BBK Enterprise Hub - Intellectual Property and University Entrepreneurship

Friday April 19, 2013, 10am-4pm, Rooms MAL 153, B02, £10

MORNING SESSION, 10.00 - 12.30


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

AFTERNOON PARALLEL SESSIONS, 13.30 -16.00

1. Academic Session - Creating intellectual assets through university knowledge and entrepreneurship:

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, University of London

The Impact of Innovation on Venture Capital Investment

Pierre Nadeau, Birkbeck, University Of London

2. Entrepreneur Panel Discussions:

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, Birkbeck Enterprise Hub


Register online: www.bbkenterprisehubip.eventbrite