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The Commercialisation of University Research Workshop

This conference took place on 23-24 October 2011. Presentations are available for download in PDF format.

The main aim of this workshop was to discuss the following themes:

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 – “High-Tech Cluster Development: Is Silicon Valley a Global Model or Unique Anomaly” - 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

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

Image 5 Åsa Lindholm Dahlstrand, Peter Wood and Claire Leitch

9.00 - 11.10 Session 2.1: Chairman: Keith Smith, BIS - Recap on 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

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