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INTRODUCTION Technology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@Austin Cliff Zintgraff Program Manager, UTEN@Austin. About UTEN@Austin. The mission of UTEN@Austin is to help build a globally competitive and sustainable science and technology commercialization infrastructure in Portugal. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
INTRODUCTIONTechnology Transfer and
Commercialization with UTEN@AustinCliff Zintgraff
Program Manager, UTEN@Austin
About UTEN@Austin
The mission of UTEN@Austin is to help build a globally competitive and sustainable science and technology commercialization infrastructure in Portugal.
UTEN is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.
UT Austin | Portugal CoLab
UTEN@Austin is one of four programs in the International Collaboratory for Emerging Technologies, or CoLab. UTEN works toward sustainable technology transfer in the program areas, and in other disciplines.
Digital Media
Advanced Computing Math Other
Areas
UTEN
UTEN Executive Board
• INESC Porto: José Mendonça, Chair• TecMinho: Manuel Mota, Jamie Ferreira,
Marta Catarino• UPIN, University of Porto: Jorge Gonçalves,
Maria Oliveira• IPN: Teresa Mendes• IST: Rui Baptista, Maria José Francisco
Organizations1. University of Algarve2. IST3. Taguspark4. University of Lisbon / IMM5. New University of Lisbon6. INPI7. University of Evora8. IPN / University of Coimbra9. University of Aveiro10. University of Porto / UPIN11. University of Porto / UPTEC12. University of Porto / FEUP13. TecMaia14. University of Minho / TecMinho15. University of Tres-os-Montes at Alto Douro
Technologies / Companies (sampling)1. Bioalvo2. Fluidinova3. WeAdapt4. PETSYS5. AuditMark6. Critical – RetMarker7. BlueWorks8. iSurgical 3DAnd more at …http://www.techportugal.com/index2.php
What Is Sustainable Tech Transfer?• Productive researchers
Who know how to work with TT staff & industry• Professional University TT staff
Office strategy Tech assessment Market analysis Licensing
• Supportive administration• Entrepreneurs• Local, national and global networks• Focused on the market
UTEN Activities
University Research License or Commercialize MarketL I V E C A S E S
Assessment
Training
Internships
Education
UTEN Values
Our “Style”Global market orientationGrassroots developmentLive casesChange agents / bias for action
Education
10-point curriculum for TT staff Integrated with live cases Strategy -> tactics -> execution
Training
National workshops Local workshops One-on-one sessions
Assessment
Portfolio Assessment Global Market Assessment
Brutal focus on market perceptions.
Internships
U.S. based Strategic goals for TTOs Embedded in U.S. organization Portfolio review / tech development
Today -- Researcher Workshop
11:00 Introduction11:15 Pitch Camp12:00 Best (and Worst)
Researcher Practices12:45 Wrap-up Panel13:30 Close
Entrepreneur Workshop
1. Introduction2. Global Market Strategy3. Global Market Assessment
Guidelines for today
1. Pick a technology.2. We won’t stop, but you can
take a break when the time is right.
Researcher Workshop -- The UTEN Way
InteractiveEngaging (we hope)Live-case basedEveryone involved – and if you’re not …
INTRODUCTIONTechnology Transfer and
Commercialization with UTEN@AustinCliff Zintgraff
Program Manager, UTEN@Austin
PITCH CAMPHeath Naquin, UTEN@AustinTom Gardner, UTEN@Austin
Reseacher’s Best (and Worst) Practices in Technology Transfer
STARRING
Heath Naquinas himself
Cliff Zintgraffas Dr. Jones
Tom Gardneras Discussion Leader
About The Mock Interviews
Two inventor interviews Just like in our RapidScreen assessment That reflect real interviews we’ve done That kindly highlight some issues about
how researchers could/should deal with commercialization professionals
Disclaimer
Any similarity to real persons or projects is totally on purpose.
INTERVIEW 1
“Rapid Response Contextual Phrase Matching with Enhancements from Frequency Domain Searches”
INTERVIEW 1
DISCUSSION
INTERVIEW 2
“EduPath – Solving Our Alignment Problems in Education”
INTERVIEW 2
DISCUSSION
Panel: Working With Your Tech Transfer OfficeMarta CatarinoTecMinho
Dina ChavesPedro VilarinhoNew University of Lisbon
Nuno SilvaMiguel CastanhoUniversity of Lisbon / IMM
Eli MercerUTEN@Austin
Name one behavior we discussed this morning – good or bad – that you’ve seen personally. Tell us about it! Tell us the impact of the behavior on the project you were working on.
What is the most important advice you can give researchers about working with your office?
UTEN Researcher Workshop is underway!
Join us in the Auditorium, right back corner of showroom.