Join us at the AUTM 2015 Eastern Region Meeting in Raleigh, NC!
Social Innovation and Enterprise: Exploring the “What” and the “How” of Social Innovation and Enterprise in the Academic Environment
I will be hosting a session on August 31st at the AUTM 2015 Eastern Region Meeting to discuss commercialization efforts around non-patentable intellectual property and services from the academic environment. These types of innovations provide a mechanism to increase revenues for the institution through attracting public and private capital, as well as providing opportunities for the creation of academic enterprises that have high potential for broad social impact.
Joining me will be Tim Benoit-Ledoux from UNH, Dinesh Divakaran from NCSU, Heidjer Staecker from TreMonti Consulting, and John Zurawski from Pepper Hamilton.
We’ll draw on our collective expertise in the area of non-patentable innovations to explore issues and establish best practices in commercializing these non-traditional forms of intellectual property. Particular emphasis will be placed on reviewing a variety of case studies across a spectrum of non-traditional commercialization efforts and working together to articulate commercialization possibilities and document best practices. Case studies will include: a look at a trademark that sparked the creation of a non-profit startup; a sexual assault prevention program consisting of trademarks and copyrights licensed across the globe; software startups and other social innovations and entrepreneurial activities. We will talk about our institutions’ experiences and include an activity where groups will brainstorm commercialization path/potential & associated TTO activities for a variety of case studies with non-patentable IP. This topic will be of interest to the general population of technology transfer professionals who are exploring options at their institution to commercialize non-patentable innovations; and who are supporting faculty in forming startups around these innovations.
Please join me in Raleigh for this and other outstanding workshops! Remember to register by July 7th for the lowest registration fee.