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INTRODUCTION Technology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@Austin Cliff Zintgraff Program Manager, UTEN@Austin

INTRODUCTION Technology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@Austin Cliff Zintgraff Program Manager, UTEN@Austin. About UTEN@Austin. The mission of UTEN@Austin is to help build a globally competitive and sustainable science and technology commercialization infrastructure in Portugal.

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INTRODUCTION Technology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@Austin Cliff Zintgraff Program Manager, UTEN@Austin

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  1. INTRODUCTIONTechnology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@AustinCliff ZintgraffProgram Manager, UTEN@Austin

  2. About UTEN@Austin The mission of UTEN@Austin is to help build a globally competitive and sustainable science and technology commercialization infrastructure in Portugal. UTEN is funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) through the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education.

  3. UT Austin | Portugal CoLab UTEN@Austin is one of four programs in the International Collaboratory for Emerging Technologies, or CoLab. UTEN works toward sustainable technology transfer in the program areas, and in other disciplines. Digital Media Advanced Computing Math Other Areas UTEN

  4. INESC Porto: José Mendonça, Chair TecMinho: Manuel Mota, Jamie Ferreira, Marta Catarino UPIN, University of Porto: Jorge Gonçalves, Maria Oliveira IPN: Teresa Mendes IST: Rui Baptista, Maria José Francisco UTEN Executive Board

  5. Organizations • University of Algarve • IST • Taguspark • University of Lisbon / IMM • New University of Lisbon • INPI • University of Evora • IPN / University of Coimbra • University of Aveiro • University of Porto / UPIN • University of Porto / UPTEC • University of Porto / FEUP • TecMaia • University of Minho / TecMinho • University of Tres-os-Montes at Alto Douro

  6. Technologies / Companies (sampling) • Bioalvo • Fluidinova • WeAdapt • PETSYS • AuditMark • Critical – RetMarker • BlueWorks • iSurgical 3D • And more at … • http://www.techportugal.com/index2.php

  7. Productive researchers Who know how to work with TT staff & industry Professional University TT staff Office strategy Tech assessment Market analysis Licensing Supportive administration Entrepreneurs Local, national and global networks Focused on the market What Is Sustainable Tech Transfer?

  8. Assessment Education Training Internships University ResearchLicense or Commercialize Market L I V E C A S E S UTEN Activities

  9. Our “Style” Global market orientation Grassroots development Live cases Change agents / bias for action UTEN Values

  10. 10-point curriculum for TT staff Integrated with live cases Strategy -> tactics -> execution Education

  11. National workshops Local workshops One-on-one sessions Training

  12. Portfolio Assessment Global Market Assessment Brutal focus on market perceptions. Assessment

  13. U.S. based Strategic goals for TTOs Embedded in U.S. organization Portfolio review / tech development Internships

  14. 11:00 Introduction 11:15 Pitch Camp 12:00 Best (and Worst) Researcher Practices 12:45 Wrap-up Panel 13:30 Close Today -- Researcher Workshop

  15. Introduction Global Market Strategy Global Market Assessment Entrepreneur Workshop

  16. Pick a technology. We won’t stop, but you can take a break when the time is right. Guidelines for today

  17. Interactive Engaging (we hope) Live-case based Everyone involved – and if you’re not … Researcher Workshop -- The UTEN Way

  18. INTRODUCTIONTechnology Transfer and Commercialization with UTEN@AustinCliff ZintgraffProgram Manager, UTEN@Austin

  19. PITCH CAMP Heath Naquin, UTEN@Austin Tom Gardner, UTEN@Austin

  20. Reseacher’s Best (and Worst) Practices in Technology Transfer

  21. STARRING Heath Naquin as himself Cliff Zintgraff as Dr. Jones Tom Gardner as Discussion Leader

  22. Two inventor interviews Just like in our RapidScreen assessment That reflect real interviews we’ve done That kindly highlight some issues about how researchers could/should deal with commercialization professionals About The Mock Interviews

  23. Any similarity to real persons or projects is totally on purpose. Disclaimer

  24. “Rapid Response Contextual Phrase Matching with Enhancements from Frequency Domain Searches” INTERVIEW 1

  25. DISCUSSION INTERVIEW 1

  26. “EduPath – Solving Our Alignment Problems in Education” INTERVIEW 2

  27. DISCUSSION INTERVIEW 2

  28. Panel: Working With Your Tech Transfer Office Marta Catarino TecMinho Dina Chaves Pedro Vilarinho New University of Lisbon Nuno Silva Miguel Castanho University of Lisbon / IMM Eli Mercer UTEN@Austin

  29. Name one behavior we discussed this morning – good or bad – that you’ve seen personally.  Tell us about it!  Tell us the impact of the behavior on the project you were working on.

  30. What is the most important advice you can give researchers about working with your office?

  31. UTEN Researcher Workshop is underway! Join us in the Auditorium, right back corner of showroom.

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