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... Commercialisation of Government-Funded Research

Hyatt Hotel, Canberra, Australia (25 November 1998, 9:00-17:45)

AGENDA

SESSION 1: FRAMEWORK SYSTEMS FOR RESEARCH COMMERCIALISATION

• Venture Capital and Commercialisation of Research
  Eliezor Manor, Secretary-General, Israel Venture Capital Association
• Strategies for Commercialising the Science Base
  Ron Botham, Manager, Commercialising Science and Technology and Local Networks of Enterprises, Scottish Enterprise, Glascow
• Regulatory Frameworks for Commercialisation of Research
  Kazuhiko Hombu, Director, Technology Policy Planning Division, MITI, Japan
• General Discussion

SESSION 2: RESEARCH/INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS TO FOSTER COMMERCIALISATION

• The View from Industry
  John Martin, Australian Chamber of Commerce and Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD (BIAC)
• The View from Government Research Agencies
  Paul Wellings, Head, Science and Technology Division, Department of Industry, Science and Tourism (DIST), Australia
• The View from Higher Education Institutes
  Mary O'Kane, Programme on Institutional Management in Higher Education (IMHE), OECD
• General Discussion

SESSION 3: BALANCING RIGHTS IN RESEARCH COMMERCIALISATION

• Intellectual Property Rights and Innovation
  Bénédicte Callan, Science and Technology Policy Division, Directorate for Science, Technology and Industry (DSTI), OECD
• Commercialisation of Public Research in the United States
  David Mowery, University of California, Berkeley, United States
• Technology Transfer from Public Research in Europe
  Jacqueline Senker, Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), United Kingdom
• Licensing and Technology Transfer in Australia
  John Bell, Managing Director, ANUTECH Pty, Australia
• General Discussion