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🚀 Unlock Your Innovation Potential with the USIT Guides! 🚀 We're excited to announce a new fast-track download package to access both Guides. The USIT Guide is particularly focused on IP-intensive inventions, such as those in the life sciences and deep tech sectors, offering insights into protecting IP, negotiating partnerships, and ensuring successful outcomes for all stakeholders. USIT for Software is tailored for the unique challenges of software development and commercialisation, covering licensing, IP rights, and open-source strategies. Whether you're a tech transfer professional, investor, founder, or lawyer, these guides are essential tools to help you overcome challenges, seize opportunities, and confidently bring your ideas to market. They’re also valuable for university leaders, government officials, and others keen to understand how investment deals are structured. Download now and join a community dedicated to advancing university-based innovation!   🔗 #USITGuide #USITforSoftware #Spinouts #Innovation #AccelerateDeals #LandingZone #SpinoutCreation

#Budget2024: At least £40m over 5 years to support researchers spinning out the UK’s cutting edge research from universities, confirmed Chancellor Rachel Reeves in today’s announcement.   The first budget delivered by a Labour government in 14 years – and the first ever by a woman – has acknowledged the need for increased proof-of-concept funding to bolster successful commercialisation of university spinouts.   Dr Ananay Aguilar, Head of TenU, said: “We welcome the support for proof-of-concept funding in the budget and the shared vision that this funding is key to unlocking economic growth. Proof-of-concept is necessary to de-risk technologies and so attract investment, create jobs and solve some of the most pressing global challenges. We will work with the sector and government to build on this first step and optimise resources to take ground-breaking technologies to market.” You can review the pledge in the DSIT section of the full Autum Budget here: https://lnkd.in/eA2b6xjZ #ResearchImpact #POCfunding #TechTransfer #Spinouts #PublicSpending #EconomyUpdate #UKGovernment #ChancellorUpdate UK Research and Innovation Cambridge Enterprise Oxford University Innovation University of Manchester Innovation Factory Edinburgh Innovations UCL Business Ltd Imperial College London Andrew Williamson

We are proud to announce that we are sponsoring the Commercialisation Achievement Of The Year category at the PraxisAuril KE Awards 2024. This event recognises and promotes the exceptional work happening across the Knowledge Exchange sector, celebrating the many individuals and teams who create lasting impact from the UK’s world-class research base. We look forward to the impact we will make together: www.keawards.org.uk #KEAwards2024 #PraxisAuril #KnowledgeExchange #TenU

Pasquale Ferrari and Claire Driscoll from UCSB Office of Technology & Industry Alliances (TIA) took the #TenUFLP2024 cohort on a rich learning journey on the topic of leading on TTO relationships with the university. The engaging workshop and in-depth interview produced concrete and clear takeaways for future tech transfer leaders: 🔵 Listen. Understand your university leadership's priorities and concerns to serve your specific environment. Harness any interest there is to invest in and grow your ecosystem.  🔵 Add value. TTOs contribute significantly to all of their university’s missions – research, teaching, and enterprise. This can take many forms such as working to create social and economic impact; supporting spinouts in attracting investment; attracting students, researchers, and research funding; offering business training to academic entrepreneurs.  🔵 Communicate. TTO leaders must tell university leadership a compelling, data-based story in a very concise way. They must be direct and bring to life the exciting opportunities technology transfer offers for delivering today’s university missions better whilst showing tact in difficult conversations. The Business Model Canvas below provided cohort members with a clear framework to discuss how, with what and with whom TTOs create value for universities. #TenU #TenUFLP2024 #Leadership #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation Aidan Fowler, Caitriona O'Rourke, Claire Pembleton, Dinali de Silva RTTP, Matthew Berman, Mitchell Fullerton, Paolo Cardile, Peri Cihan, Sandra Ainsua PhD RTTP, Valeska Gonzalez, Dieter Link, Dr. phil. nat., RTTP, Pasquale Ferrari, Ananay Aguilar, Rupert Friederichsen, Yu Z..

How can future tech transfer leaders increase the quantity and quality of invention disclosures? How can they attract inventors from underrepresented groups? Aidan Fowler hosted the latest #TenUFLP2024 with expert guests from MIT Technology Licensing Office and Nestor E. Franco. Examples of effective practices across the cohort included: 🔵 Informing and educating researchers effectively about the opportunities which technology transfer offices provide happens continuously across all channels – personal relationships, university events, social media, email campaigns, and websites.  🔵 Removing friction, the innovative research@MIT app enables researchers and their teams to manage project finances and administration whilst streamlining disclosures; in so doing, it collects valuable data about the people accessing TLO services and the avenues for doing so, offering the opportunity to address gaps.  🔵 Leaning on the innovation ecosystem surrounding MIT and using high profile MIT events is key to cost-efficient and effective outreach.  🔵 Supporting academic inventors to navigate the commercialisation process with personalised support through academic champions, tailored subject specific programmes and role play. The image below shows the range of initiatives that the MIT TLO works with on a daily basis to support, complement and enhance its services. #TenU #TenUFLP2024 #Leadership #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation Aidan Fowler, Caitriona O'Rourke, Claire Pembleton, Dinali de Silva RTTP, Matthew Berman, Mitchell Fullerton, Paolo Cardile, Peri Cihan, Sandra Ainsua PhD RTTP, Valeska Gonzalez, Dieter Link, Dr. phil. nat., RTTP, Pasquale Ferrari, Ananay Aguilar, Rupert Friederichsen, Yu Z..

Excited about this significant commitment by one of our closest collaborators! Looking forward to supporting Innovate Cambridge on this journey to drive economic growth for the UK. #ResearchImpact #Collaboration #UniversityInnovation

How does a technology transfer leader attract and retain talent to support their organisation’s evolving goals? Valeska Gonzalez and her team offered valuable insider perspectives into Imperial Enterprise. Marika Reay, Laura Guida, and Neil Simrick, PhD shared their wisdom on managing the technology transfer talent pipeline, drawing on cross-faculty and cross-function experience:  🔵 New talent must demonstrate their ability to learn, re-learn, and to be highly adaptable team players. 🔵 Professional development for those already in tech transfer positions should include a focus on emotional intelligence and negotiation skills, exposing them to the widest possible range of stakeholders. 🔵 Retention of talent requires tech transfer offices to offer competitive salaries, creative career paths, and attention to a good work-life balance.   Simon Hepworth shared lessons gained from leading the restructuring of technology transfer at Imperial as well as “being restructured”. Future leaders teased out his candid advice on mastering the complex tasks of planning, communicating, and executing restructures:  🔵 empathise with staff and prioritise everybody’s mental health;  🔵 support staff at the individual and group level, and be prepared for increased staff turnover;  🔵 communicate plans intensively and clearly throughout;  🔵 be visible as a leader, particularly in difficult circumstances;  🔵 seize opportunities to shape new healthy workplace cultures and to create better structures to serve innovators and investors. #TenU #TenUFLP2024 #Leadership #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation Aidan Fowler, Caitriona O'Rourke, Claire Pembleton, Dinali de Silva RTTP, Matthew Berman, Mitchell Fullerton, Paolo Cardile, Peri Cihan, Sandra Ainsua PhD RTTP, Valeska Gonzalez, Dieter Link, Dr. phil. nat., RTTP, Pasquale Ferrari, Ananay Aguilar, Rupert Friederichsen, Yu Z..

💡 With the Budget coming up, how can the Chancellor unlock innovation-led growth?    Professor Irene Tracey, VC of the University of Oxford writes in the Financial Times that the answer lies in supporting universities to commercialise breakthroughs.    In the piece, Prof Tracey, who co-authored the Independent Review of Spinouts, argues the Government needs to invest in Proof-of-Concept funding to help spinouts cross the 'valley of death' – the gap between research grants ending and tech being able to attract major investment.    She points to successful spinouts from Oxford University Innovation and UCL Business Ltd and draws on research from TenU to make the case for Proof-of-Concept funding.    To find out more about TenU's work to share best practices in research commercialisation see link in the comments. #POCfunding #ResearchImpact #EconomicGrowth | Cambridge Enterprise | Columbia Technology Ventures | Edinburgh Innovations | Imperial Enterprise | KU Leuven Research & Development | University of Manchester Innovation Factory | MIT Technology Licensing Office | Stanford Office of Technology Licensing (OTL)

How has the profile of technology transfer offices changed over the past decade? Should TTO staff be seen as thought leaders? The all-star cast of Cambridge Enterprise experts had answers in Peri Cihan’s brilliant #TenUFLP2024 session. Caroline Hyde FRSA and Gerard Grech spoke about the importance of innovations hubs that  🔵 attract ambitious academics, and increasingly students, who want to make a big impact in connection with their entrepreneurial university; 🔵 keep university alumni engaged and offer them opportunities to share their expertise with the next generation of entrepreneurs; 🔵 connect the world of knowledge to the world of investment companies through de-risking and promoting investment-ready companies to accelerate innovation including via Cambridge Enterprise Ventures, Founders at the University of Cambridge, and Cambridge Innovation Capital, and 🔵 influence government to nurture the most competitive ecosystems. Lexi Radcliffe-Hart's workshop on developing brand alongside thought leadership at organisational and personal levels demonstrated how leaders can turn big narratives, visions and know-how into concrete steps. Conceived and delivered by Peri Cihan, this masterful session modelled the #TenUFLP2024 vision of leadership: strategic, confident, self-reflective, and deploying tech transfer expertise at the highest level. #TenU #TenUFLP2024 #Leadership #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation Aidan Fowler, Caitriona O'Rourke, Claire Pembleton, Dinali de Silva RTTP, Matthew Berman, Mitchell Fullerton, Paolo Cardile, Peri Cihan, Sandra Ainsua, Valeska Gonzalez, Dieter Link, Dr. phil. nat., RTTP, Pasquale Ferrari, Ananay Aguilar, Rupert Friederichsen, Yu Z..

🚀 TenU Future Leadership Programme 2024 Kicks Off! 🚀 With 8 internationally leading TTO CEOs as guests, guided by leadership expert Jenny Reindorp, and the 12 brilliant & diverse members of the cohort, the kick-off session brimmed with insights & inspiration for aspiring tech transfer leaders. Pearls of Wisdom shared by TTO CEOs:  🔵 Make time for building trust and relationships: It’s the foundation for effective leadership. 🔵 Take Decisive Action: Effective leaders communicate the need for change well in advance; they listen thoroughly; and make critical decisions in good time. 🔵 Empower your team: Create an environment which encourages your staff to embrace their entrepreneurial spirit. 🔵 Embrace the Challenge: Find peace with the continuous effort required, the inevitable conflicts along the way, and the continuously changing TTO landscape. Here’s to growing our emotional intelligence, learning to flex our leadership styles & integrating international tech transfer expertise! 🌟 #TenU #TenUFLP2024 #Leadership #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation Aidan Fowler, Caitriona O'Rourke, Claire Pembleton, Dinali de Silva RTTP, Matthew Berman, Mitchell Fullerton, Paolo Cardile, Peri Cihan, Sandra Ainsua, Valeska Gonzalez, Dieter Link, Dr. phil. nat., RTTP, Pasquale Ferrari, Ananay Aguilar, Rupert Friederichsen, Yu Z..