Wednesday September 8th, 2010: 11:30 – 13:00  

The identification of barriers to commercialisation is necessary to accelerate technologies' successful development and to encourage faster market uptake.

This session will address the following questions :

- What are best practices and main success factors of effective communication and business models and 'working together' between various types of researchers and/or entrepreneurs and investors?

- What are best practices for IPR, license agreements and model licenses?

- How can these best practices bring together a critical mass in terms of knowledge?

Chair

• Koen Debackere, Leuven Research & Development (Technology Transfer Office of KU Leuven) (Belgium)

Speakers

• Eeva Viinikka, Programme Director Culminatum Innovation (Finland)

• Vincent Ryckaert, IMEC (Belgium)

• Eva Pando, General Manager CEEI ASTURIAS (Spain)