The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), with the co-sponsorship of the APS, of the lOP, of the OSA and of the IEEE has organized a Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries, to be held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy, from 30 March to 5 April 2016. 

A one-week intensive Workshop  for physicists and engineers from developing countries interested in learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions.: such an educational programme is missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working in universities and scientific institutions.

Topics:

• Physicists and Engineers as inventors and entrepreneurs;

• Concept of intellectual property (IP) and its significance in developing countries;

• Taking science to the market - Timelines and processes for taking an invention to product;

• Business model development;

• Small business financing and business plan fundamentals;

• Marketing the ideas;

• Success stories;

• Business plan presentation by participants;

• Training of lecturers and scientists in development of an "Entrepreneurship Curriculum"