Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries

Description

Purpose and Nature: This one-week intensive Workshop is designed for physicists from developing countries who are interested in learning entrepreneurial skills to commercialize their scientific inventions. Such an educational program is missing in many of the developing countries for scientists working in universities and scientific institutions.  The participants will benefit from the international perspective provided in this Workshop from both experts and co-participants from developing countries.

Goals and Objectives:  The objectives of this Workshop are to introduce to the scientists the process of innovation, generation and protection of intellectual property, technology transfer and commercialization of inventions.  The Workshop will consist of lectures by invited speakers, case studies, group discussions and role-playing sessions related to commercialization of a product.

Material

Day 2 Pictures Group Photo 1 Group Photo 2 List of Participants Speakers Biodata poster recording web page

Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries | (smr 1996)

Go to day

Monday, 17 March 2008

08:30 - 10:00 Registration and Administrative Formalities

Visitors are requested to register with the secretary in the Adriatico Guesthouse.  
There will be a shuttle bus running from the Adriatico to the Fermi Building and back until 10 a.m. for those needing to go to the Finance office

08:30 Registration and Administrative Formalities 1h30'

10:00 - 11:00 Welcome Remarks

K.R. Sreenivasan (Director, ICTP)
Giancarlo Michellone (AREA Science Park, Trieste)
Claudio Tuniz (Assistant Director, ICTP)
Dipali Chauhan (IOP, London)
Amy Flatten (APS, USA)

10:00 Welcome Remarks 1h0'

11:00 - 12:00 Participant self-introductions and expectations from the Workshop
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Moderators: David Secher and S. Raghu
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- 11:00 Participant self-introductions and expectations from the Workshop 1h0'
12:00 - 13:00 Lunch Break
- 12:00 Lunch Break 1h0'

13:00 - 14:00 Lecture 1 (tentative topic): Relation between scientific research, inventions and products

Chair: Andrea Vacchi, Director, INFN Trieste -
Open-ended research versus product oriented research, identifying technological needs of the society and market.  University vs. industrial research.

13:00 Lecture 1 (tentative topic): Relation between scientific research, inventions and products 1h0'

Speaker:	Peter Dobson (University of Oxford, UK)
Material:	lecture notes

14:00 - 15:00 Lecture 2: Institutional roles for commercialization

(Chair: Dipali Chauhan) - Role of the academic departments/sections, technology transfer office, the University and the government in encouraging scientists to commercialize inventions.  SMEs.  Interfacing with industry, strategic partnerships, inter-institutional and international agreements.

14:00 Lecture 2: Institutional roles for commercialization 1h0'

Speaker:	David Secher (N8 Research Partnership, Sheffield, UK)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 15:30 Coffee Break
- 15:00 Coffee Break 30'

15:30 - 16:30 Lecture 3: Pre-Business feasibility analysis and opportunity assessment

Chair: Amy Flatten

15:30 Lecture 3: Pre-Business feasibility analysis and opportunity assessment 1h0'

Speaker:	Edward Caner (Innovation & Entrepreneurship Programs, Cleveland, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

16:30 - 17:30 Group discussion Topic: Physicists as entrepreneurs: opportunities and challenges
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Moderators: Edward Caner and Dawood Parker
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- 16:30 Group discussion Topic: Physicists as entrepreneurs: opportunities and challenges 1h0'
19:00 - 21:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Sessions
- 19:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Sessions 2h0'

Tuesday, 18 March 2008

08:30 - 09:30 Lecture 4: Concept of intellectual property and its significance

Chair: Surya Raghu - Patents, trade secrets and trademarks.  Who is the inventor and who is not?  Proper record keeping for patenting.  Who owns the rights to an invention - you or your organization/company?  Publications vs. patents.

08:30 Lecture 4: Concept of intellectual property and its significance 1h0'

Speaker: Harry Thangaraj (London, UK)

09:30 - 10:30 Lecture 5: Basics of patenting

Chair: Amy Flatten - General Patent Office Info, Patent and literature search, Classification, filing procedures, Process of examination and verification, communication with patent attorney/individual, help for individual inventors, etc.

09:30 Lecture 5: Basics of patenting 1h0'

Speaker:	Charles Eloshway (Office of Intellectual Property Policy and Enforcement, USPTO, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
- 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 - 13:00 Panel Discussion: Global IP Protection (USPTO, WIPO, EPO)
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Chair/Moderator: Peter Dobson
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- 11:00 Panel Discussion: Global IP Protection (USPTO, WIPO, EPO) 2h0'
  
  Speaker: 20 minutes presentation each+discussion
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'

14:00 - 15:00 Lecture 6: Invention to product: Timelines and processes

Chair: Dawood Parker

14:00 Lecture 6: Invention to product: Timelines and processes 1h0'

Speaker:	Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics, USA)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 16:00 Lecture 7: IP management and Institutional IP policy for Universities and R&D Institutions
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Chair: Dipali Chauhan - Non disclosure agreements, licensing, various legal agreements between inventor, institutions and industries, licensing and technology transfer
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- 15:00 Lecture 7: IP management and Institutional IP policy for Universities and R&D Institutions 1h0'
  
  Speaker: Yumiko Hamano (Intellectual Properties and New Technologies Division, WIPO, Switzerland)
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
- 16:00 Coffee Break 30'
16:30 - 18:00 Group Discussion: Topic 1: To patent or not to patent: Implications on business strategies and secrets, control on IP, moral and ethical issues, conflicts of "open science" vs. "secret science", Restrictive patent regulations. Topic 2: Working with Industry: How to deal with IP issues?
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Chair: Patrizia Tiberi Vipraio, University of Udine;
Moderators Topic 1: Peter Dobson and Charles Eloshway;
Moderators Topic 2: David Secher and TBA
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- 16:30 Group Discussion: Topic 1: To patent or not to patent: Implications on business strategies and secrets, control on IP, moral and ethical issues, conflicts of "open science" vs. "secret science", Restrictive patent regulations. Topic 2: Working with Industry: How to deal with IP issues? 1h30'
19:00 - 21:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development
- 19:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development 2h0'

Wednesday, 19 March 2008

08:30 - 10:30 Lecture 8: Business Plan Fundamentals

Chair - John Enderby - Financials involved in patenting (typical cost of provisional application, full patent application, maintenance fees, CIP costs).  Marketing of an invention.  How to raise capital for developing an invention into a marketable product.  Preparing a business plan.  Early-stage venture capitalists and angel investors.

08:30 Lecture 8: Business Plan Fundamentals 2h0'

Speaker: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions, London, UK)

10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
- 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
11:00 - 12:00 Lecture 9: Taking science to the market: insights, models and experiences from NCL, India
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Chair: Dipali Chauhan
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- 11:00 Lecture 9: Taking science to the market: insights, models and experiences from NCL, India 1h0'
  
  Speaker: V. Premnath (National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India)
12:00 - 12:30 Lecture 10: Success Story 1. Innovation Centre and Mexican Venture Capital Fund for High Technology
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Chair V. Premnath
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- 12:00 Lecture 10: Success Story 1. Innovation Centre and Mexican Venture Capital Fund for High Technology 30'
  
  Speaker: Graziano Bertogli (ICS, UNIDO, Trieste, Italy)
12:30 - 13:00 Lecture 11: TBD
- 12:30 Lecture 11: TBD 30'
13:00 - 14:00 Lunch Break
- 13:00 Lunch Break 1h0'

14:00 - 15:00 Lecture 12: Success Story 2. Opportunities for developing countries in the post-oil era

Chair: Amy Flatten

14:00 Lecture 12: Success Story 2. Opportunities for developing countries in the post-oil era 1h0'

Speaker:	Fernando Galembeck (UNICAMP, Brazil)
Material:	lecture notes

15:00 - 16:00 Lecture 13: TBA
- 15:00 Lecture 13: TBA 1h0'
  
  Speaker: TBA
16:00 - 16:30 Coffee Break
- 16:00 Coffee Break 30'

16:30 - 17:30 Lecture 14: Success Story 4.

Chair: Fabio Ruzzier (University of Trieste)

16:30 Lecture 14: Success Story 4. 1h0'

Speaker:	Dawood Parker (Melys Diagnostics, UK)
Material:	lecture notes

17:30 - 18:30 Group Discussion (continued). Topic 1: To Patent or Not to Patent. Topic 2. Working with Industry.
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Moderators: Charles Eloshway
Chair: Surya Raghu
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- 17:30 Group Discussion (continued). Topic 1: To Patent or Not to Patent. Topic 2. Working with Industry. 1h0'
19:00 - 21:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development
- 19:00 Dinner/Post-Dinner Informal Q&A Session/Business Plan Development 2h0'

Thursday, 20 March 2008

08:30 - 08:30 Bus to AREA Science Park - Program at AREA Science Park, Padriciano
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All participants will meet at the bus stop in Grignano (by the sea), where a private bus will depart to the AREA Science Park, Padriciano.
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- 08:30 Bus to AREA Science Park - Program at AREA Science Park, Padriciano

10:00 - 10:30 Lecture 15: Evaluating business opportunities arising from technology commercialisation

Chair: Steve Taylor
Methodologies used for global business intelligence gathering, and filtering and for technology monitoring and opportunity identification and assessment

10:00 Lecture 15: Evaluating business opportunities arising from technology commercialisation 30'

Speaker:	Steve Taylor (SRI Consulting - Business Intelligence)
Material:	lecture notes

10:30 - 11:00 Lecture 16: Introduction to Science Parks: Innovation policies and innovative start-ups

Chair: Steve Taylor
The role of science and technology parks in developing and managing innovation as a tool for enterprise creation and growth.  Innovation policies and practices tailored to facilitate the regional investment in RTD and technological innovation.  Showcasing the practices adopted in AREA Science Park and presentation of success stories achieved and of the NovaRegio toolkit.

10:30 Lecture 16: Introduction to Science Parks: Innovation policies and innovative start-ups 30'

Speaker: Gabriele Gatti (AREA Science Park, Trieste)

11:00 - 11:30 Lecture 17: Introduction to Innovation Network (TM) and Innovation Factory (TM) toolkits

Chair: Steve Taylor
Fostering the creation of high growth potential innovative companies by technology assessment and transfer:  the regional network of competence centers for managing and diffusing technologies and innovation, exploring the commercial feasibility of an idea and bringing research to market.  Hi-tech business incubation for innovative start-ups from academic research.  Two valuable tools: Innovation Network (TM) and Innovation Factory (TM)

11:00 Lecture 17: Introduction to Innovation Network (TM) and Innovation Factory (TM) toolkits 30'

Speaker: Paolo Mander (AREA Science Park, Trieste)

11:30 - 12:00 Lecture 18: Introduction to the enterprise creation and acceleration experience of BIC-FVG

Chair: Steve Taylor
BIC-FVG is a "best practice" European business incubator/accelerator.  Several approaches and methods have been developed to support venture creation.  For example, the "lead Users" and "collaborative entrepreneurship" methods are being successfully adopted to accelerate company growth, compress time to market, reduce risk - and attract private investors.  BIC-FVG is leading a US-Italy partnership program to network high-level Italian Business Angels co-investing with Venture Capital Funds.

11:30 Lecture 18: Introduction to the enterprise creation and acceleration experience of BIC-FVG 30'

Speaker: Elena Colonna (BIC-FVG, Trieste)

12:00 - 13:00 Visit to AREA Science Park "Virtual Show Room"
- 12:00 Visit to AREA Science Park "Virtual Show Room" 1h0'
13:00 - 13:00 Departure by bus from AREA Padriciano to Sincrotrone Basovizza
- 13:00 Departure by bus from AREA Padriciano to Sincrotrone Basovizza
13:30 - 14:00 Self-service buffet lunch in Basovizza Cafeteria
- 13:30 Self-service buffet lunch in Basovizza Cafeteria 30'
14:00 - 16:00 Visit to AREA Science Park Laboratories and Facilities (Basovizza site)
- 14:00 Visit to AREA Science Park Laboratories and Facilities (Basovizza site) 2h0'
16:00 - 16:00 Departure by bus back to the ICTP
- 16:00 Departure by bus back to the ICTP
19:00 - 21:00 Workshop Dinner

Location: Adriatico Guest House Cafeteria
- 19:00 Workshop Dinner 2h0'

Friday, 21 March 2008
- 08:30 - 09:00 Introduction of the Panel (Confirmed panellists: Joseph Niemela, Antonio Sfiligoj)
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Chair: Beth Taylor, IOP
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  - 08:30 Introduction of the Panel (Confirmed panellists: Joseph Niemela, Antonio Sfiligoj) 30'
- 09:00 - 10:30 Session I
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Chair: TBA

9:00 - 9:30 - Group 1
9:30 - 10:00 - Group 2
10:00 - 10:30 - Group 3
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  - 09:00 Session I 1h30'
- 10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
  - 10:30 Coffee Break 30'
- 11:00 - 12:30 Session II
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Chair: Joseph Niemela, ICTP

11:00 - 11:30 - Group 4
11:30 - 12:00 - Group 5
12:00 - 12:30 - Group 6
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  - 11:00 Session II 1h30'
- 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
  - 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
- 14:00 - 15:00 Session III
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Chair: TBA

14:00 - 14:30 - Group 7
14:30 - 15:00 - Group 8
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  - 14:00 Session III 1h0'
- 15:00 - 16:00 Concluding Remarks
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ICTP Director, Workshop Organizers, Beth Taylor IOP
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  - 15:00 Concluding Remarks 1h0'