TT-ERA-EIRO

"Technology Transfer and the European Research Area: past, present and future contributions from the EIROforum Organisations"

Coordinatore	more  Organization address address: Meyerhofstrasse 1 city: HEIDELBERG postcode: 69117 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian Cognome: Boulin Email: send email Telefono: +49 6221 387- 8350 Fax: +49 6221 387- 8242
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Non specificata
Totale costo	107˙754 €
EC contributo	95˙186 €
Programma	FP7-GA Coordination of Non-Community Research Programmes
Code Call	FP7-ERARESORG-2007-1-RTD
Funding Scheme	CSA-SA
Anno di inizio	2008
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2008-01-01   -   2010-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY  Organization address address: Meyerhofstrasse 1 city: HEIDELBERG postcode: 69117 contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Christian Cognome: Boulin Email: send email Telefono: +49 6221 387- 8350 Fax: +49 6221 387- 8242	DE (HEIDELBERG)	coordinator	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Today, intellectual property, technology and knowledge transfer are concepts that can be seen as an integral part of the scientific and technological activities of the EIROforum Organisations. Those key concepts are clearly part of the European Research Area’s agenda and fully recognised by the European Commission, the European Parliament as a major driver for Europe’ move towards a knowledge based society. Mostly because of their role in the European science, all EIROforum organisations have experience and expertise in the areas of intellectual property, technology and knowledge transfer. It will be important to confront those experiences, to try to understand where things could be done in different ways and in some cases propose changes that could help Europe to become more efficient in terms of translation of our research and technology development efforts into measurable added value (through increased cooperation with European industry or creation of jobs in spin-off companies…). The dissemination and uptake of research results are essential to the success of the European Research Area and to the realisation of the knowledge economy. The EIROforum organisations are globally convinced that the time has come to have an open discussion about ways to improve the present situation. This discussion will take place with the major European stakeholders of the future Knowledge based Society. EIROforum will organise a conference to bring together the different actors (scientists, engineers, TTOs. industry representatives, high level science and technology experts from the member states and European politicians) to start addressing all these issues and possibly improve the interfaces between those communities.'

Introduzione (Teaser)

An enterprising conference has highlighted how technology transfer among major European organisations can enhance the European Research Area.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

The European Union boasts many formidable organisations that contribute to technology transfer and strongly support the European Research Area (ERA). These include bodies such as the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, the European Space Agency, and the European Molecular Biology Laboratory.

Seven such prestigious intergovernmental organisations participated in an important conference on technology transfer linked to the 2009 EIROforum. The latter is an initiative that helps these organisations support European science by combining resources, facilities and expertise. In this vein, the forum hosted the EU-funded conference on 'Technology transfer and the European Research Area: past, present and future contributions from the EIROforum organisations' (TT-ERA-EIRO).

The conference kicked off with a presentation on the goals of EIROforum and the ERA, as well as individual presentations on technology and knowledge transfer by each EIROforum organisation. It featured working sessions on setting up effective partnerships, intellectual property (IP) management from policy drafting to implementation, and technology transfer infrastructure. Another session on financing technology transfer and a related case study took place on the second day of the conference.

The event also tackled the European Commission's recommendation on the management of IP in knowledge transfer activities, including codes of practice for universities and public research organisations. Intellectual property rights in technology transfer represented a pivotal topic under the event and are of highly strategic value for the future success of the ERA.

In parallel, panel discussions on the European knowledge-based economy shed light on the role of technology transfer. During these discussions, different directorates of the EU had a chance to summarise their findings on main topics related to the forum, such as building up technology transfer structures.

Overall, the conference provided a platform to explore new approaches for managing successful and more effective research marketing and technology transfer by exchanging good practices, ideas and experiences. It helped generate discussion about new avenues for successful translation of research into economically viable benefits to boost Europe's economy. Around 100 participants attended the event, all of them actors at the European level in science, engineering, technology transfer, venture capital, industry, IP and policy development.

Hailed as a marked success, the conference demonstrated that stronger understanding and networking of the different communities linked to EIROforum are more than essential. It was an excellent platform to lower or remove barriers between communities who have not always had the level of communication or relationship found, for example, in the US. Now, Europe can be proud of its technology-transfer bridges and knowledge-based economy, thanks to initiatives such as this conference.