Organised by Working Group on Innovation and Technology Policy ( TIP)
8 December 1999
beginning at 9:00 am at the OECD, 2, rue André Pascal, 75016 Paris, France
(This meeting is not open to the general public)
PROGRAMME OUTLINE
Spin-offs are an important indicator of the ability of economies to commercialise research results from the public sector. This workshop will explore the importance of spin-offs as a mechanism for technology transfer and the effectiveness of policies to promote their development.
The first session will compare data on public sector spin-offs across the OECD, discuss the reasons why comparable data is rare, and recommend measures to improve the situation. The second session will describe the different models of spin-offs and the possible contractual arrangements with the public sector. The third session focuses on the policy mechanisms employed to improve the environment for spin-off formation, including entrepreneurship initiatives, novel funding arrangements, and intellectual property and management support structures. This will be followed by a panel discussion of innovative policy initiatives, their impact and costs. The rapporteur will review the lessons learned and future research priorities. The final agenda item is a methodological discussion of the importance to be given to spin-offs in the broader TIP project of benchmarking the health of the science-industry interface in OECD countries.
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Session 1 : Research-based Spin-off Performance in the OECD
9:00-9:10 Welcome by the Chair -- Engelbert Beyer, BMBF, Germany
9:10-9:25 Introduction of Workshop issues by the Secretariat
9:25-10:05 Speakers #1 & 2. Comparison of spin-off formation across EU , and, Comparison of spin-off formation across the OECD -- Bart Clarysse, KwantiConsult, Belgium on EU data, and, Dan Massing, Association of University Technology Managers and Cornell University on North American data
10:05-10:20 Questions and discussion
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Session 2 : Models of Public Sector Involvement with Spin-offs
10:20-10:40 Speaker #3. Institutional structures and arrangements at universities -- Gary Matkin U.C. Berkeley, United States
10:40-11:00 Speaker #4. Institutional structures and arrangements at public laboratories -- Lyndal Thorburn, Advance Consulting & Evaluation, Australia
11:00-11:15 Questions and discussion
11:15-11:30 Coffee Break
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Session 3 : Public Sector Investments and Responsibilities
11:13-11:50 Speaker #5. Funding sources and strategies -- Risto Kalske, SITRA, Finland
11:50-12:10 Speaker #6. Entrepreneurship skills and incentives -- Peter C. van der Sijde, University of Twente & European Consortium of Innovative Universities, the Netherlands
12:10-12:30 Speaker #7. Changing patterns of involvement over spin-off lifetime -- UK representative
12:30-12:45 General questions and discussion
12:45-14:30 Lunch
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Session 4 : Panel Discussion on Policies for Spin-off Formation
14:30-15:45 The discussion will focus on the effectiveness of policy initiatives in the following areas: 1) outreach and information programmes; 2) reform of IP management; 3) entrepreneurship initiatives; 4) the creation of intermediary organisations for investments and management; 5) financial support strategies. Brief country comments will refer to specific policies explained in one-page room documents.
15:45-16:15 Discussion with panel
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Session 5 : Conclusions
16:15-16:40 Rapporteur. Monitoring and benchmarking the success of spin-off policies -- Philippe Mustar, Centre de Sociologie de l'Innovation, Ecole des Mines, France
16:40-16:55 Preliminary Conclusions. Secretariat presentation
16:55-17:30 Final discussion
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For further information, please contact Bénédicte Callan
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