1. Knowledge Transfer in the UK

2. AURIL – THE ORGANISATION
Company Limited by Guarantee
1,600 members
Institutional members
Elected Council of 11 – (no regional representation)
Executive Director (80%), secretary and events organiser funded from Income

3. AURIL – ITS ROLE The Voice of the KT Profession
Seeks out, engages with KT people
Looks and Listens to the needs of KT people
Articulates those needs
Responds to those needs
Communicates needs through engagement with others
Continues to listen

4. <<< PARTNERSHIP >>>
AURIL MEMBERS
WHO ARE THE “PEOPLE”
<<< PARTNERSHIP >>>
Public Bodies
Industry
KT Service Suppliers
Research Councils
Govt. Ministries
Agencies & Authorities
Business Support & Exploitation Organisations
University,PRO, NHS IP hubs
Pharma companies such as AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, BT, Proctor& Gamble
Solicitors, Patent Agents, Accountants
MRC, EPSRC, BBSRC, AHRB
Department of Trade & Industry
HE Funding Councils, The Patent Office, Regional Development Offices, IRCs
ContactKE, BusinessLink
UNIVERSITy TO – and through them the whole campus community, staff, senior managers, students and researchers
EPSRC Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
BBSRC Biotechnology & Biological Sciences Research Council
NERC Natural Environment Research Council
PPARC Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council

5. PEOPLE WITH SHARED INTEREST
Interested in:
Income generation
Influencing change
Good practice delivery
Measuring the impact and benefits of KT to organisations, community and society
Networking with the whole community

6. AURIL LISTENS TO KT NEEDS
Biannual Conferences
Professional Theme Groups
Research, Europe and FP7
Medicine and Health-related
Ethics
Commercialisation & Entrepreneurship
Regional Economic Development
Cultural & Creative Industries
Continuing Professional Development

7. LOOKS AT KT NEEDS Practitioner observation across diverse activities:
Identifying, evaluating, exploiting knowledge
Technology audits
Bidding for research / exploitation / development funding
Brokering partnerships and strategic alliances
Contract Negotiation, Closing Deals
Managing intellectual property
Research and contract administration

8. LOOKS AT KT NEEDS (continued)
Practitioner observation across diverse activities:
Consultancy
Creating Start-Up / Spin-Out Companies
Marketing and related services
Hire of equipment and facilities
Supporting and training Company managers
Establishing work-based CPD training programmes
Training fellow professionals

9. ARTICULATES THE NEEDS Sets the KT standard by:
Representing industrial liaison, knowledge transfer, commercialisation, research administration specialists
Developing partnerships between higher education, the health sector, industry, business and the community
Supporting innovation and competitiveness

10. RESPONDS TO THE NEEDS
Exchange of good practice through developing and disseminating
policies and processes
guidelines and procedures
Delivering KT workshops and conferences
Providing enquiry service with 1,600 members
Facilitating networking and innovation
Encouraging collaborative partnerships

11. RESPONDS (continued) Benchmarking/Survey
measurement and monitoring of performance
dissemination of national and international survey results
Influencing national perception of KT
Influence policy of funders, Government, industry and other stakeholders

12. COMMUNICATES THE NEEDS
Influences opinions of different stakeholders:
Internally – from VC down and practitioners
establishing an KTO office
maintaining an office
funding an office
With Funding Bodies
With Regional Development Agencies
With Industry
Through the Media
With Government

13. ENGAGES WITH OTHERS Gained support from Government:
Government sees value of KT in all aspects: graduates, technology transfer, collaborative research, use expertise
Funds KT activity by formula
Funds KT activity by competition
Funds continuing professional development for KT in universities

14. ENGAGES WITH OTHERS
Works in partnership with ProTon Europe Association:
To support the professional development of Knowledge Transfer Offices across Europe through networking, sharing GP, staff exchange and training
To influence National and European Policy, representing the membership, by developing, informing and influencing decision making

15. ProTon Europe – THE PROJECT
Purpose to foster Innovation and increase Knowledge Exchange
Contract: August 2002 till December 2006
5.3 million euro project
Involved 53 contracted European members delivering on fourteen workpackage
260 member institutions - engaged many more practitioners

16. ProTon Europe – THE PROJECT
Developed the Profession
Annual Survey (benchmarking)
Collection and Dissemination of Tools and Good Practices
Annual Conferences
Training Events (Schools and Workshops)
Staff Exchange Programme

17. ProTon Europe – THE PROJECT
Covered Knowledge Exchange Functions
Setting up and Running Transfer Offices
Patenting and Managing IPR
Licensing
Maintaining University / Industry Interaction
Spin-Off and Campus Companies

18. ProTon Europe – THE ASSOCIATION
Carries forward its services: survey, collect GP, conference, events, CPD and staff exchange
Influencing National and European Policy, amd representing the membership, by developing, informing and influencing decision making
Taking forward other initiatives including Special Interest Groups
Responsible Partnering
European Institute of Technology
Patent Policy

19. Institute of Knowledge Transfer
ENGAGES WITH OTHERS
AURIL a founding member and leading partner in the newly formed
Institute of Knowledge Transfer
IKT has the support of all major UK organisations involved in the field of KT – across the public and private sectors
The IKT Board has now met twice and is currently formulating its business plan
Chair – Sir Brian Fender, BTG
AURIL
SEEDA / RDAs
DTI
Devolved Administrations
PRAXIS
Patent Office
University Associations
NHS IP HUBS
CBI
SECs
UUK
HEFCE
UKBI
UKSPA
Knowledge Exchange Partnership
AIRTO
CCLRC
NERC / RCUK
AURIL Ireland

20. Institute for Knowledge Transfer
IKT established to:
Promote interests of the profession & practice of Knowledge Transfer
Be a national network for the whole KT sector
Represent the breadth of the KT community
Provide a unified voice
Membership of the IKT will be open, but not restricted, to individuals practicing in the sponsoring organisations as will practitioners in following sectors/agencies:
Industry (including large corporate, Small and Medium Sized Enterprises (SMEs) Faraday Partnerships
Manufacturing Advisory Service
Business Link University
Business Link
Business Support (SBS)
Defence Diversification Agency
Innovation Group, DTI
Knowledge Transfer Partnership
Knowledge Transfer Services, DTI
Partnerships UK
Small Business Services, DTI
Innovation Relay Centres
PSREs
OST, DTI & any public body engaging in KT

21. Institute for Knowledge Transfer
Recognised nationally and internationally as the leading independent professional body for KT practitioners
Offer credibility and standing to members of the Institute through education and training, the exchange of good practice and set professional standards
Represent the profession by developing arguments and supplying evidence to encourage interest and investment in KT

22. IKT Planned Actions & Services
Raise the status of KT professionals
Define standards of professional conduct
Provide a national CDP Accreditation Framework
Deliver directly or through affiliated organisation
A recognised, accredited CPD programme
Conferences / Lectures
Workshops

23. IKT Planned Actions & Services
IKT web portal to provide a unified source of information and good practice
Supply regular web-based news/publications including a journal and abstract service
Technology brokering
Invite membership from outside the UK and the Republic of Ireland

24. AURIL GOING FORWARD Continues to listen, learn and act
Promote and represent interests of members
Pioneer and contribute to initiatives in support of members carrying out their business
Enable members (and others) to exchange good practice and share ideas and experience
Support and contribute to development of policies and practice in the management and administration of mutually beneficial collaborative work

25. ISER University of Essex
Thank You
Eileen Clucas
ISER University of Essex

26. IKT have defined Knowledge Transfer as:
“The systems and processes by which knowledge, including technology, know-how, expertise, and skills are transferred from one party to another, leading to innovative, profitable or economic and social improvements”