The Digital Innovations SIG webinar explores software compliance with open-source licensing, focusing on ensuring ownership and avoiding third-party rights conflicts. Discussions include the use, development, and implementation of software repositories, their challenges, and benefits for licensing and commercial opportunities. Participants share insights and best practices for effective repository management.
The WIPO Guide to Trade Secrets and Innovation highlights the strategic value of trade secrets in driving innovation and protecting confidential information. It provides an overview of trade secret systems, management practices, and their role in modern economies, offering insights for businesses, policymakers, and researchers.
In 2024, Tanja Kovačič presents The Impact Fund of the University of Ljubljana – The HUD Fund in a webinar organised by SHAPE SIG. She highlights the fund’s role in enhancing social sciences, arts, and humanities research impact and explores recent knowledge transfer activities leading to its creation.
Join Katrina Bradley and BioMedical SIG for a webinar on market access strategies in life sciences. Learn to plan, execute, and optimise early tech deployment.
In this webinar, D'vorah Graeser explored innovative ways to use AI tools like ChatGPT and Perplexity AI to streamline the journey from research breakthroughs to market-ready innovations. Through hands-on demonstrations of both platforms, participants leared to craft strategic prompts that can help identify ideal industries and companies for your researchers' innovations. D'vorah broke down effective prompt structures with real-world examples, showing participants exactly how to frame your queries for optimal results. Whether you are looking to optimise your commercialisation strategy or find the perfect market fit for your latest technology, this session will equip you with practical AI techniques to supercharge your tech transfer process.
The 8th ASTP- EU Forum continues the dialogue between European knowledge transfer professionals and staff of the European Commission. At this free online event, participants have the opportunity to hear directly from senior Commission staff working on initiatives which directly impact the innovation landscape. This event is organised by ASTP's Europe Committee.
In 2024, Nicoline Løvenskjold Guldsing presents Innovative SHAPE Developments in Denmark in a webinar organised by SHAPE SIG. She discusses the Danish SHAPE Taskforce’s collaborative strategy, new initiatives supporting SHAPE, and insights from her work at the University of Southern Denmark.
Second webinar of the series, From research and innovation to development: how to plan and execute translational projects in life sciences. This webinar will focus on the process involved with the release of new medical devices.
Technology breakthroughs and innovation are widely recognised as powerful engines of economic growth in developed economies. As a result, research carried out in universities has gained increasing attention as a lever to securing a nation’s competitiveness. However, transferring knowledge to the market often remains a challenge for universities, whose primary missions are related to education and academic research.
Explore the importance of mental health in the Knowledge Transfer sector and how KTOs can lead the way in creating a culture of wellness and support. Join our webinar Breaking the Silence: Mental Health in KT, to gain insights on promoting well-being in this field.
In 2024, Professor Roberta Guerrina presents Different Routes to Impact for SHAPE Research in a webinar organised by SHAPE SIG. She shares her experience combining spinouts, consultancy, and policy, highlighting her work with EQUAL In-Sight, a platform promoting equality through evidence-based, data-driven solutions for organisations.
In this webinar Sjaak Brinkkemper presents his vision on entrepreneurship in ecosystems: starting a software company is relatively easy, but continuing the enterprise in a solid and sustainable manner is extremely difficult. He investigates decision making on software production: product roadmapping, product/service duality, customer involvement, productisation, and internationalisation. He also pays attention to the role of the Knowledge Transfer Office in the ecosystem in a very early stage.
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