1. Innovation, Creativity, and Capital (IC2)
Robert A. Peterson
Associate Vice President for Research
Marco Bravo
Project Director
The University of Texas at Austin
February 21, 2012 1

2. VPR Technology Transfer and Commercialization
UT Austin
VP for Research
IC2 Institute
OSP
OIE
OTC
Other

3. IC2 Institute Infrastructure
CETC
CGIE
ATI
ATI
BBR
GCG
TechBA

4. Institute Central
Korea
CGIE
IC2 Institute
CETC
ATI, GCG, TechBA

5. More than 4 Decades of Activity

6. Commercialization/Tech Transfer Programs (Past, Present, and Future)
- India
- Korea
- Chile
- Malaysia
- Mexico
- Hungary
- Tunisia
- Armenia
- Poland
- Kuwait
- Egypt
- Colombia
- Turkey
- Jordan
- Qatar
- Japan
- Malta
- Abu Dhabi
- Puerto Rico
- Canada
- Russia
- Portugal
- Canary Islands
- Kazakhstan

7. Case Study

8. TECH COMMERCIALIZATION
R&D
TECH COMMERCIALIZATION
DIGITAL MEDIA
MATHEMATICS
ADVANCED COMPUTING
UTEN 8

9. Provide training through real-life commercialization experiences
Development of a globally competitive and sustainable commercialization infrastructure
Facilitate networking among researchers, TTO’s, entrepreneurs, commercialization experts, angels/VCs, and academic leaders
Provide training through real-life commercialization experiences
Offer U.S. market soft-landing and promote business development activities for Portuguese university-based startups 9

10. Building on the existing network
All public universities involved, as well as those of leading Science Parks, Incubators, Polytechnic Schools and Research Laboratories
30+ UTEN Network members

11. Main activities and reporting
Training/networking events
International internships
Access to global markets (startups)

12. UTEN overall impact (2007-2010)
50+ specialized training and networking events (1500+ participants)
30+ internships in Texas
100+ startups assessed
49% increase of invention disclosures within universities
1,900% increase of provisional patents from universities
19.6% increase of patents granted/year
26% increase of university executed licenses and agreements/year
137% increase license income at universities
132% increase on new academic spinoffs
Academic startups: 127% annual growth rate in revenue; 37% of startups export products; 38% annual growth rate in hiring
Source: UTEN annual report 2010/2011

13. Case study #1 Commercialization achievements: 86 prospects identified
Marlos Silva (UAveiro)
Commercialization achievements:
86 prospects identified
15 expressed interest
6 negotiations initiated
3 licensing deals in progress
Internship (July-October 2009):
UT Austin’s OTC
Emergent Technologies, life sciences-based venture firm
Day-to-day OTC operations at UT Austin’s OTC + commercialization of Portuguese technologies in the U.S. market.

14. Case study #2 Commercialization achievements:
Multiple deals in progress
US incorporation (Texas-based company)
Incubation/acceleration at ATI
Software startup specialized in the processing of big data in real time

15. Initiation brainstorms with students
Case study #3
Initiation brainstorms with students
Increase awareness and excitement for both graduate and undergraduate students regarding technology-based entrepreneurship and the creation of new ventures 15

16. ”Знание не имеет никакого значения, если вы положите ее на практике”
More than one century ago Anton Chekhov wrote that “Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice”. At UT Austin we very much believe in the valorization of knowledge and particularly at the IC2 Institute have been walking this talk all over the world. I would just like to express our willingness to share lessons learned from our global experience on technology commercialiation and contribute to the overal success of SkTech.
“Knowledge is of no value unless you put it into practice”
Anton Chekhov, Three Sisters
Russian playwright and master of the modern short story,

17. THANK YOU!