Recently three workshops / seminars have been conducted within Work Package 3 of the BIO-IMAGINE project, given by top European experts in the field of technology transfer and innovation management from EMBL Enterprise Management GmbH, the commercial arm of EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

A half-day workshop “Add value to knowledge” on managing science projects with a potential for commercialization was given by dr Martin Raditsch on May 31, 2011 (30 participants)

A general seminar “Introduction to Intellectual Property Rights and Technology Transfer”, which provided basic information on technology transfer processes at research institutes was delivered by dr Birgit Kerber on June 2, 2011 (34 participants)

A high-level seminar / workshop “Function defines Structure: how to set up a successful Technology Transfer Office” for the leaders of Universities, Research Organizations, as well as representatives of the Ministry and institutions that support research and innovation, delivered by dr Gábor M. Lamm, the Managing Director of EMBLEM on June 2, 2011 (25 participants)

All seminars were supported by the European Commission FP7 EU (Capacities) project – BIO-IMAGing in research INnovation and Education (BIO-IMAGINE) under contract no 264173

For more information please visit the BIO-IMAGINE website