Programme

7th of October 2026, event atrium at the Miran Jarc Library (details of location), please register. Programme in PDF.

08.30 – 09.00
Registration
Event atrium of the Miran Jarc Library, Rozmanova ulica 28, Novo mesto

09.00 – 09.30

Welcome addresses

09.30 – 10.00Key note (20 min for presentation, 10 min for Q&A)

Paul Maguire, Head of Innovation & Knowledge Transfer; TU Dublin 
Industry-Academia Co-Creation: Lessons from the Irish TTO System
10.00 – 10.30Key note (20 min for presentation, 10 min for Q&A)

Tomaž Blatnik, Management board member and Engineering Manager, Revoz Novo mesto
Bridging Knowledge and Industry: Strengthening Europe’s Competitiveness Through Strategic Collaboration

10.30 – 11.35

Round table

Strengthening Industry-Academia Co-creation for more Efficient Knowledge Valorization TBC

Paul Maguire, Head of Innovation & Knowledge Transfer; TU Dublin
Mito Žnidarko, ARIS – Slovenian Research And Innovation Agency
Tomaž Blatnik, Management board member and Engineering Manager, Revoz Novo mesto

Chair: Simona Rataj, University of Ljubljana

11.35 – 11.50

Break

11.50 – 13.40

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

Chair: Mateja Košir, Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute

13.40 – 14.50

Light lunch

14.50 – 15.10

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

Award announcement: WIPO National award for enterprises

Award announcement: WIPO National award for innovators

15.10 – 15.20

Break

15.20 – 17.00

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

Chair

17.00 –

Final networking

To participate please fill-out the registration form.
For additional information please contact Organizing committee at Jožef Stefan Institute through the email: tehnologije@ijs.si.

Notice of Recording and Photography

9 October 2026, Award ceremony (within the program of Awards of IS2026) at Jožef Stefan Institute:

Best innovation with commercial potential in the year 2025

WIPO National Award for Enterprises

WIPO National Award for Inventors