Talking Tech Transfer – Talking Tech Transfer is a weekly interview series with thought leaders in university tech transfer, hosted by Global University Venturing's editor Thierry Heles.

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30 April 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:01:01 Comments Off

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Hello dear listener. You’re probably wondering where the latest episode is and so I wanted to give a quick update, as scheduling conflicts — life happens! — unfortunately mean we’ll be on a short unplanned break.

But we are coming back — in fact I’ve got some phenomenal guests lined up for you that will absolutely be worth the small wait. So: stay subscribed and, if you’re still a little new here, do take this opportunity to catch up on the back catalogue — there have been many wonderful guests on Talking Tech Transfer since the very first episode that you might not have heard yet.

Thank you for listening. We’ll be back in a few weeks!

“Funky Chunk” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Jacek Kasz: Cracow University of Technology

21 April 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:45:59 Comments Off

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Jacek Kasz is the director of the Center for Technology Transfer (CTT) at Cracow University of Technology, Poland’s second oldest TTO. He tells us how the office came to also be responsible for regional SME support and Horizon Europe applications, and how Cracow’s ecosystem has been shaped by IT.

Anton Bartolo: University of Malta

14 April 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:35:07 Comments Off

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Anton Bartolo is the director for corporate research and knowledge transfer at the University of Malta, where he built the Knowledge Transfer Office from scratch in 2009 (with help from Oxentia, Oxford’s consultancy arm).

Nadia Danhash: InnovationRCA

31 March 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:41:18 Comments Off

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You could be forgiven for not having had the Royal College of Art in London on your radar, but there’s a wealth of fascinating opportunities here — and Nadia Danhash, executive director of the college’s centre for enterprise, entrepreneurship and IP commercialisation InnovationRCA, tells us all about them.

Alison Campbell: UK Government Office for Technology Transfer

24 March 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:40:45 Comments Off

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Alison Campbell, a GUV Lifetime Achievement awardee and former chair of AUTM, took on a new challenge in April last year when she left Knowledge Transfer Ireland (KTI) after nine years to take over as CEO of the newly established UK Government Office for Technology Transfer (GOTT) — responsible for some 800 departments, agencies and arms-length organisations.

Marc Sedam: NYU Langone Health

17 March 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:53:01 Comments Off

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Marc Sedam is the vice-president, technology opportunities and ventures, at New York University where he sits within NYU Langone Health. But his team is also responsible for tech transfer on NYU’s overseas campuses, and Marc tells us about the challenges this poses.

Ilian Iliev: NetScientific

10 March 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:37:07 Comments Off

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Ilian Iliev is the chief executive of NetScientific, an AIM-listed investor that specialises in helping its medtech, therapeutics, sustainability and robotics portfolio grow in three key markets: the US, the UK and Israel.

Michael Poisel: PCI Ventures

3 March 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:38:54 Comments Off

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Michael Poisel is the executive director of PCI Ventures, the unit responsible for University of Pennsylvania’s spinout portfolio — which is more than 250 companies strong. He tells us about Penn’s fairly unique system which does not allow faculty members to serve in any executive function at their spinout and which also forces faculty members to have a minority stake in the business.

10 Year Analysis

17 February 2023 talking-tech-transfer 00:39:07 Comments Off

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We’re kicking off the new season with something a bit different: senior editor Maija Palmer asks regular host Thierry Heles the questions to talk about his recently published analysis looking at 10 years’ worth of spinout deals.

Bernhard Weber: University of Graz

16 December 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:36:26 Comments Off

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Bernhard Weber is the managing director of Unicorn, the innovation hub of University of Graz which opened its doors to spinouts and startups in April 2021. Unicorn offers co-working space and runs programmes like Spin-Off Lab and Startup Werkstatt, which support researchers and fledgling entrepreneurs, and it taps into the EU ecosystem through its participation in healthtech-, greentech- and smart city-focused programme Urban Tech.