All you need to know about intellectual property in one day!

Friday April 19, 2013, 10am-4pm,
Rooms MAL 153, B02
Birkbeck Enterprise Hub

Programme

10:00 – 12:30

Protecting The Intellectual Assets of University Entrepreneurs

Room 153, Birkbeck, Malet Street

• The UK Intellectual Property Environment – What Support is There for Entrepreneurs Who Want to Protect Their IP
  Maria Lampert, Senior Researcher and Service Manager, Business & IP Centre, The British Library
• Key Aspects of Patent Protection for Graduate Entrepreneurs
  Tim Barnes, Director, UCL Advances
• Case Studies from Birkbeck’s Graduate Entrepreneurs
  Renato Matos and Veneta Miteva
• Protecting Your Copyright and Designs
  Silvia Baumgart, Unversity Of The Arts, London

13:30 – 1600

Creating intellectual assets through university knowledge and entrepreneurship

Room B02, Birkbeck, Malet Street

• Patents as an Analytical Lens on the Triple Helix of University-Industry-Government Relations
  Loet Leydesdorff, University of Amsterdam
• Is the Commercialization of European Academic R&D Weak? A Critical Assessment of a Dominant Belief and Associated Policy Responses
  Asa Lindholm Dahlstrand, Lund University
• The Contribution of University Knowledge to Patent Value
  Federica Rossi, Birkbeck
• The Impact of Innovation on Venture Capital Investment
  Pierre Nadeau, Birkbeck

Panel Discussions

Room 153, Birkbeck, Malet Street

• Entrepreneurship in High-Tech Accelerator Programmes
  • Mason Edwards, CTO Synbiota and Mozilla webFWD
  • Alumni Ashley Stockwell, Academy Director, Wayra UK
  • Saverio Romeo, Industry Manager Telecommunications and Connected Public Sector Europe, Frost & Sullivan
• The Dilemma Of Intellectual Property: Protect or Collaborate?
  • Maxine Horn, CEO, Creative Barcode
  • Andrew Atter, Entrepreneur In Residence, Birkbeck
  • Hasan Sieber, Founder of EnterpriseHub, Birkbeck

Register online: www.bbkenterprisehubip.eventbrite.com