1. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Technology Transfer In The Context of EU-EECA Relations Giles Brandon Principal Consultant Intelligentsia Consultants Ltd

2. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com What is Technology Transfer? Technology transfer is the process by which a developer of technology (e.g. university, research institution or company) makes its technology available to a commercial partner that will exploit the technology.* *Based on WIPO definition

3. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Tech-Transfer Is Not Easy! Xerox Palo Alto Research Centre (PARC) Founded 1970 on Stanford University campus Xerox invested $150m during first 14 years Developed 1 st PC, mouse, laser printing & LAN Tech-transfer barriers: – Company only in the business of office copiers – No effective mechanisms to transfer to manufacturing and marketing – Culture clash between Xerox PARC and Xerox headquarters Only laser printing was commercialised

4. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Why Is Tech-Transfer Important? Licensing income per university (k) Is Europe lagging behind the US in university technology licensing?, Conti & Gaulé, 2009

5. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Tech-Transfer At Oxford University Isis Innovation Ltd Helps Oxford University commercialise its Intellectual Property Turnover: £7.5m (2010) Manages 368 patents Signed 250 technology licence and consulting deals (2010) Isis Innovation Annual Report 2010

6. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Moscow Institute Of Electronic Technology (MIET) Innovation Complex

7. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com EU-EECA Transnational Techology-Transfer Enterprise Europe Network (Armenia & Russia members) Gate to Russian Business and Innovation Networks (Gate2RuBIN) Russian Technology Transfer Network Franco-Russian Technology Network Centre of Engineering and Technology Transfer, Kazakhstan Republican Centre for Technology Transfer, Belarus Technology Transfer Agency, Uzbekistan

8. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com Agrobaltika Ltd, Kaliningrad Design software for polder systems Signed agreement (2009) – Silute Polders – Silute District Administration Technical cooperation – Tested new software applications – Adapted software to local needs – Analysed Silute polder systems Plan to reconstruct Silute polders Russia-Lithuania Tech-Transfer

9. Giles Brandon, gilesbrandon@intelligentsia-consultants.com EastLink Parallel Session: Technology Transfer In The Context Of EU-EECA Relations Practical examples of EU-EECA technology transfer Practical advice on what to do and what not to do! New opportunities for EU-EECA technology transfer