BioFIT 2015

BioFIT is the leading partnering event in Europe for open innovation, technology transfer and collaborative research in the field of Life Sciences.

Biosynergy Steering Group Member, Assoicate Professor, Timo Minssen has been invited to chair Track 2:KEY ISSUES IN LICENSING AND TECH TRANSFER

The session will discuss how "academia wants to push out knowledge and innovation on the one hand and the industry is looking to pull it in and bring it to market on the other hand. However simple this might seem, when an innovation is pushed out from academia as a spin off or as a license transferred to a company many challenges arise. How can these challenges in terms of IP, due diligence and academia/industry interests be overcome."

Topics include:

  1. Networks and alliances with the industry: how can TTOs contribute to their success?
  2. Shaping the future of Open-Innovation : does IP leagl framework need remodeling?
  3. University spin-offs: how to optimize the business and university interests/ is it easy to balance
  4. Capacity Building by ASTP-Proton
  5. How to implement and perform effective due diligence?