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Joint ICTP-TWAS Workshop on Entrepreneurship for Physicists and Engineers from Developing Countries | (smr 2335)
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  • Monday, 23 April 2012
    • 08:30 - 10:00 Registration 
      All Speakers and Participants are required to complete registration formalities
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 08:30 Registration 1h30'
    • 10:00 - 10:45 Welcome Remarks 
      Brief introduction of Speakers and Organizers.  Workshop objectives. 15-second participant self-introductions.
      • 10:00 Welcome Remarks 45'
        Speaker: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan (IOP), Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics LLC), Joseph Niemela (ICTP), Beth Taylor (IOP), Peter McGrath (TWAS Programmes Officer)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 10:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Opportunities and barriers for commercialization
      • 11:00 Opportunities and barriers for commercialization 1h30'
        Speaker: Duncan Moore (University of Rochester, New York, USA)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Scientists and Engineers as Entrepreneurs
      • 14:00 Scientists and Engineers as Entrepreneurs 1h0'
        Speaker: Dawood Parker (Melys Diagnostics Limited, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:00 - 16:30 Making a business case of an idea - a classroom exercise
      • 15:00 Making a business case of an idea - a classroom exercise 1h30'
        Speaker: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions, London, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:30 - 17:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:30 Coffee Break 30'
    • 17:00 - 18:00 Group Project and Open Forum
      • 17:00 Group Project and Open Forum 1h0'
        Speaker: All Speakers
    • 18:00 - 18:15 Wrap-up for Day 1
      • 18:00 Wrap-up for Day 1 15'
        Speaker: Surya Raghu, Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan
  • Tuesday, 24 April 2012
    • 08:30 - 09:30 Effective communication skills for entrepreneurs
      • 08:30 Effective communication skills for entrepreneurs 1h0'
        Speaker: Beth Taylor (IOP, London, UK)
    • 09:30 - 10:45 Investors' perspectives on start-up funding
      • 09:30 Investors' perspectives on start-up funding 1h15'
        Speaker: Duncan Moore (University of Rochester, New York, USA)
    • 10:45 - 11:00 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 10:45 Coffee Break 15'
    • 11:00 - 12:30 Concept of intellectual property and its significance for starting a high-tech company 
      IP: Patents, trade secrets and trademarks; Who is the inventor and who is not?; Who owns the rights to an invention - you or your organization/company?; Publications vs. patents.
      • 11:00 Concept of intellectual property and its significance for starting a high-tech company 1h30'
        Speaker: Yumiko Hamano (WIPO, Geneva, Switzerland)
        Material: Hand out
    • 12:35 - 13:50 Lunch Break
      • 12:35 Lunch Break 1h15'
    • 13:50 - 14:00 Group Photo
      • 13:50 Group Photo 10'
    • 14:00 - 15:15 Classroom exercise on patenting an idea, legal documents and product launch
      • 14:00 Classroom exercise on patenting an idea, legal documents and product launch 1h15'
        Speaker: Yumiko Hamano, Surya Raghu
    • 15:15 - 16:30 Business plan fundamentals 
      Introduction to financial terminology, short quiz on financial terminology.  Suggested content for scientific business plan.
      • 15:15 Business plan fundamentals 1h15'
        Speaker: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions, London, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 16:30 - 16:45 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 16:30 Coffee Break 15'
    • 16:45 - 17:45 Technology trend forecasting and opportunity assessment
      • 16:45 Technology trend forecasting and opportunity assessment 1h0'
        Speaker: Stephen Taylor (Strategic Technology Transfer, AREA Science Park, Trieste)
    • 17:45 - 18:15 Project updates from groups and Open Forum
      • 17:45 Project updates from groups and Open Forum 30'
        Speaker: All Speakers
    • 18:15 - 18:30 Wrap-up for Day 2
      • 18:15 Wrap-up for Day 2 15'
        Speaker: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan, Surya Raghu
  • Wednesday, 25 April 2012
    • 08:30 - 09:45 Taking the inventions to market 
      Evaluating the Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of an invention for commercialization, processes involved and estimates of time required to develop a product from an invention.
      • 08:30 Taking the inventions to market 1h15'
        Speaker: Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics LLC, Ellicott City, USA)
    • 09:45 - 11:00 Commercializing your innovation 
      Decision to form your own start-up, license or sell your technology? How does a single inventor/university team/small company make these decisions?  Who is the customer? How viable is the technology and how receptive is the market?
      • 09:45 Commercializing your innovation 1h15'
        Speaker: Anthony Bunn (MRC Innovation Centre, Cape Town, South Africa)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 11:15 - 12:15 Start-up financing options for an entrepreneur
      • 11:15 Start-up financing options for an entrepreneur 1h0'
        Speaker: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions, London, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:15 - 13:30 Lunch Break
      • 12:15 Lunch Break 1h15'
    • 13:30 - 14:30 Inventions to start-ups 
      How it is done at Oxford and what experience can be translated to developing countries
      • 13:30 Inventions to start-ups 1h0'
        Speaker: Rakesh Roshan (Isis Innovation Ltd., Oxford, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 14:30 - 15:30 Lessons from start-ups and spin-offs 
      30 minutes each
      • 14:30 Lessons from start-ups and spin-offs 1h0'
        Speaker: Anthony Bunn, Dawood Parker
        Material: lecture notes
    • 15:30 - 15:45 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 15:30 Coffee Break 15'
    • 15:45 - 16:45 Case Studies
      • 15:45 Case Studies 1h0'
        Speaker: Participants (TBD)
    • 16:45 - 17:45 Project updates and Open Forun
      • 16:45 Project updates and Open Forun 1h0'
        Speaker: All Speakers and Participants
    • 17:45 - 18:00 Wrap-up for Day 3
      • 17:45 Wrap-up for Day 3 15'
        Speaker: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan, Surya Raghu
  • Thursday, 26 April 2012
    • 09:00 - 10:00 Marketing
      • 09:00 Marketing 1h0'
        Speaker: Duncan Moore (University of Rochester, New York, USA)
    • 10:00 - 10:30 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 10:00 Coffee Break 30'
    • 10:30 - 11:30 Social Media for Entrepreneurship
      • 10:30 Social Media for Entrepreneurship 1h0'
        Speaker: Richard Brooks (FD Solutions, London, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 11:30 - 12:30 Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability
      • 11:30 Open Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Sustainability 1h0'
        Speaker: Rakesh Roshan (Isis Innovation Ltd., Oxford, UK)
        Material: lecture notes
    • 12:30 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:30 Lunch Break 1h30'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Key decisions in starting a company
      • 14:00 Key decisions in starting a company 1h0'
        Speaker: Surya Raghu (Advanced Fluidics LLC, Ellicott City, USA)
    • 15:00 - 17:00 Project Work 
      All Speakers available for consultation on projects
      • 15:00 Project Work 2h0'
    • 15:15 - 15:30 Coffee Break
      • 15:15 Coffee Break 15'
  • Friday, 27 April 2012
    • 09:00 - 09:30 Participants' idea/business plan presentations to a panel of experts for critique 
      Introduction of the panel of judges
      • 09:00 Participants' idea/business plan presentations to a panel of experts for critique 30'
        Speaker: Panel (All Speakers and Local Representatives)
    • 09:30 - 11:00 Session 1, Groups 1, 2 and 3
      • 09:30 Session 1, Groups 1, 2 and 3 1h30'
    • 11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
      Location: Leonardo da Vinci Building, Lobby
      • 11:00 Coffee Break 15'
    • 11:15 - 12:45 Session 2, Groups 4, 5 and 6
      • 11:15 Session 2, Groups 4, 5 and 6 1h30'
    • 12:45 - 14:00 Lunch Break
      • 12:45 Lunch Break 1h15'
    • 14:00 - 15:00 Session 3, Groups 7 and 8
      • 14:00 Session 3, Groups 7 and 8 1h0'
    • 15:00 - 15:30 Feedback to the participants on their plans. Feedback from participants to the organizers (written and informal) 
      Moderator: Richard Brooks
      • 15:00 Feedback to the participants on their plans. Feedback from participants to the organizers (written and informal) 30'
        Speaker: All panelists, all participants
    • 15:30 - 16:00 Concluding Remarks
      • 15:30 Concluding Remarks 30'
        Speaker: Dipali Bhatt-Chauhan, Surya Raghu, Joseph Niemela & Peter McGrath
    • 16:00 - 16:30 Distribution of Certificates after handing out the written evaluations
      • 16:00 Distribution of Certificates after handing out the written evaluations 30'