Talking Tech Transfer – Page 3 – Talking Tech Transfer is a weekly interview series with thought leaders in university tech transfer, hosted by Global University Venturing's editor Thierry Heles.

Álvaro Ossa: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

26 August 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:36:42 Comments Off

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It may sound crazy that any government could try and reclaim project funding plus 5% from a spinout, but yes, that is exactly the situation that Álvaro Ossa, the director of transfer and development at Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, has been facing. The lobbying effort to get the article removed from the law is ongoing, and this is one of the topics we’ll cover in this interview.

Cédric Van Nevel: Qbic

19 August 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:25:38 Comments Off

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Cédric Van Nevel is a partner at Qbic, an early-stage venture fund that invests in the spinouts of its 16 partners throughout Belgium. Cédric joins us to chat about the fund’s origins, why it’s such a strength to work with teams pre-incorporation and why Qbic is happy to keep focusing on the Belgian ecosystem rather than expand internationally.

Lisa Ericsson: KTH Innovation

12 August 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:44:27 Comments Off

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Lisa Ericsson is both the head of KTH Innovation and chief executive of KTH Holding, the respective innovation department and investment arm of KTH Royal Institute of Technology, which she joined in 2002 after having spun out business plan competition Venture Cup from McKinsey.

Laurent Miéville: Unitec

5 August 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:44:05 Comments Off

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When Laurent Miéville met one of his first mentors at Stanford University, he was told that Switzerland was about to become a hotspot for innovation and so he made the decision to return and join, in 1998, the University of Geneva where he set up the tech transfer office, Unitec.

John Wilson: University of Calgary

29 July 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:38:07 Comments Off

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University of Calgary is the number one Canadian institution for startup creation, according to Autm’s 2020 ranking and it’s achieved that through a range of fascinating initiatives, like its clinical trial design programme.

Fred Farina: California Institute of Technology

22 July 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:44:01 Comments Off

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Fred Farina is the chief innovation and corporate partnerships officer at California Institute of Technology (or Caltech) where his duties also include overseeing the technology transfer out of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.

Poonam Malik: University of Strathclyde

15 July 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:33:47 Comments Off

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Poonam Malik is a passionate advocate for investing in and supporting women-founded companies, a message she is able to spread both as the head of investments at University of Strathclyde and several other appointments, including a board position at government-owned economic development agency Scottish Enterprise.

Shiva Loccisano: Politecnico di Torino

8 July 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:36:28 Comments Off

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Shiva Loccisano has been involved in technology transfer since 2007, a period that, he says, has seen a steep growth trajectory in commercialisation activities in Italy.

Keith Marmer: University of Utah

1 July 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:41:07 Comments Off

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Keith Marmer is the chief innovation and economic engagement officer at University of Utah and he joins us to discuss the greenhouse initiative that means the Pivot Center is anything but a traditional tech transfer office.

TenU: Developing future leaders

24 June 2022 talking-tech-transfer 00:28:51 Comments Off

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We have partnered TenU, the collaboration between the tech transfer offices of University of Cambridge, Columbia University, University of Edinburgh, Imperial College London, KU Leuven, University of Manchester, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of Oxford, Stanford University and University College London to bring you three panels recorded live in front of a select group of guests in London.