On the 23-24 October 2011, the Centre for Innovation Management Research held a workshop on the Commercialisation of University Research.
Presentations are available below for download in PDF format.
The main aim of this workshop was to discuss the following themes:
- University research and its exploitation mechanisms
- What is meant by performance – indicators and value
- Policy – incentives, intended and unintended consequences.
Sunday 23rd October 2011
Image 1 Ed Bergman and Loet Leydesdorff
Image 2 Saverio Romeo and Grazia Ietto-Gillies
Image 3 Richard Harrison and Pierre Nadeau
- 12.30 – 12.45 Welcome Address and Introduction to the Workshop, Professor Helen Lawton Smith, Birkbeck, University of London
- 12.45 – 13.30 Presentation – “Overcoming Regional Disadvantage: Is Silicon Valley a Unique Anomaly or a Global Paradigm?” – Professor Henry Etzkowitz, Stanford University, Human Sciences and Technologies Advanced Research Institute (H-STAR), Centre for Entrepreneurship Research, Edinburgh University Business School and Department of Management, Birkbeck, University of London
Theme 1: University Research and Its Exploitation Mechanisms
Image 4 Helen Lawton Smith and Donato Iacobucci
- 13.30 – 16.00 Session 1.1
- Chairman: Professor Klaus Nielsen, Birkbeck, University of London
- 1st presentation (30 minutes) – “Regional Development: The Role of the University in Exploiting its Research” Dr. Claire Leitch and Professor Richard T. Harrison, Queen’s University, Belfast
- 2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “How to Evaluate the Impact of Academic Spin-offs on the Regional Context” Professor Donato Iacobucci and Alessandra Micozzi, Università Politecnica delle Marche
- 3rd presentation (30 minutes) – “Knowledge Commercialization Mechanisms : Views and Usage by EU Research University Academics” Professor Edward Bergman, Vienna University of Economics and Business
- 4th presentation (30 minutes) – “University Commercial Outreach in a Metropolitan Environment: the Case of London” Professor Peter Wood and Dr. Dave Chapman, UCL
Monday 24th October 2011
Theme 2: What is Meant by Performance – Indicators and Value
Image 5 Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, Peter Wood and Claire Leitch
- 9.00 – 11.10 Session 2.1
- Chairman: Keith Smith, BIS
- Recap of day 1 sessions (10 minutes) – Professor Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, Lund University
- 1st presentation (30 minutes) – “Integration and Differentiation in Collaborative and Competitive Relations Among, Between and Within Universities, Industry, and Government” Professor Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam
- 2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “New Triple Helix Environments for Creating Innovations: Observations from Case Studies” Professor Martin Meyer, Department of Business and Management, School of Business, Management and Economics, University of Sussex, Brighton (UK), ECOOM, KU Leuven (Belgium)
- 3rd presentation (30 minutes) – “In or Out of the IP System? What Can We Learn from Oxford University Spin-off Companies?” Dr. Pierre Nadeau, and Ning Baines, Birkbeck, University of London
- 4th presentation (30 minutes) – “Shaping the Formation of University-Industry Research Collaborations: What Type of Proximity Does Really Matter?” Dr Simona Iammarino, LSE, Dr Fred Guy, Birkbeck, University of London and Dr Pablo D’Este, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
Theme 3: Policy – Incentives, Intended and Unintended Consequences
Image 6 Helen Lawton Smith, Donato Iacobucci and Henry Etzkowitz
- 11.30 – 13.30 Session 3.1:
- Chairman: Professor Eoin O’Neill, Trinity College, Dublin
- 1st presentation (30 minutes) – “Changes to university IPR regulations in Europe and the impact on academic patenting” Dr. Federica Rossi – Birkbeck, University of London
- 2nd presentation (30 minutes) – “Connected Innovation: An International Comparative Study that Identifies Mixed Modes of Innovation” Dr Marion Frenz, Birkbeck, University of London and Dr. Ray Lambert, the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills
- 3rd presentation (30 minutes) – “Policy Intended and Unintended Consequences” Professor Bill O’Gorman, Waterford Institute of Technology, Ireland
- 4th presentation (30 minutes) – “The Twists and Turns of a University Spin-Out” Dr. Renos Savva, Birkbeck, University of London
