Benefitting from your national and international networks

1. Benefitting from your national and international networks Karen Laigaard Acting Vice-President Research & Innovation University of Copenhagen President of ASTP (Assoc. of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals) Sweden, 25th August 2010 Karen Laigaard, August 2010

2. University of Copenhagen • Founded 1472 • 5,500 researchers • 37,000 students • 2000: Patent Office established • 2003: Tech Transfer Office established • 2008: Dept of Research & Innovation established

3. The Danish national network of TT • 2000: 5 patent consortia with selected universities coordinating activities of each consortium • 2003: Danish national network of TT mainly funded by the Danish Government and managed by one university • 2009: Danish network now mainly funded by the universities (with a little government funding) + managed by the Conferederation of Danish Universities

4. Activities of Danish National Network • Build and develop competencies and knowledge • (courses, seminars, etc.) • Develop methods • (marketing, model agreements, patent exchange, metrics for TT ….) • Exchange best practise • (formal and informal meetings on IPR, conflict of interest, licensing clauses, etc) • Develop policies and lobbying activities

5. Benefits • Network of TT professionals in Denmark • Development of best practise • Useful in inter-university collaborations • Big pool of colleagues for advice, ideas, etc. • And • Access to ASTP activities!

6. Who are we ? ASTP Association of European Science & Technology Transfer Professionals, established 1999. Over 600 individual members from almost 50 countries Goal Improve Technology Transfer by exchanging best practices & training TT professionals Events Diversity in high quality events with almost 1000 participating professionals per year Toolswww.astp.net / wiki.astp.net / e-mail mailing list Annual TT Survey  Bottom-up, self-funded, practitioners based association, independent What is ASTP?

7. Members 600 594 500 560 540 400 462 300 406 354 200 281 242 160 100 116 0 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 May 2009 Year Growth of our membership Members: approximately 75% academic, 25% business

8. Board 2010 - 2011 ASTP Board members as per May 2009 Karen Laigaard University of Copenhagen, Denmark Anders Haugland BTO Bergen, Norway Jörn Erselius Max Planck Innovation, Germany Kevin Cullen University of Glasgow, United Kingdom Sara Matt-Leubner University of Innsbruck, Austria Koen Verhouf Dutch Cancer Institute, The Netherlands Former board members from UCL / LBS; EMBL-EM; Institut Pasteur; TTO Denmark; IMEC; VTT; VIB and various universities throughout Europe

9. Annual events Annual Conference: Best practices in transfer of Science and Technology (200-250 people) Paris, Munich, Prague, Copenhagen, Budapest, Amsterdam, Turku, Heidelberg, Bergen, Ghent Site Visits: Isis Innovations Oxford, Catholic University Leuven, (25 – 30 people) Cancer Research Technology London Masterclass: Clinical Trial Agreements – Amsterdam, The Other IP (25 – 30 people)Bergen, Inside the mind of an investor – Venice

10. Professional Education Training courses - last week of January - first / second week of September Basic Fundamentals of technology transfer (45 people) Advanced Strategic Marketing of Intellectual property (30 a 40 max) Advanced Lisensing Skills Building and Financing Spinouts Advanced Marketing and Deal Making Effective Negotiation in Technology Transfer R&D Collaborations Courses held in Lisbon, Copenhagen, Dublin, Vienna, Leuven, Mallorca, Barcelona ...

11. Other services to members Exchange of expertise Platform for exchange of best practices, yearly events, access to an online discussion forum Education Professional education, workshops, site visits Networking Being a member of the largest European TTO community Ample time for informal meetings at our events ASTP Linked-in group Information supply Newsletters, membership directory, ASTP Survey, conference reader Other services Reduction on registration fees for our events, reductions on publications & materials of past events, discount on European TT events, group discounts at events for members from national networks

12. Our strengths Exchange of best practise with international TT professionals A nice mix of experienced TTO’s and new-comers For practitioners – by practitioners No lobbying / political interference: major aim is to support the professionals Informal settings: time for networking, discussions and social Programmes A very open and friendly network where people like to exchange ideas and help eachother Almost 10 years of experience in the first and largest European network of TT professionals

13. Collaboration Active collaboration with PRAXIS (TT training company in UK), KU Leuven, fellow tech transfer organisations ATTP: an initiative set up by ASTP,AUTM, KCA, ATMT, UNICO to provide a global standard of professional achievement. Connects more than 5,000 tech transfer professionals in 67 countries (visit www.attp.info to see how you can become a “Registered Technology Transfer Professional” Ad hoc partnerships with e.g. IPTEC, Bio Europe, EuroBio National networks: Reseau Curie, Praxis-UNICO (UK), Norwegian Network, Danish Network, SwiTT (Switzerland), Snitts (Sweden) ….. And soon Slovenia!!! ;-)

14. Forthcoming Events 28 & 29 October 2010 European tech transfer national networks meeting Zaandam, The Netherlands 2 & 3 December 2010 Masterclasses on: problem cases protection inventions negotiation Amsterdam (Schipol Airport, The Netherlands) 26 – 28 January 2011 ASTP training courses: Fundamentals of technology transfer Advanced marketing and deal making Leuven, Belgium

15. Thank you! Karen Laigaard Director of Research & Innovation University of Copenhagen President of ASTP kala@adm.ku.dk