Follow the Money or Follow the Knowledge?

Practitioners, policymakers and researchers are increasingly aware of the limitations of current approaches to perceiving, evaluating, and reporting the impact of science commercialisation.

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We are witnessing a shift from a purely economic focus toward the inclusion of societal impact. However, this shift brings significant challenges in measuring and managing knowledge and technology transfer projects.

We discuss a different perspective—one that moves beyond assessing individual actors or organisations and instead emphasises knowledge flows within innovation ecosystems. If knowledge transfer is our primary concern, why aren’t we focusing more on how knowledge moves, evolves, and creates value across interconnected stakeholders?

In this session, we will explore how knowledge flows shape ecosystems and drive impact beyond financial metrics. Through a mix of theoretical insights and real-world cases—including our student incubator programs and the work of non-traditional impact scholars—we will examine new ways to understand, measure, and manage knowledge and technology transfer in practice. After all, if we readily track the flow of money to understand economic value, shouldn’t we be just as intentional in tracking the flow of knowledge to understand impact?

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Testimonials

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Technology transfer is ever changing and a key piece for the competitiveness of your institution, this course is an excellent tool to prepare yourself for that challenge.

Ricardo Castro

Centre for research in agricultural Genomics, Spain

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From day one ASTP has been a tremendous help. Learning throughs seminars and workshops or meeting peers for discussions, there is always someone around to exchange ideas with.

Paul van Dun

KU Leuven, Belgium

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Perfect balance of learning and networking.

Smiljka Vikic-Topic

University of Zagreb, Croatia

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Excellent professional gathering, perfect collection of topics and very up-to-date insight.

Ludovic Urgeghe

University of Mons, Belgium

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This is a wonderful conference to expand the horizon of my knowledge of tech transfer and commercialisation.

Seung-Ho Lee

Deltatech-Korea, South Korea