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Innovation Readiness and the Technology Transfer Office. Gregory P. Pogue, Ph.D. Rosemary French. Workshop Topics. Review and feedback from Innovation Readiness homework Technology Transfer Office disclosure process Changes in the technology descriptions IR and faculty outreach
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Innovation Readiness and the Technology Transfer Office Gregory P. Pogue, Ph.D. Rosemary French
Workshop Topics • Review and feedback from Innovation Readiness homework • Technology Transfer Office disclosure process • Changes in the technology descriptions • IR and faculty outreach • Developing your own disclosure process • IR and commercialization outreach • Conclusions
The Change … • Each team: • Read the Initial Innovation Technology Description • Read the final Innovation Readiness deliverable
Using IR to Assist Research Trajectory • Link research objectives to societal needs • Government priorities • Industry needs • Outcomes can be used to: • Structure research grants • Identify industry sponsorship opportunities • Motivate student and post-doc dedication
Faculty Outreach • Using IR to develop relationships with researchers • Using IR to identify new innovations • Using IR to harvest new invention pre-disclosures • Using IR to improve the quality of invention disclosures
Outline Your Institution’s Disclosure Process • Define steps (faculty to market outreach) • Outline inputs for initiation of each step • Detail outputs from each step • Describe how the proposed process is similar or different from your current process • Institution break-out session • Institution presentations
Using IR for Commercial Outreach • Converting IR deliverables into web-based outreach tools • Converting IR deliverables to Powerpoint-based outreach tools for email and in-person presentations
Conclusions • IR can provide an excellent tool to build relationships with researchers • A disciplined disclosure process facilitates commercialization • IR outcomes can be used to initiate a disclosure process • IR outcomes can assist with commercial outreach through web-based, email and in-person methodologies
Contact Gregory P. Pogue, Ph.D.IC2 InstituteThe University of Texas at Austin gpogue@ic2.utexas.edu(512) 560-3717 (cell)(512) 475-8961 (office) Skype ID: pogo5708www.ic2.utexas.edu