Research Commercialisation: From Ideas to IPO, London (UK)

19-20 May 2014. UK government, leading industrial, investor and academic speakers headline at major new event to review strategies to support the commercialisation of university research.

 

Research Commercialisation: From Ideas to IPO will provide an international forum for knowledge transfer that will enable different sectors to develop new government-university-industry-investor collaborations. More than 30 thought leaders representing a wide range of government, academic, and industrial experts, all of whom understand the necessity for an international partnering platform, will address what has worked, what has failed, and concrete steps to improve global economic innovation and job creation. Together they will explore ways to translate entrepreneurial innovations into economic growth

 

A series of keynote presentations and panel sessions will discuss:  Bringing research to the market; Best practices in technology transfer; Industry-university collaborations; Intellectual property strategies; License vs start-up; Investment strategies; Key Performance Indicators.