Tech Transfer Course
Tech Transfer Course
General context
VIB is an entrepreneurial research institute that seeks to transfer the results of its scientific investigations to society. To this end, the members of VIB’s Innovation & Business team draft, file and prosecute patents, establish research collaborations with industrial partners, outlicense intellectual property and create spin-off companies. These activities resulted in 125 million euro industrial income over the last 5 years, and a total of 20 spin-off companies with 875 direct employees. The portfolio of VIB Discovery Sciences - part of the VIB Business & Innovation team - includes 9 programs on small molecules, 11 programs on biologicals and 2 programs for crops/microbiology.
In short, the technology transfer course is designed to give you an idea of:
- How to find out if patents exist around your new findings;
- What steps are necessary to commercialize your work;
- The VIB-approach to starting innovative companies, and
- How research can be turned into value for society.
In the annual Technology Transfer course, the VIB Innovation & Business Team, supported by external speakers from industry, will go into detail on the practicalities of making technology transfer happen. We will discuss the basics of Intellectual Property Rights, including a hands-on patent search on your favorite topic. We will go through the term sheets and contracts that shape the framework of industrial collaborations and investments. We will have a lively case study to highlight the potentially complex relationships between scientist, TT-officer and company representative, and give an overview of the various stages of starting a new venture.
If you want to participate, we ask you to submit a short abstract on a potential business idea, describing briefly the concept and potential applications. More information will follow when we receive your registration.
The course is open to external participants, but please note that all examples and case studies will focus on Life Science topics.
- Participation is free for VIB participants.
- Registration fee for Academics from Universities and Centers of Excellence is € 225 (21% VAT incl.).
- Registration fee for participants of EU-LIFE partner institutes is € 225 (21% VAT incl.).
- Registration fee for industry is € 750 (21% VAT incl.).
- Note that upon no-show without valid justification you will be blacklisted for the VIB training program for 1 year. Click here for more information.
- Please upload your abstract for the NewCo exercise below:
Program
Innovation & Business at VIB - Intellectual Property part 1
Welcome - Innovation & Business at VIB
A Discovery Science project as a showcase for the TT pipeline - Ward Capoen, V-Bio Ventures
Introduction to intellectual property rights
Introduction Pitch Newco abstracts
Patentability requirements
Writing and filing of a patent application
Claim drafting exercise
Reception at the venue (optional)
Dinner in Ghent (optional)
Intellectual Property part 2
Granting procedure and prosecution
Protection scope and FTO
Discuss Pitch Newco abstracts
Intro Patent search
Hands-on patent search: general example and on topic Newco pitch
Business Development
Public Private partnerships
Contracting: MTAs & CDAs
MTA negotiation workshop
Guest lecture Business Development - Luc Van Rompaey, Argen-x
R&D Collaborations & Licensing
Licensing exercise: Term sheets and negotations
New Ventures part 1
Key ingredients for building a successful business
Building a business and fundraising - pitching your plan
Preparation Pitch Newco
Company valuation
New Ventures part 2
Guest lecture: VC investments - Jan Van den Bossche, Partner @ Fund+
Pitching your Newco (+feedback)
Internship VIB TT
Pitching Award and closing
Practical info
Ghent - Bio-Accelerator Meeting Center
Technologiepark 21
9052 Zwijnaarde
Belgium
Ghent - Bio-Accelerator Meeting Center
From Ghent Sint-Pieters station, you can take bus 49, 50 or 70 to Technologiepark. Please check Routeplanner De Lijn for schedules.
Ghent - Bio-Accelerator Meeting Center
From September 2021 onwards, there is only one entrance to Technologiepark. You need to take a ticket at the entrance that can be validated at the reception desk of the Bio-Accelerator building. Parking will only be allowed on regular parking spots (for instance in front of the building) and in the new parking tower. Parking alongside the roads or on other places where there is no regular parking is prohibited and after initial warnings fines will be issued (50 euro).
Ghent - Bio-Accelerator Meeting Center
+32 9 328 19 02
info@bio-accelerator.com