Programme

08.30 – 09.00

Registration

09.00 – 09.25

Welcome addresses

Prof. Dr. Boštjan Zalar, director, Jožef Stefan Institute

Dr. Špela Stres

Urša Jerše, co-ordinator of UNIK@TT consortium, Head of Technology Transfer Office at University of Ljubljana

Robert Blatnik, co-ordinator of KTO consortium, Head of Technology Transfer Office at Jožef Stefan Institute 

09.25 – 10.05

Innovation Ecosystem at University of Colorado Boulder

Daniel Marshall, NSF I-Corps Hub West Program Manager, Research and Innovation Office, Venture Partners at CU Boulder, University of Colorado Boulder

Self-evaluation of research organizations to support the development and strengthening of the field of knowledge transfer

Speaker tba

10.05 – 11.05

Round table: Self-evaluation of research organizations to support the development and strengthening of the field of knowledge transfer

Panellists tba

– Dr. Špela Stres

11.05 – 11.20

Break

11.20 – 12.50

Best innovation with commercial potential: Pitch competition (in English)

Moderator: Robert Blatnik, tbc

12.50 – 13.45

Lunch break

13.45 – 14.05

Award announcement: Best innovation with commercial potential (in English)

14.20 – 14.30

Break

14.30 – 16.20

Paper presentations: scientific papers on technology transfer and intellectual property (in English)

Moderator: Nina Smerdu, University of Maribor

PARALLEL SESSION (online): Connecting education system with academia: Presentations of selected research topics and proposals for cooperation (in Slovenian)

Moderator: Peter Alešnik, University of Ljubljana

16.20 –

Closing