In today’s knowledge economy, intellectual assets are the lifeblood of research and innovation. Managing intellectual assets is a crucial challenge when turning ideas into impact – whether you are a researcher, innovative company or intermediary between research and industry. So, how can it be done more effectively?
Join us to explore how to upgrade the management of your intellectual assets and become even more effective at valorising knowledge. Knowledge valorisation practitioners at national and local levels will share their tried and tested approaches on how to better facilitate collaboration, licensing, spin-off and other forms of Intellectual Property (IP) transfer.
Tune in for actionable insights to take your knowledge and technology transfer to the next level!
- research | knowledge management | intellectual property
- Tuesday 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 13:45 (CEST)
- Online only
- Live streaming available
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 14 October 2025, 13:00 - 13:45 (CEST)
- Where
- Online only
- Languages
- English
- Part of
Description
The panel is moderated by Ioannis Sagias, Deputy Head of Unit for Strategy, Policy Coordination & Urban Transitions at Directorate-General for Research and Innovation, European Commission, discussing with the following speakers:
Dr Peter Olwell, IP Operations Manager, Dublin City University (Ireland)
Best Practice: Outcome-Focused TTO Service Model: Enhancing SME Success through Standardisation and AI Tools
- Brechtje Vreenegoor, Manager of the Knowledge Transfer Office, Wageningen University and Research (Netherlands), part of the Universities of the Netherlands (UNL) that set standardised deal term principles for IP transfer to university spin-offs
- Elisabeth Hajicek, Programme Manager at the Austrian National Contact Point for Intellectual Assets and Knowledge Valorisation (NCP-IP)
Background
The Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission continues to organise throughout 2025 a series of online EU Knowledge Valorisation Talks. The Talks tackle policy debates on knowledge valorisation or showcase inspiring practices at national or regional level related to academia-industry collaboration, intellectual asset management, standardisation, social impact of research or citizen engagement.
Submit your best practice for the repository, and you might be invited to the present it at a future EU Knowledge Valorisation Talk!
Contacts
General contact
- Website
- EU Knowledge Valorisation Talks
- RTD-VALORISATION-POLICIES-IPR
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu